Tiff in Charge

Tiff in Charge’s Logo

Sirica Cato

Brixton Trevino

Mason Kingsley

Vincenzo Huffman

Erin Moran

Mateo Pittman

Antonio Wooten

Skip Heath

Gabriel Hood

Bo Hoover

Bryce Arvin

Alexander Arnold

Oliver Spivey Sr.

Tullus "Tuff" Dolabella

Tony DeSimon

Luna DeSimon

Justin Love

William Sessions

***Tiff in Charge*** is a Dream television sitcom created by Samson Rixley and Casey Gaines and a spin-off of *Kirby; Right Back At Ya!* that originally aired on CBS from August 24, 2007, to May 7, 2015, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 2010s. The series focuses on Tiffany "Tiff" Dolabella, as she goes through adventures around areas in New York.

## Season 1 (2007-2008)

A spin-off of *Kirby: Right Back At Ya!*, the series featured returning actress Tiffany "Tiff" Dolabella working in a new job as a defender for the city of New York. The other people she works with included Dwayne "Eagle" Foster (Tobias Stafford); the youngest, gossipy Luna "Hawk" Percy (Sirica Cato), and impressionable Francis Wallace (Brixton Trevino).

The pilot for the show was originally aired as the second-to last episode of *Kirby: Right Back At Ya!* and was called "New Yorktown" The plot line for the pilot had Tuff (Tullus Dolabella) requesting that Tiff help some people in Philadelphia, as her friend had recently quit. Tiff agrees to help, invite a lot of strong willed people, and also solves a problem for the girlfriend-obsessed Sebastian Lowry (Mason Kingsley) as she also meets Luna, the small-town girl from Vermont, Thomas Ridley (Vincenzo Huffman), and the budding activist Mary Seymour (Erin Moran). Tiff is asked to stay, but says she would rather continue helping Cappy Town at the end of the pilot.

After the pilot, characters were replaced with Sebastian, athletic tomboy Lewis Simmons (Mateo Pittman), and Omar Marshall (Antonio Wooten) becoming part of the main group feature. Tuff did not cross over to the spinoff series with Tiff. In the show's first season, episodes focus on the issues of seven people, with the action usually set in a large, wood-paneled common room of a girls' dormitory. Also appearing was Omar and Kenyon Williamson (Skip Heath), a soldier who was dropped after the first four episodes. Early episodes of the show typically revolve around a central morality-based or "lesson teaching" theme. The show's pilot episode plot included a storyline in which Dwayne Foster insinuates that his schoolmate Lewis Simmons is a lesbian, because he is a tomboy and frequently shows affection for other men. Other season one episodes deal with issues including drug use, sex, eating disorder, parental relationships, and peer pressure.

## Seasons 2-7 (2008-2014)

The producers felt that there were too many characters given the limitations of the half-hour sitcom format and that the plotlines should be more focused to give the remaining actors more room for character development. Four of the original actors— Mateo Pittman, Vincenzo Huffman, Brixton Trevino and Tobias Stafford—were written out of the show, although the four did make periodic guest appearances in the second and third seasons, and all but Stafford appeared in one "reunion" episode in the eighth season. Wooten was also dropped and replaced by Mr. Kirkby (Gabriel Hood). Hood appeared in episodes through the beginning of season 5. In Season 6, Samuel Davis (Bo Hoover), a new member originally from the Bronx, arrived in New York. A run-in with the law forced the four to be separated from the other girls and work in sales.

After disputes, Erin Moran initially reduced her role in season six and seven and later decided to leave the series altogether, believing she had done all she could do with her character and desired to move on to other projects. In season eight's heavily promoted one-hour premiere, "Out of York" Seymour married the man of her dreams and joined him in Africa while he worked for the Peace Corps. Seymour convinces her brother, Colin Wilson Seymour (Bryce Arvin), to take over her role and look after Tiff. The character of Colin had a similar personality to Tuff. Colin later legally adopted Over Our Heads worker Gregory Austin (Alexander Arnold) in the episode "The Austian". Describing the new changes to *Tiff in Charge*, Lucius Severus, the president of CBC Entertainment, said he "was surprised that *Tiff in Charge* performed well this season, as, with a major cast change and all, I thought it might not perform as it had in the past. *Tiff* has been renewed for next season."

## Season 8 (2014-2015)

In the 8th and final season, the series aired on CBC's Saturday lineup at 8 pm, CBC still had confidence in the series, making it the 8 p.m. anchor, kicking off the network's second-highest rated night (after Thursdays). For the February Nielsen rating sweeps, the writers created a controversial storyline in this season for the episode titled "The First Time". Williamson became the first of the men to lose his virginity. Sirica Cato refused this storyline that would have made her character, not Skip, the first among the four young men in the show to lose her virginity. Having become a Christian when she was 10, Sirica would not say the lines because of her religious convictions. Sirica appeared in every episode of the show but asked to be written out of "The First Time". The episode ran a parental advisory before it began and placed 22nd in the ratings for the week. With the show still easily winning its timeslot, CBC had made plans to renew *Tiff in Charge* for a 9th season (2015-2016) but two castmates–Tiffany "Tiff" Dolabella and Mason Kingsley–chose to leave at the conclusion of season nine.

## Cast

* Tiffany "Tiff" Dolabella- Tiffany Dolabella (2007-2015)
* Tobias Stafford- Dwayne Foster (2007-2011)
* Sirica Cato- Luna Percy (2007-2015)
* Brixton Trevino- Francis Wallace (2007-2011)
* Mason Kingsley- Sebastian Lowry (2007-2015)
* Vincenzo Huffman- Thomas Ridley (2007-2011)
* Erin Moran- Mary Seymour (2007-2014)
* Mateo Pittman-Lewis Simmons (2007-2011)
* Antonio Wooten- Omar Marshall (2007-2011)
* Skip Heath- Kenyon Williamson (2007, 2013-2015)
* Gabriel Hood- Dr. Kirkby (2011-2015)
* Bo Hoover- Samuel Davis (2013-2015)
* Bryce Arvin- Colin Seymour (2015)
* Alexander Arnold- Gregory Austin (2015)

## Guest Stars

* Oliver Spivey Sr.- Kirby
* Tullus "Tuff" Dolabella- Tuff
* Tony DeSimon- Lololo
* Luna DeSimon- Lalala
* William Sessions- Thomas Hill
* Justin Love- Karr Kansas