Melissa & Joey Interview: Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence

During my press trip to LA, me and 24 other bloggers visited the Melissa & Joey set and interviewed the stars of the show, Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence. Melissa & Joey is a half-hour comedy on ABC Family. It just won a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Comedy. Melissa Joan Hart plays Mel Burke, a former wild child of a political family, who is now a local politician. Joey Lawrence plays Joe Longo who moves in with Mel, her niece and nephew to become the family’s manny. Between scenes Melissa and Joey were nice enough to sit down and talk to us and answer a few questions we had.

I grew up watching Joey Lawrence in Blossom in the early ’90s. He’s been on numerous amazing shows and won the Young Artist Award in 1993 for Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series, Blossom. His character in Melissa & Joey is so much fun to watch and unique that he becomes the family’s manny. He does a great job keeping the family together and helping Mel raise her niece and nephew. (more…)