Wilmore and Schaffer also write episodes. Executive Producer Larry Wilmore and Co-executive Producer Warren Hutcherson team with Producers Bernie Mac, Michael Petok, Steven Greener, and Teri Schaffer and Directors Ken Kwapis and David Grossman to create the show for New Regency Productions and FOX Television. Bernie Mac heads an outstanding cast, including Kellita Smith as his wife, Wanda, Camille Winbush as 13-year-old Vanessa, Jeremy Suarez as Jordan and Dee Dee Davis as “Baby Girl,” five-year-old Bryanna. But his lectures and soliloquies are actually expressions of his own deep affection and concern for the children, reminding us of what is truly important for families. He responds with an old-fashioned style of discipline and tough love punishment, sometimes verging on the frustrating anger known to any parent. But to those kids, he’s just Uncle Bernie, appropriate target for every prank, easy touch for every request. His wife’s executive position matches his personal success. ![]() ![]() He’s still a well-known performer, still a celebrity, of course. But now he’s a woeful Bernie Mac, a beleaguered, confused, exasperated parent to two nieces and a nephew, children of a fictional sister now in a drug rehabilitation program. In The Bernie Mac Show, stand-up comedian Bernie Mac plays himself.
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