Tracy Morgan could be greatest recognized for his function on Tina Fey’s satirical sitcom 30 Rock (which you’ll be able to stream on Hulu), however the Saturday Night time Dwell alum and common has dozens of different credit, together with a four-year run as Tray Barker on the TBS comedy collection The Final O.G. that resulted in 2021. 4 years later, Morgan is headed again to tv, and this time, he has an unlikely co-star, Daniel Radcliffe.
Selection first broke the information of Morgan’s untitled comedy collection per week in the past, and now there’s much more info to share. Hailing from the minds of Tina Fey and a number of other different former 30 Rock and SNL creatives, the collection will observe Reggie, a disgraced soccer participant (Morgan) who should rehabilitate his picture. Whereas not a lot else is thought about Morgan’s character but, we’re studying extra about Radcliffe’s function.
The Bizarre: The Al Yankovic Story star is about to play Arthur Tobin, a profitable filmmaker who plans to create an immersive documentary about Reggie. To take action, Arthur strikes into Reggie’s mansion.
It’s been confirmed that the untitled sports activities comedy might be a single-camera present; nevertheless, what stays unclear is that if it is going to be a mockumentary like The Workplace or the latest hit Abbott Elementary. 30 Rock was not, however with Radcliffe taking part in a documentary filmmaker, it is undoubtedly a chance that the present will function some mockumentary-style parts just like the notorious talking-head segments.
And if that is the case, it’d really feel proper at residence alongside NBC’s related hits like The Workplace, Parks and Rec and St. Denis Medical each on the community and on Peacock.
Whereas this NBC pilot marks the primary time Morgan and Radcliffe will share the stage, it’s not the previous Harry Potter star’s first foray into comedy tv, nor his first time working with Fey. The 2 first teamed up for his look within the interactive particular Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidy: Kimmy vs the Reverend. Most just lately, he is co-starred reverse Steve Buscemi within the anthology comedy TBS collection Miracle Employees.
Morgan, in fact, isn’t any stranger to the world of comedic tv both. Most just lately, the comedy icon has just lately appeared in a number of visitor roles for Disney Plus’s The Santa Clauses and CBS’s The Neighborhood, which is about to finish subsequent 12 months. The latter of which has landed Morgan a spin-off collection the place he’ll reprise his function as Curtis Butler, the cousin to Cedric the Entertainer’s character from the multi-cam collection.
As of writing, there is no such thing as a phrase on whether or not or not the untitled comedy might be prepared in time to debut on the autumn 2025 TV schedule. Provided that the information is just a couple of pilot order, we would by no means see the completed product. However I cant think about that something with Morgan and Radcliffe sharing the display would get sidelined that early. Maybe some wizarding expertise would come in useful…