BET has taken the plunge into original scripted series waters.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the network has greenlit a new comedy pilot, 'Let's Stay Together,' that's already being touted as an "urban 'Mad About You.'"

The show re-unites 'Soul Food' actors Malinda Williams and Bert Belasco as a pediatrician and contractor who try to juggle fast-paced modern careers with an old-school traditional marriage.BET has taken the plunge into original scripted series waters.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the network has greenlit a new comedy pilot, 'Let's Stay Together,' that's already being touted as an "urban 'Mad About You.'"

The show re-unites 'Soul Food' actors Malinda Williams and Bert Belasco as a pediatrician and contractor who try to juggle fast-paced modern careers with an old-school traditional marriage.

Joyful Drake, RonReaco Lee and Erica Hubbard co-star.

BET programmers are betting that 'Together,' which is penned by 'Martin' scribe Jacque Edmonds Cofer, will have a suitable bedfellow in its resuscitated version of 'The Game,' the 'Girlfriends' spin-off that was canceled by the CW last year. (More on that here.)

Who's thinking that 'Let's Stay Together' will use the Tina Turner hit of the same name for its theme song? Guess we'll have to wait and see ...