News, recaps, reviews, photos, clips and more MSN TVIm having problems with Top Destinations. Im having issues searching. Im having problems with Featured Apps. I see an error in the content. Melissa Joey Wikipedia. Melissa Joey is an American sitcomtelevision series starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence that aired for four seasons between 2. ABC Family. The series follows local politician Mel Burke Hart and Joe Longo Lawrence, whom Mel hires to look after her niece Taylor Spreitler and nephew Nick Robinson after a Ponzi scheme leaves Joe broke. The series originally was picked up for a pilot and season one containing 1. August 1. 7, 2. 01. Then, due to the success of the show, ABC Family renewed it for 1. October 8, 2. 01. June 2. 9, 2. 01. The series was renewed by ABC Family for a second season of fifteen episodes, which began airing on May 3. August 2. 9, 2. 01. Melissa Joey ranks as cable TVs 1 telecast at 8 oclock across target audiences 1. On August 1. 7, 2. ABC Family renewed Melissa Joey for a third season,5 set to premiere on May 2. On May 2. 8, 2. 01. ABC Family announced that the third season would be expanded by 2. The show proved to be quite successful for ABC Family as the show established a 1. Dying Of The Light Full Movie In English. During the fourth season, the show reached a milestone of 1. Melissa Joey ABC Family Sitcom Cancelled, No Season Five. Trevor Kimball, February 9, 2015. Along with most ABC Family shows, the declining number of viewers watching Melissa Joey occurred in tandem with a general trend of reduced numbers of TV network subscribers. Looking to marginalize these declines, the show accelerated the availability of its episodes to non provider authenticated ABC Family subscribers with Hulu Plus to three weeks post broadcast. On February 9, 2. Watch Regular Show: The Movie Online Hoyts. ABC Family announced its decision to end the series after four seasons. The series finale aired on August 5, 2. Series overvieweditMel is a local politician from a political family. When a family scandal leaves her niece, Lennox, and nephew, Ryder, without their parents, Mel takes them in. Get the latest science news and technology news, read tech reviews and more at ABC News. Watch Melissa P. Online Hulu' title='Watch Melissa P. Online Hulu' />Meanwhile, Joe is a former commodities trader left bankrupt after a Ponzi scheme, and finds himself searching for a job. So when Mel finds it hard to handle an instant family and her own life, she hires Joe to become the familys new male nanny, or manny. The show stars two former teen idols who were notable for roles they played in popular 1. Lawrence for Gimme a Break, Blossom, and Brotherly Love and Hart for Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Hart and Lawrence are both listed as executive producers of the series, and have each directed individual episodes. Cast and characterseditMelanie Alison Mel Burke1. Melissa Joan Hart is a city councilwoman in Toledo, Ohio the youngest in the citys history, as Mel repeatedly brags. She is also a senators daughter. Growing up, she was a rebellious, irresponsible party girl, and now she must take care of her niece and nephew after their mother her sister, Meredith2. Ponzi scheme. She started dating Joe in A Decent Proposal. She accepted his proposal in season 3 episode 3. Right Time, Right Place, and they marry at the end of At Last. She runs for Congress in season 4 and learns that she and Joe are having twins. Joseph Paul Joe Longo1. Joey Lawrence is a former executive and commodities trader with an MBA who lost his job, money and marriage in the wake of Mels brother in laws Ponzi scheme and wound up living in his car. Seeing that Mel needed help raising her niece and nephew and that he needed a job, he has agreed to be the live in nanny to assist Mel and give advice to the kids. He was born in a U. S. Army hospital in Uijeongbu, South Korea, and raised in Secaucus, New Jersey. He also has a brother named Tony who briefly dated Mel and a sister named Teresa. It was revealed he has a 1. Dani Jada Facer with a woman named Felicia Brooke Burke Charvet. He started dating Mel in A Decent Proposal. He proposed to her in Right time, right place and they get married in At Last. In season 4 he writes a book and in the series finale it is published, he is also invited to go on a book tour. Lennox Elizabeth Scanlon Taylor Spreitler is a free spirited teenage girl who, at first, is against the idea of living with her aunt, but soon comes to terms with it. Lennox is known for her artsy, hipster style and extremely vocal liberal views and ideas. Her longest relationship thus far has been with Zander. They broke up when he left Ohio for school in Vermont and Lennox stayed in Toledo to attend the University of Toledo. They get back together, but then break up again after Zander finds out that Lennox had a relationship with Joes nephew, Marco then Zander slept with his roommate, keeping them apart. In At Last, she hooked up with Marco to forget about Zander, but continued their relationship afterwards and in the series finale she and Zander get engaged. Ryder Scanlon Nick Robinson is Mels nephew, and the youngest in the household. In the Pilot, it is mentioned that he suffered a nervous breakdown and burned his fathers suits in the driveway. Like many teenage boys his age, he enjoys watching television and playing sports and chasing girls. Lennox often makes jabs at her brother for being a nerd, but it is not clear if this is true or just a brother sister teasing relationship. Ryder is suspended from school in Season 3 for smoking marijuana on a school trip. In Season 4 he joins the Navy and is stationed in Portsmouth. RecurringeditStephanie Krause Lucy De. Vito is Mels legislative assistant and former intern, beginning with episode 7. Hyperactive and fiercely loyal, Stephanie is keen to schedule interviews, photo opportunities, and media coverage for Mel. She regularly exhibits that she has a crush on Joe. Rhonda Cheng Elizabeth Ho is Mels press secretary appearing in 5 of the 6 first episodes. Shes a giddy yet loyal friend to her and always gives her dating andor parenting advice. Tiffany Longo Megan Hilty is Joes former wife, first seen in episode 1. Their on again, off again relationship is punctuated by bouts of lovemaking in unusual places. Holly Rebeck Rachel G. Fox is Ryders extremely aggressive, controlling girlfriend. She is often manipulative, jealous, and conceited, and Ryder is usually submissive to her demands. Later on, she gets help with her controlling issues, though sometimes she cant help but be a bit demanding. She broke up with Ryder in the beginning of the third season after she found out he smoked pot on the school trip. George Karpelos, Jr. Scott Michael Foster is Mels 2. He is an independent business entrepreneur who loves bicycling. Their relationship is put on hold when George moves to Italy for business, and later, Mel breaks it off. Roman Maizes Chris Brochu, a nerd and Lennoxs boyfriend in the first season. Russell Burke Christopher Rich is Mels father, the former Senator of Ohio, who is very indulgent to his grandchildren and tends to undermine Mels authority with them. He left his wife Monica for a 2. Mel informs the yoga instructor that her father had a vasectomy. Elena Romanov Anya Monzikova is a Russian businesswoman whom Joe marries at the end of the second season. Their marriage ends when she moves back to Russia to testify for an old colleague. Leo Larbeck Joel Mc. Kinnon Miller, the friendly contractor who helped Mel and Joe remodel the house in the beginning of the second season. Jackie Christine Lakin, Mels best friend from college, who is her only other single friend. She plans to get a sperm donor to have a baby without having to marry someone, and Mel unwittingly leads her to purchase Joeys sperm. Haskell Davis Gregg Sulkin, Lennoxs boyfriend in the second season. Aidan Haber Cody Linley, the president of the Spirit Committee at Lennox and Ryders school. Became romantically involved with Lennox in the second season. Monica Burke Rita Rudner, Mels neurotic mother who gets back together with her husband Russell after Mel ruins his relationship with his mistress by telling her about his vasectomy. Austin Trevor Donovan is Mels childhood friend who is back in town.