''Linc's'' is an American

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television series created by Tim Reid and

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. The series starred

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, Pam Grier and Golden Brooks, and was set in a bar in Washington, D.C. It aired on

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for two seasons from August 1998 to February 2000. After its cancellation, it was briefly

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on Showtime's former sister network BET.

Cast

Main

as Russell A. "Linc" Lincoln, the owner of Linc's Bar & Grill. He is a widowed Republican and post-Vietnam Army veteran. * Golden Brooks as CeCe Jennings, an outspoken waitress at Linc's and a single mother *Joe Inscoe as Harlan Hubbard IV, Chief of Staff for the Republican Senator of Mississippi * Pam Grier as Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop, the firm, charismatic head of the National Organization for Children * Georg Stanford Brown as Johnnie B. Goode, a money-hungry D.C. lobbyist

Recurring

* Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Winston Iwelu, a Nigerian cab driver * Daphne Maxwell Reid as Eartha, a prostitute * Randy J. Goodwin as Dante Harrison * Tisha Campbell as Rosalee Lincoln, Linc's daughter, an infantry lieutenant who is at a crossroads with her sexuality

Episodes

Season 1 (1998–99)

Season 2: 1999–2000

Production

''Linc's'' was the first television series to be filmed at Tim Reid's New Millennium Studios in Petersburg, Virginia. Filming for the first season took place from May to August 1998.

Awards

*In 1999, ''Linc's'' was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Drama Series, and Pam Grier was nominated for a

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for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop. *In 2000, at the NAACP Image Awards, ''Linc's'' was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, Pam Grier was nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, and Steven Williams was nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series.

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* 1990s American black television series 2000s American black television series 1990s American comedy-drama television series 2000s American comedy-drama television series 1998 American television series debuts 2000 American television series endings English-language television shows Fictional drinking establishments Showtime (TV network) original programming Television series by CBS Studios Television series set in restaurants Television shows filmed in Virginia Television shows set in Washington, D.C. {{US-drama-tv-prog-stub