Scary Spice Melanie Brown has signed on to star in a new children’s series that will premiere on Nickelodeon this Winter. Mel doesn’t mean to toot her own horn, but she’s convinced that the sitcom could become the “Black Hannah Montana.”

The thirty-three year old mother of two says: “I’ve written my own sitcom that’s just been picked up by Nickelodeon that I start at Christmas. I’m the star of it. It’s a bit like Hannah Montana, but the Black version.”

Mel is presently recording her sophomore album. Featuring guest appearances by Missy Elliott and Janet Jackson, Mel’s new disc will debut in early 2009.