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[VIDEO EXCLUSIVE] Did Ms. Robbie of “Sweetie Pie’s” Save Oprah’s OWN TV Network? “We were her first reality show…”

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9 years ago

November 24, 2017

Miss Robbie the matriarch of her family and CEO of the “Sweetie Pie’s” brand credits her family’s reality series for putting “OWN TV” on the map. [Video Exclusive].

What are your thoughts? Sweetie Pie’s was the first series to takeoff on the network. OWN’s long-running, NAACP Image Award-winning docu-series “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” featuring soul food entrepreneur Miss Robbie Montgomery her son Tim Norman and their exuberant family returns to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on Saturday, November 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT for its fifth season. The series follows the fun-loving, musical Montgomery family through their highs and lows as they work to expand their soul food empire.

On an all-new season full of equal parts family fun and jaw-dropping drama, Miss Robbie and Tim attempt to mend their mother/son relationship by dividing the family business after previous lawsuit drama between the two. Tim heads to Houston to rebound by opening up a new, full-service restaurant, while continuing his relationship with reality star Jennifer Williams – who puts on the pressure to get engaged. Tim’s ex is married with another child on the way against the wishes of Miss Robbie who truly wanted her and Tim to mend their differences. Miss Robbie & Charles sat down for a private intimate dinner with the elite press of Atlanta.

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Umeek Reporter & WSP “Miss Robbie” & “Charles”

They discussed the upcoming season and the new business endeavors while still managing and mending family relationships within the business. Sweetie Pie’s shows the black entrepreneur experience in a positive light while highlighting that black families can be successful in business even with family involved. Tune in for the new season as the Montgomery’s continue to build their family empire and legacy.

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OFFICIAL TRAILER RELEASED FOR “CALL ME MICKY,” EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY DOMINIQUE JACKSON

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3 hours ago

August 31, 2026

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**New 22-minute documentary short follows Micky Angelo Petrillo after transitioning at 59, with the acclaimed POSE star helping bring his story to the screen**

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — NEW YORK: The official trailer for CALL ME MICKY, a new documentary short Executive Produced by acclaimed POSE star Dominique Jackson and directed by Andrew Rasmussen, has been released on YouTube ahead of the film’s upcoming festival run.

The 22-minute documentary follows Micky Angelo Petrillo, a larger-than-life New Jersey native who transitioned at 59 and is now discovering what comes next.

Rather than presenting transition as the conclusion of Petrillo’s story, CALL ME MICKY focuses on the life unfolding afterward — through Pride celebrations, open mics, friendships, storytelling and Petrillo’s increasingly public embrace of the man he fought decades to become.

Jackson also appears in the film, joining Petrillo for an intimate on-camera conversation about identity, visibility and what it means to finally live openly as yourself.

Internationally recognized for her commanding portrayal of Elektra on FX’s groundbreaking series POSE, Jackson is an actress, model, activist and producer who also served as an Executive Producer of the acclaimed documentary I’M YOUR VENUS, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival.

Petrillo is the author of the memoir Walking the Earth: First as a Woman, Then a Man.

While CALL ME MICKY captures one chapter of Petrillo’s much larger story, the film offers an intimate portrait of a man discovering that becoming yourself is not the ending — it may only be the beginning.