Because of his quick, sharpt-tongue wit displayed on the road and during the “Showtime at the Apollo,” television networks began dialing his number. In 1996, he got his own sitcom, “The Steve Harvey Show,” on the fledgling WB network, one of the only shows to attain traction until it went off the air in 2002. The show also proved notable for launching a productive professional partnership between Harvey and a younger comic named Cedric the Entertainer, who played Harvey’s best friend on the show and would later join him on a groundbreaking national standup tour.
