Meet Alex and Carla Reed

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Dr. Alex Reed - Malcolm-Jamal Warner may be best known for his role as Theo Huxtable onThe Cosby Show. Malcolm is also a musician and director, having helmed episodes of The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Kenan & Kel and Malcolm & Eddie, where he played "Malcolm McGee." Warner brings that same humor to Reed Between the Lines as Alex, an English professor, stay–at–home dad and husband.

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Dr. Alex Reed - Malcolm-Jamal Warner may be best known for his role as Theo Huxtable onThe Cosby Show. Malcolm is also a musician and director, having helmed episodes of The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Kenan & Kel and Malcolm & Eddie, where he played "Malcolm McGee." Warner brings that same humor to Reed Between the Lines as Alex, an English professor, stay–at–home dad and husband.

Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Carla Reed - Tracee Ellis Ross segued into acting in the 90s, making her cinematic debut in the 1996 psychological drama Far Harbor, later making her biggest splash as Joan Clayton on Girlfriends. In 2007, Ross teamed up with writer/director Tyler Perry for the big-screen romantic comedy Daddy’s Little Girls. Ross plays Carla Reed, a highly successful psychologist, mother and wife on Reed Between the Lines.

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Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Carla Reed - Tracee Ellis Ross segued into acting in the 90s, making her cinematic debut in the 1996 psychological drama Far Harbor, later making her biggest splash as Joan Clayton on Girlfriends. In 2007, Ross teamed up with writer/director Tyler Perry for the big-screen romantic comedy Daddy’s Little Girls. Ross plays Carla Reed, a highly successful psychologist, mother and wife on Reed Between the Lines.

Dr. Alex Reed: The Dad - Alex is an English professor at NYU, specializing in twentieth-century American literature. Alex is also a neat freak who loves sports, cooking and fine wines. Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, he was the first of his blue-collar family to go to college, which is an accomplishment he doesn't take for granted.(Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

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Dr. Alex Reed: The Dad - Alex is an English professor at NYU, specializing in twentieth-century American literature. Alex is also a neat freak who loves sports, cooking and fine wines. Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, he was the first of his blue-collar family to go to college, which is an accomplishment he doesn't take for granted.(Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

Dr. Carla Reed: The Mom - Dr. Carla Reed is a highly successful psychologist who works hard to balance her family and career. She grew up in a solid, middle class family that valued stability and education. But her perfect world fell apart while she was in college at Howard University; it was then that she found out her father had a secret family.(Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

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Dr. Carla Reed: The Mom - Dr. Carla Reed is a highly successful psychologist who works hard to balance her family and career. She grew up in a solid, middle class family that valued stability and education. But her perfect world fell apart while she was in college at Howard University; it was then that she found out her father had a secret family.(Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

The Love of His Life ... - Alex attended Howard University as an undergrad, where he and Carla were casual acquaintances until they reconnected years later at a mutual friend's wedding. They began dating shortly thereafter and the rest is history. He loves Carla with all of his heart, and he has accepted her twins Keenan and Kaci from a previous marriage as his own. (Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

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The Love of His Life ... - Alex attended Howard University as an undergrad, where he and Carla were casual acquaintances until they reconnected years later at a mutual friend's wedding. They began dating shortly thereafter and the rest is history. He loves Carla with all of his heart, and he has accepted her twins Keenan and Kaci from a previous marriage as his own. (Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

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The Love of her Life ... - Then she ran into Alex at a mutual Howard classmate's wedding. They began dating and were married a year later, when her twins were five years old. Alex helped Carla raise Keenan and Kaci as if they were his own and they had a third child, Alexis, about a year into their marriage.(Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

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The Love of her Life ... - Then she ran into Alex at a mutual Howard classmate's wedding. They began dating and were married a year later, when her twins were five years old. Alex helped Carla raise Keenan and Kaci as if they were his own and they had a third child, Alexis, about a year into their marriage.(Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

The Stay-at-Home Dad - Alex recently chose to leave the classroom at NYU to work from home as an online professor and home-school their daughter Alexis, so that Carla can focus on expanding her psychology practice.(Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

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The Stay-at-Home Dad - Alex recently chose to leave the classroom at NYU to work from home as an online professor and home-school their daughter Alexis, so that Carla can focus on expanding her psychology practice.(Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

The Ex-Husband - It was at Howard that Carla met her ex-husband, Marcus Reynolds, with whom she had twins Keenan and Kaci. After receiving her PhD in psychology, Carla moved to New York to take over a colleague’s private practice and make a fresh start.(Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)

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The Ex-Husband - It was at Howard that Carla met her ex-husband, Marcus Reynolds, with whom she had twins Keenan and Kaci. After receiving her PhD in psychology, Carla moved to New York to take over a colleague’s private practice and make a fresh start.(Photo: Derek Blanks/BET)