‘One of the best creative teams in the business': NBC orders Tracy Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe comedy from '30 Rock' producers
A reunion of 30 Rock alums is officially a go at NBC.
The network has given a series order to The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, created by Tina Fey and starring Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe. The comedy, which was first announced in March, follows Reggie Dinkins (Morgan), a disgraced football player trying to rehabilitate his image and make it into the Hall of Fame. Radcliffe plays Arthur Tobin, a filmmaker who moves in with Reggie to make an immersive documentary about the former superstar running back.
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The series reunites Fey and Morgan, who starred together on seven seasons of 30 Rock, along with fellow 30 Rock alums Robert Carlock and Sam Means, who will serve as executive producers alongside Fey and Morgan. Carlock and Means co-wrote the pilot.
During NBCU's Upfront presentation on Monday, Morgan said The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins has "one of the best creative teams in the business. Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, or as I like to call him Coca-Cola, and me." Radcliffe, who worked with Fey, Carlock, and Means on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, added that he is "very excited to be making my broadcast debut." The duo then introduced the trailer, which has not been publicly released.
The cast also includes Erika Alexander, Bobby Moynihan, Precious Way, and Jalyn Hall.
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins will air sometime next season, but a premiere date has not been set. It could air as early as the fall on Mondays at 8:30 p.m., following St. Denis Medical, or Fridays at 8:30 p.m., following Happy's Place. The show and two pilots that have not been filmed yet — Stumble, from Jeff and Liz Astrof, and an untitled series from Sierra Teller Ornelas — are all contenders for those two slots. NBC will make a decision later on.
Should The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins air in the fall, that'll make it eligible for the winter awards, where it could build momentum toward the 2026 Emmys. But if it's a midseason premiere, it'll start its awards campaign with the Emmys.
30 Rock won 16 Emmys over the course of its seven-season run, including three straight Best Comedy Series prizes. Fey, a nine-time Emmy winner who is in contention this year for The Four Seasons, won for her turn as Liz Lemon in 2008, and Morgan received a Best Comedy Supporting Actor bid for his performance as Tracy Jordan in 2009.
See photos from The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins below.
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