The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air: The Will Turns
Series 5 episode 20 from 1995.
Will randomly gets a job on a soap, where he finds himself earning big money.
Then, when he realises he’s a gay character and has to act as such, he backs off and messes up so that he gets fired.
Then, he finds out that the character changes and moves in with one played by Halle Berry.
It ends with his chasing Carlton, his manager, who forgot to tell him.
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