{"id":69891,"date":"2024-05-06T19:29:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T23:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=69891"},"modified":"2024-05-06T19:29:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T23:29:43","slug":"paramount-orders-new-comedy-series-crutch-starring-tracy-morgan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/06\/paramount-orders-new-comedy-series-crutch-starring-tracy-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount+ Orders New Comedy Series &#8220;Crutch&#8221; Starring Tracy Morgan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69892\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tracy-Morgan.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tracy-Morgan.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tracy-Morgan-300x175.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Paramount+ today announced a new series order for CRUTCH, a half-hour comedy starring Tracy Morgan, which will be set in the world of the CBS Networks&#8217; hit comedy The Neighborhood. The series centers on its titular character, Francois &#8220;Frank&#8221; Crutchfield (Morgan) &#8211; or &#8220;Crutch&#8221; to those that know him well &#8211; a Harlem widower whose empty nest plans are put on hold after his millennial son and free-spirited daughter move back home. The series is produced by CBS Studios and is slated to begin production later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Cedric The Entertainer and his production company, A Bird and a Bear Entertainment, the series is executive produced by Cedric and Eric C. Rhone; along with Owen Smith, who wrote the premiere script and will also serve as showrunner; Aaron Kaplan for Kapital Entertainment; Wendi Trilling for TrillTV; and Tracy Morgan. The series also reunites Morgan with Smith, who served as showrunner and executive producer on <em>The Last O.G.<\/em> in which Morgan starred.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1671670386\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m excited to be expanding our <em>&#8216;The Neighborhood&#8217;<\/em> universe, by producing a show with the legendary comedian Tracy Morgan,&#8221; said Cedric The Entertainer. &#8220;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 &#8216;say-it-like-it-is&#8217; widowed father who is challenged when his two adult children and a couple of grandchildren need to move back home, and let&#8217;s say there will be several comedic complications.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; said Tracy Morgan. &#8220;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. 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