Steve Harvey, at Mableton Kmart, talks 'Family Feud,' Chris Brown, Mo'Nique

The comic and actor was there to promote Kmart's back-to-school sales and honor ten local mentors for their commitment to Atlanta youth. Protege sportswear footwear and apparel exclusively available at Kmart is also providing monies to Boys & Girls clubs and other youth programs.

Harvey also had audience members  come up for a $150 Kmart gift card. A woman who drove four hours from Sumter, S.C. ended up winning after crooning a Billy Holiday song, "God Bless the Child."

During my interview with Harvey after the show, he said he played a role in getting "Family Feud" moved from Orlando last season to his residence of Atlanta this season. "The ratings justified a move to Atlanta. The numbers were good," he said.

Last year, Screen Gems approached Harvey to turn his best-selling relationships book "Think Like a Man, Act Like a Lady" into a film. It's now being shot in Los Angeles and he will play himself in two weeks. "I don't have to act at all," he said.

The movie, which will involve interweaving relationships,  sounds a bit like  "He's Just Not That Into You," the 2009 film based on Greg Behrendt's comedic relationships book of the same title from 2004. Actors involved in Harvey's project include Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart and Taraji P. Henson. But the biggest name the film just signed is R&B star Chris Brown, who is making a healthy comeback on the music charts with a string of hits two years after he pled guilty for felony assault of his then girlfriend Rihanna.

"When they came me with the Chris Brown idea, I signed off on it," Harvey said. "I like Chris Brown. I think he's a good kid. Everyone makes mistake. You have to give people an opportunity to recover from mistakes. Where would I be if someone didn't give me a second chance?"

The film is scheduled to be released in 2012.

I also know he's close to Mo'Nique and had to ask him about the news last week that BET had shut down production of the show. He said he had just come back from Africa and didn't know the details. He doesn't think it's actually been canceled but laughed when I told him they had given her the dreaded "hiatus."

"I've had a couple of lengthy ones that we never came off of," he said. "I'll have to call Mo to find out... she'll tell me the real deal."

"I know Mo ain't quittin', " he added. "We stack jobs. We don't quit jobs. We're old school!"

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By Rodney Ho, rho@ajc.com, AJCRadioTV blog