NBC has formally given the inexperienced gentle for Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe's new comedy sequence. Leisure Weekly can affirm that the community has picked up the single-camera comedy pilot, presently titled The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, for a sequence order.

The present will comply with a former soccer participant (Morgan) who's fallen from grace as he units off on a mission to rehabilitate his picture and win again public approval. NBC introduced the sequence' pilot order in March, revealing the reunion of a number of 30 Rock alums who function govt producers and writers for the brand new comedy.

Along with Morgan starring, Tina Fey will function an govt producer alongside Robert Carlock and Sam Means, each of whom have deep 30 Rock roots and are a part of Reggie Dinkins' writing workforce.

Carlock served as an EP and co-showrunner of 30 Rock, a task he shared with Fey. The pair have labored collectively on a number of initiatives for the reason that Emmys darling aired its final episode in 2013, together with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Great News, Mr. Mayor, and the 2016 movie Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, which starred Fey and was written by Carlock.

Means runs in a really related circle, having written for 30 Rock, Nice Information, and Kimmy Schmidt, in addition to co-executive produced Mr. Mayor.

Fey and Morgan each labored on Saturday Night time Reside in 2000, the place they overlapped for 4 years. They then starred collectively on 30 Rock all through its seven-season run because the unpredictable screwball Tracy Jordan (Morgan) and his hamstrung TV producer boss Liz Lemon (Fey). Reggie Dinkins marks their first collaboration for the reason that showbowed.

Fey individually reunited with 30 Rock star and Morgan's fellow "Downside Sovler" Jane Krakowskion Kimmy Schmidt.

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The crew behind Reggie Dinkins contains two extra 30 Rock producers, Eric Gurian and David Miner, who return as EPs. Rhys Thomas, a Documentary Now! director and SNL producer, was tapped to direct the pilot.

Radcliffe was introduced as Morgan's castmate quickly after the pilot order. Radcliffe will play Arthur Tobin, an award-winning filmmaker who strikes into Reggie's mansion to shoot an immersive documentary concerning the erstwhile star athlete.

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The Harry Potter and Swiss Military Man actor has labored with Fey and firm earlier than, showing as Prince Frederick in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend.

It's removed from Racliffe's first time on the small display; his final recurring TV function was on the anthology comedy Miracle Employees. His different current credit embrace the films Bizarre: The Al Yankovic Story and The Misplaced Metropolis, and a voice function on the animated Netflix sequence Mulligan.

He additionally lately accomplished a sold-out run of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Alongside, which earned him his first Tony Award on the 2024 ceremony in addition to a Grammy nomination for Greatest Musical Theatre Album.

As for Morgan, his final recurring TV function was on sitcom The Final O.G. He's additionally set to star on the Paramount+ comedy sequence Crutch, premiering later this 12 months.

Together with Morgan and Radcliffe, Reggie Dinkins additionally stars Erika Alexander, Bobby Moynihan, Valuable Manner, and Jalyn Corridor.

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