It's not often that a show gets booted off a network, disappears for more than a year, and then re-launches on a new network, with the entire cast in tact to boot.

Yet that's the journey "The Game" (BET, 10 tonight) has taken, and so consider this premiere a cause for celebration for all fans who've had a favorite show dropped without satisfying resolution.

If you're not familiar with the show, it chronicles the life and times of the players of a San Diego pro football team, The Sabres, and their families and hangers-on. It's billed as a half-hour comedy, but it's better described as a dramedy. There are comic moments for sure, but "The Game" isn't afraid to tackle serious/timely issues like gay athletes, interracial relationships, workplace sexism and politics.

Around this time last year, TV One tested "Love That Girl,"  its first original scripted sitcom, executive produced by comic star Martin Lawrence,  with a limited run of four episodes.

Guess the audience responded positively because tonight (9 p.m.) the network airs two episodes of the half-hour sitcom as part of a full season.

If you missed the first run, the show stars Tatyana Ali (Ashley from "The Fresh Price of Bel-Air) as Tyana Jones, a young divorcee who has returned home to work with her father (Phil Morris) in his real estate business. She lives with her unemployed, aspiring stand up comedian brother Latrell (Alphonso McAuley), and has a best friend (Kendyl Joi) who owns a hair salon.

The memorial to MJ went longer than expected, but you know what, it was worth it. It was a lovely service. And I got to watch with my mom!

It started about 1:13 p.m. Motown great Smokey Robinson, dapper in a glen plaid grey suit, reads a statement from Diana Ross, who is not in attendance.

She calls MJ "a personal love of mine." She says she'll be there for his children if necessary. Then he reads a note from Nelson Mandela who calls him a member of his family. He will be missed. My mom, bless her heart, whines about her desire for a letter from Nelson.