"Love
That Girl" was created by Bentley Kyle Evans - responsible for such hits as "The Jamie Foxx Show," "Full
House" and "Martin" - and produced by Jeff Franklin ("Full House"). The show is about the trials
and tribulations of a newly divorcee (Tatyana) as she moves back to Southern California to work with her father (Phil Morris)
in the real estate business. Alphonso McAuley (Fat Albert) co-stars as her unemployed brother and Kendyl Joi (Life) plays
her best friend.
Singer/songwriter Raphael Saadiq's 2008 single "Love That Girl" serves as the
show's theme song. In fact, the sitcom was filmed in Saadiq's Blakeslee Recording Studios.
"He approached
me (Bentley), told me the idea ...and I loved the script, loved the character...a coming of age story," said Tatyana
Ali about her involvement in the "independent" series. "It's very much a family comedy sitcom. Her brother's
out of work...there's her best friend and the friend next door."
Bentley Evans also enlisted the help
of his sister Stacey Evans Morgan ("The Parkers") as producer-writer; his nephew Nile Evans ("Wild ‘n
Out") and brother Lamont Evans as writers; his wife Valicia Evans as set designer, and Anastasia Ali as co-producer.
Evans, Martin Lawrence, Saadiq and Trenten Gumbs serve as executive producers.
A graduate of Harvard with
a bachelor's degree in Government and African-American Studies Tatyana has two siblings Kimberly and Anastasia - who co-owns
NazraH Entertainment which produces the www.BET.com web series "Buppies."
Born in Brooklyn, New
York on January 24, 1979 Ali obtained her first acting role at the age six on Sesame Street. Then in 1990 she obtained a co-starring
role on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
"After high school I didn't feel like I was finished,"
Ali said about the decision to go to college. "It is something no one can take from you. If you have the education you
can turn your dreams into reality."
As a vocalist her first national performance was on "The Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air" and in 1999 she released her debut CD, "Kiss the Sky," which went gold. Tatyana is currently
working on her sophomore CD which is to be produced by Johnny J (Tupac).
In 1995 Tatyana won an NAACP Image
Award for her work on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and recently receive a 2010 NAACP Image Award nomination for
her work on "Young and the Restless."
Tatyana Ali to star in the Martin Lawrence sitcom ‘Love that Girl' to air on TV One 
