Bert Kreischer to Topline Netflix Sitcom
Kreischer will play the title role in and is a co-creator of Free Bert, a six-episode comedy the streamer has ordered. Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel (The Grinder, Huge in France) co-created the show with Kreischer and will serve as showrunners, writers and directors. The cast also includes Arden Myrin, Lilou Lang and Ava Ryan.
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In Free Bert, Kreischer will play a version of himself — a 'shirtless comedian, party legend, perpetual wildcard,' as the show's logline puts it. He finds himself in unfamiliar territory when his daughters (Lang and Ryan) are accepted at an elite private school in Beverly Hills. When his antics turn the family into outcasts, he decides to put a shirt on and stifle his true self in order to fit in.
Myrin (The Righteous Gemstones, Insatiable) will play Bert's wife in the series.
In addition to the stand-up specials Kreischer has done for Netflix — the most recent one, Lucky, premiered in March — the comedian has appeared on WWE Raw since it moved to the streamer and was part of Netflix's Christmas Day NFL coverage last year.
Free Bert will also join a growing roster of comedian-led comedies at Netflix, among them Tires (Shane Gillis), Survival of the Thickest (Michelle Buteau) and Leanne (Leanne Morgan), which premieres July 31. The streamer also recently renewed Tom Segura's sketch show Bad Thoughts.
Kreischer, Paul and Mogel executive produce Free Bert with Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns and Elise Henderson of Counterpart Studios, LeeAnn Kreischer, and Judi Marmel.
Paul and Mogel are repped by UTA, Mosaic and Johnson Shapiro.
June 26, 12:45 p.m. An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Ava Ryan's name.
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