Last single friend Mel accepts a marriage proposal, so Mel takes to find a mate.
Melissa and Joey, a half-hour comedy with Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence executive produce and star, is portrayed Mel Hart, the former wild child adult from a political family who is now a local politician herself. When his sister ends up in jail and his brother-in-law flees after a scandal occurs, Mel must take responsibility for his teenage niece, Lennox, and pre-teen nephew Ryder.
With Mel cover too much to handle by itself, help comes in the form unlikely that Joe (Lawrence) who, desperate for a job, moves and becomes the family "Manny." David Kendall & Bob Young are executive producers and writers. Paula Hart also serves as executive producer.