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Comedy Club
Madea may be a box-office hit, but she’s not the only woman who’s got jokes. Here’s a roundup of comedic actresses giving us laugh-out-loud sessions this fall
Kim Coles
“Pay It Off” (BET)
Who says getting out of debt has to hurt? On this game show, actress and comedian Kim Coles gives contestants a chance to get out of the red by focusing on their personal debt dilemmas.
By Nazenet Habtezghi
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Tamala Mann
“Meet The Browns” (TBS)
Mann’s character, Cora Simmons, is the sanity between Madea’s crazy antics and her father, Mr. Brown. She keeps an encouraging spirit while trying to figure out how to deal with a house full of newcomers: “You just stand in between and holler a good ‘Can’t we all just get along?!’ ”