Diary of a Single Mom is a groundbreaking new online show, produced and directed by Robert Townsend , renowned for such films as Hollywood Shuffle and Meteor Man. The show chronicles the lives and challenges of three single mothers and their families as they try to get ahead in a world that is trying to hold them under. The Diary of a Single Mom will premiere here on the Public Internet Channel on January 27, 2009. This groundbreaking new Web series stars Monica Calhoun  , Richard Roundtree , Billy Dee Williams , Valery Ortiz , Janice Lynde (bio), Nieko? Mann , and Leon  in the weekly video series. Their stories inspire us have more compassion in our own lives and those of others.

At the center of Diary of a Single Mom is OCEAN, played by Monica Calhoun. Ocean is a 27 year old black woman from Chicago. She’s quick-witted and motivated to do more with her life than any of her six siblings did with theirs. Her biggest fear is repeating their mistakes — in and out of jail, still living in their mother’s run-down house, settling for lives of ne’er-do-well and waiting for someone to rescue them.

LUPE, 25, is a beautiful Latina mother of two, played by Valery Ortiz. Unlike Ocean, Lupe refuses to accept responsibility for much of anything, preferring to spend her time partying and complaining about being broke.

PEGGY, played by Janice Lynde, is a 50-year-old white suburban housewife who moves from the suburbs with her grandson into the same building as Ocean, on the same day. Six months before, her husband and only daughter died in a car crash, leaving her totally ill-prepared to deal with the family’s finances and obligations on her own…

The Series will Air starting Jan 27 on Public Internet Channel

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