Patti LaBelle Visits The Neighborhood: Get First Look at R&B Legend’s Turn as Cedric the Entertainer’s TV Mom
Patti LaBelle will bless The Neighborhood with her presence when she makes her debut as the Butler family matriarch in the May 9 episode of the CBS comedy.
TVLine has your exclusive first look at the Grammy-winning R&B legend’s arrival. LaBelle plays Marilyn, the oft-mentioned but never-before-seen mother of Cedric the Entertainer’s Calvin. In “Welcome to the Mama Drama,” Marilyn comes to town when Calvin is honored by the Chamber of Commerce for all the ways Calvin’s Pit Stop has given back to the community.
Of course, as any longtime fan of The Neighborhood can tell you, Marilyn favors her younger son, lottery winner Curtis (recently played by Tracy Morgan), much to Calvin’s chagrin. And in the May 9 episode, her eldest boy tries his darndest to gain her approval.
Prior to Marilyn’s entrance in the sneak peek above, Calvin has encouraged his No. 1 fan Dave to do what he does best and talk him up to Marilyn — but does it do the trick? You’ll have to watch to find out.
The veteran sitcom has greatly expanded upon the Butler family tree in Season 4. In addition to the above-mentioned Curtis, the sitcom also introduced Margaret Avery (The Color Purple) as Aunt Desiray, the family historian who confirmed that, believe it or not, next-door neighbors Calvin and Dave are, in fact, cousins.
The Neighborhood, which airs Mondays at 8/7c, wraps Season 4 on May 23. The series was previously renewed for Season 5 (new showrunner TBA).
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Good casting… sounds fun
Can’t wait to see this show! Love it. It’s hilarious and the actors are great. My favorites keep showing up on the show. Keep it coming. It’s out family show. Kudos.
I luv Patti!
They’ve been killing it with the “black famous” guest stars as of late! Love it!
Looking forward to this episode, expect it to remind me of my own family dynamics and be able to laugh about it
It’s going to be fantastic, can’t wait
I Love Patti
I love this show, we look forward to the new episode.
Definitely looking forward to seeing Ms. Patti
I love Patti LaBelle. I’m going to see her in concert on May 7 at the Morongo Casino.
The show is great, very good cast and with Ms Patti jointing the cast that’s awesome
I always wanted to see her in concert but she never came to our city Dothan, AL
Never cancel this show
Patti & Cedric! 🤩 WhaT a FaB Duo!👍🏽 I’m looking forward to iT!😍🙌🏽
The show just send it this show just send it for me when you start promoting politics in a comedy series especially crt. If you would have kept that out I thought the show is great but since you decided that you are a Biden lover and that you are going to promote what the media already promotes is false misinformation I’m done with the show