From Hollywood legends Brian Grazer and Ron Howard as well as powerhouse producer Lee Daniels comes The Ms. Pat Show, a new sitcom now available on BET+. The Ms. Pat Show is inspired by the life of convicted felon turned stand-up comedian, Patricia Williams, better known as Ms. Pat. The show tells the story of a woman who forged her hustle and resilient spirit on the streets of Atlanta, and now she and her family are adjusting to their new life in conservative middle America (Plainfield, Indiana).

In Ms. Pat’s memoir Rabbit, she shares her moving story as a single mother of two selling crack in the inner city of Atlanta. At 19, with two toddlers and a new husband, she was handed four more young children from her sister who was struggling with addiction. With her husband’s encouragement, she finally decided to get on the straight and narrow, and went to her first open-mic. From the moment she stepped on stage she knew she had found her place. Rabbit was nominated for an NAACP Award for Outstanding Literary Work and Rotten Tomatoes included it on their list of “Books Becoming TV Series We Cannot Wait to See.”

Ms. Pat has since become a favorite with audiences and critics alike. Declared by The Washington Post as “unforgiving and darkly hilarious,” and The New York Times as “brutally honest and outrageous,” she’s appeared on Netflix’s The Degenerates, Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy, Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and Nickelodeon’s Mom’s Night Out.

A favorite guest on podcasts from Joe Rogan, Marc Maron and Bert Kreischer, Ms. Pat now hosts her own popular podcast, The Patdown.