{"id":996390,"date":"2022-02-18T20:09:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/18\/martin-lawrence-tisha-campbell-taping-martin-reunion-sunday\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T20:09:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:09:22","slug":"martin-lawrence-tisha-campbell-taping-martin-reunion-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/18\/martin-lawrence-tisha-campbell-taping-martin-reunion-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell taping 'Martin' reunion Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Feb. 18 (UPI) —<\/span> BET+ announced Friday that it is taping a 30th anniversary reunion special for the sitcom Martin<\/i> on Sunday. Cast members Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold and Carl Anthony Payne II are participating.<\/p>\n

Comedian\/actor Affion Crockett is hosting the special. BET+ promises further surprise guests, a la the Friends<\/i> reunion special.\n<\/p>\n

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Martin<\/i> ran from 1992 to 1997 on Fox. Inspired by Lawrence’s comic persona, he played the fictional Martin Payne. Campbell played his girlfriend, Gina.<\/p>\n

Arnold played Gina’s best friend, Pam. Payne played Martin’s friend, Cole. Thomas Mikal Ford, who played Martin’s friend Tommy, died in 2016.<\/p>\n

“To be able to sit here thirty years later with this amazing cast that has had such an impact on pop culture is truly a blessing,” Lawrence said in a statement. “I am always humbled that the fans still want more of the show and its characters. I am looking forward to the reunion special.”<\/p>\n

BET+ will stream the special this summer. All five seasons of Martin<\/i> are currently streaming on BET+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Feb. 18 (UPI) — BET+ announced Friday that it is taping a 30th anniversary reunion special for the sitcom Martin on Sunday. Cast members Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold and Carl Anthony Payne II are participating. Comedian\/actor Affion Crockett is hosting the special. BET+ promises further surprise guests, a la the Friends reunion special. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":996391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}