Prentice Penny Interview – Black Hollywood Live’s Next

In this episode, Black Hollywood Live hosts Nick Perdue and Megan Thomas interview special guest Prentice Penny. A native Los Angelean, Prentice grew up spending a lot of time in front of the television. Even though he was a huge UCLA Bruin fan, Prentice attended USC's School of Cinema/Television. He majored in Filmic Writing and upon graduation he was not given a three-picture deal. Met with the sober reality that he had to now become a "professional writer", Prentice wrote/directed an independent feature film, "You Say Tomato." While he continued to write numerous spec TV scripts at night, Prentice worked several day jobs. He worked as a substitute teacher and tutor at a foster home for two years. In 2004, Prentice got his first break as a Writer's Guild Trainee on the UPN show "Girlfriends." He continued to work his way up to Executive Story Editor over the show's final four seasons. In 2008, Prentice was hired on Fox's "Do Not Disturb" s