HBO Ballers
Looking at the lives of former and current football players, half-hour comedy series Ballers follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football.
Rob Corrdry, Omar Benson Miller, John David Washington, Donovan Carter, Troy Garity, Jazmyn Simon, and Arielle Kebbel also star. Created and executive produced by Steve Levinson; executive produced by Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Dany Garcia, Julian Farino, Evan Reilly and Rob Weiss.
Vernon Littelfield played by Donovan W. Carter is Dallas’ prized defensive tackle who believes he should be paid accordingly, but the temptations of being a young superstar threaten to undermine that goal.
Season 5
2019
Donovan (Vernon), London Brown (Reggie) and Troy Garity (Jason) on the set of HBO Ballers.
Season 4
Donovan (Vernon) and Dwayne Johnson (Spencer) on the set of HBO Ballers.
2018
Season Premiere 8/12/18 also Donovan’s 29th birthday.
Episodes
- Rough Ride
- Don’t You Wanna Be Obama
- This Is Not Our World
- Forgiving is Living
- Doink
- No Small Talk
- The Kids Are Aight
- The Devil You Know
- There’s No Place Like Home, Baby
Midnight In The Switchgrass (2021)
Storyline: Based on the true story of Texas’ most dangerous serial killer with the dramatization translocated to Florida. FBI agent Karl Helter and his partner Rebecca Lombardi are very close to busting a sex-trafficking ring. When they realize their investigation has crossed the path of a brutal serial killer, they team up with Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent Byron Crawford who has years on this case. When Rebecca herself is abducted by their target and her life hangs in the balance, Byron has precious few hours to piece together the last clues and put an end to the infamous “Truck Stop Killer“.
Character: Lieutenant Gilbright
Release
Midnight in the Switchgrass had it’s world premiere on June 13, 2021 at the Tampa Theatre where it was the closing night film of the Gasparilla International Film Festival.
The film was later released on July 23, 2021, by Lionsgate.
Familytime – Season 5
Network: Bounce TV Monday 9/8c
Storyline: Anthony and Lisa Stallworth and their children, Ebony and Devin, are an authentic picture of an African American family working to live the American dream. When this working-class family scratches off the right lottery ticket one night, they’re suddenly propelled to a middle class community in sunny southern California. Written by Bounce TV
Character: Butch
Season 5 Episode 6
Stalking For Love
Lisa’s aunt (Shirley Ceasar) comes for a visit. Donnie gets stalked.
Original Date Aired: Monday, November 13, 2017
Time: 9:00 PM EST/PST