Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. are one step nearer to headlining their first joint sitcom.
CBS on Wednesday handed a pilot order to as-yet-untitled household comedy fronted by the father-son duo, TVLine has discovered. Within the potential multi-cam, which was first put into improvement in October, “legendary discuss radio host and fortunately divorced ‘Poppa’ (Wayans) has his standpoint challenged at work when a brand new feminine co-host is employed, and at dwelling the place he finds himself nonetheless parenting his grownup son (Damon Wayans Jr.), a superb dreamer who’s attempting to pursue his ardour whereas being a accountable father and husband,” in accordance with the official logline.
The elder Wayans co-wrote the pilot with Final Man Standing vet Kevin Hench. The duo will executive-produce alongside Wayans Jr.
Wayans and Wayans Jr. beforehand performed father and son within the ABC cult traditional Pleased Endings and CBS’ short-lived Pleased Collectively (pictured above), however solely on a guest-starring/recurring foundation. Wayans Jr. additionally had a recurring function on his father’s early-aughts ABC sitcom My Spouse & Youngsters.
This marks CBS’ third pilot order for the 2023-24 broadcast season, following Elsbeth (a second Good Spouse spinoff centered on Carrie Preston’s Elsbeth Tascioni) and Matlock (a brand new tackle the Andy Griffith traditional starring Oscar winner Kathy Bates). Ought to the Wayans household comedy be ordered to sequence, it could be a part of a sitcom lineup that features Bob Hearts Abishola, Ghosts, The Neighborhood and Younger Sheldon — all of which have already been renewed.
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