NBC unveiled its fall slate Monday (May 12) and announced that Tracy Morgan‘s comedy series, The Fall And Rise Of Reggie Dinkins, was greenlit for a 10-episode series order.
The series will star Morgan alongside Erika Alexander, Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Moynihan, Precious Way and Jalyn Hall as it follows Reggie Dinkins (Morgan), a disgraced former football player on a mission to rehabilitate his image.
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Morgan secured the pilot order back in March and was the first pilot greenlight at NBC for the season, according to the network. The decision came after Pearlena Igbokwe became the Chairman, Television Studios, NBC Entertainment & Peacock Scripted back in January. The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is Igbokwe’s first new NBC scripted series pickup — and the network’s only new scripted series for the 2025-26 season so far, Deadline reports.
The outlet noted, “There were multiple factors in play. Because of the timing of the executive restructuring late into the 2024-25 development cycle, NBC was late with its pilot orders, with only ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ finished in time for the upfronts.”
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins will not interfere with The Neighborhood spinoff series Crutch, which Morgan also stars in and is headed to Paramount+. The spinoff centers around Francois “Frank” Crutchfield (Morgan)— also known as “Crutch” to his inner circle— “a Harlem widower whose empty-nest plans are put on hold after his millennial son and free-spirited daughter move back home.”
(L-R): Cedric the Entertainer as Calvin Butler and Tracy Morgan as Curtis
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Cedric The Entertainer, who helms The Neighborhood, said of the new series, “I’m excited to be expanding our ‘The Neighborhood’ universe by producing a show with the legendary comedian Tracy Morgan. This new character is the close cousin to my character Calvin Butler, and you will enjoy some of their many similarities. Morgan plays Crutch, a ‘say-it-like-it-is’ widowed father who is challenged when his two adult children and a couple of grandchildren need to move back home, and let’s just say there will be several comedic complications.”
Morgan added, “’Crutch’ will be navigating the ups and downs of having his kids and grandkids back under one roof, and you know if I am doing this, there will be plenty of laughs along the way. I am so happy to be able to do this with my brother Cedric The Entertainer, Owen Smith and the rest of the amazing crew we have put together. Get ready for your new favorite show!”
Neither show has a set premiere date.
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