page_title: Melissa & Joey
section_title: Development and production
hierarchical_section_title: Melissa & Joey / Development and production
caption_attribution_description: English: From left to right: David Kendall, Taylor Spreitler, Joey Lawrence, Melissa Joan Hart, Nick Robinson, Paula Hart.
context_page_description: Melissa & Joey is an American sitcom television series starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence that aired for four seasons between 2010 and 2015 on ABC Family. The series follows local politician Mel Burke and Joe Longo, whom Mel hires to look after her niece Lennox Scanlon and nephew Ryder Scanlon after a Ponzi scheme leaves Joe broke.
  The series was picked up originally for a pilot and season one containing 12 episodes – this premiered August 17, 2010. Then, due to the success of the show, ABC Family renewed it for 18 more episodes on October 8, 2010, which premiered June 29, 2011.
  The series was renewed by ABC Family for a second season of fifteen episodes, which began airing on May 30, 2012, and ended on August 29, 2012. During the second season, Melissa & Joey ranked as cable TV's #1 telecast at 8 o'clock across target audiences 18–34, 18–49 and 12–34 demographics.
  On August 17, 2012, ABC Family renewed Melissa & Joey for a third season, set to premiere on May 29, 2013.
  On May 28, 2013, ABC Family announced that the third season would be expanded by 20 episodes, and that the show had also been renewed for a fourth season, bringing the series total to 100 episodes.
context_section_description: The series marks the second time Hart and Lawrence have co-starred together in an ABC Family production; their first was the 2009 television film, My Fake Fiance. Melissa & Joey was criticized early on for lacking sufficient chemistry between the leads and a "will they, won't they" theme present in their earlier project, My Fake Fiance.
  On October 8, 2010, ABC Family announced their order of an additional 20 episodes for the first season, creating a season of 30 episodes. The mid-season finale for season one aired on October 26, 2010. The second half of the first season began airing on June 29, 2011.  On July 11, 2011, ABC Family announced that Melissa & Joey had been picked up for a second season. On August 17, 2012, ABC Family announced that Melissa & Joey had been picked up for a third season.
  Both Lawrence and Hart directed episodes in season two. Lawrence's episode is called "Wherefore Art Thou Lennox" and Hart was the first woman to direct an episode of the series.
  The series was filmed before a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center stage 14.
  The house used for exteriors is located in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles.
  On February 9, 2015,  ABC Family announced its decision to end the series after four seasons.
caption: The cast and crew of Melissa & Joey
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