More news on Tracy Morgan’s forthcoming TBS pilot, which the network ordered straight to series last year: Ryan Gaul, one of the stars of Seeso’s Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, has been added to the cast as a series regular.
Morgan’s as-yet-untitled series will be produced by Jordan Peele (in the news for making history with his horror hit Get Out), and it’ll star the over-the-top Morgan as a recently released convict attempting to understand just how much the world has changed in his 15 years in prison.
From Deadline’s synopsis, it’s unclear exactly who Gaul’s character is, but it sounds like he plays the new husband of Morgan’s ex-wife, a successful white man who’s playing stepfather to the twins Morgan never knew he left behind.
With plenty of opportunities for Morgan to showcase his extremely exaggerated incredulity (imagine him finding out about Soda Streams, squatty potties, etc), the show sounds like it’ll be a light-hearted hit.
