ABC Family may have given “Lincoln Heights” the  ‘ol heave-ho but the show still has a strong fan base. The series, centered around the Sutton family, was nominated for Best Drama at tonight’s NAACP Image Awards. Yesterday, Erica Hubbard (aka Cassie Sutton) joined fellow cast member Nicki Micheaux (Jen Sutton) at the Nominee Luncheon. Life after “Lincoln Heights” hasn’t been all bad for Hubbard, she currently has three films in the pipeline including “The Misguided Adventures of Dating in Hollywood”.

Dear ABC Family.…Are you kidding me? You need to get real with “Lincoln Heights”. For those of you who haven’t seen it, “Lincoln Heights” is a show about a Black Los Angeles police officer, Eddie Sutton (Russell Hornsby), his nurse wife Jenn (Nicki Micheaux), and their three teenage children. The Sutton family moves from the suburbs back to the inner-city neighborhood where Eddie grew up. He faces the struggle to balance the safety and happiness of this family with his desire to change the neighborhood. It’s great to see a positive image of a Black family, besides The Cosby’s. Although “Lincoln Heights” has been on the air for four seasons,not a lot of people have seen it— three of the lead actresses were recently on “The Mo’ Nique Show”, saying that this was their first ever talk show appearance! Sad, yet not surprising. Besides reality buffonery, shows that are predominately black never receive as much publicity as other shows. Read the full story