Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Family Comedy Gets CBS Pilot Order
Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. are one step closer to headlining their first joint sitcom.
CBS on Wednesday handed a pilot order to as-yet-untitled family comedy fronted by the father-son duo, TVLine has learned. In the prospective multi-cam, which was first put into development in October, “legendary talk radio host and happily divorced ‘Poppa’ (Wayans) has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son (Damon Wayans Jr.), a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible father and husband,” according to the official logline.
The elder Wayans co-wrote the pilot with Last Man Standing vet Kevin Hench. The duo will executive-produce alongside Wayans Jr.
Wayans and Wayans Jr. previously played father and son in the ABC cult classic Happy Endings and CBS’ short-lived Happy Together (pictured above), but only on a guest-starring/recurring basis. Wayans Jr. also had a recurring role on his father’s early-aughts ABC sitcom My Wife & Kids.
This marks CBS’ third pilot order for the 2023-24 broadcast season, following Elsbeth (a second Good Wife spinoff centered on Carrie Preston’s Elsbeth Tascioni) and Matlock (a new take on the Andy Griffith classic starring Oscar winner Kathy Bates). Should the Wayans family comedy be ordered to series, it would join a sitcom lineup that includes Bob Hearts Abishola, Ghosts, The Neighborhood and Young Sheldon — all of which have already been renewed.
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He has been trying to get this made since before Lethal Weapon. Also, the reason he sabotaged the show that he thought wouldnt be a hit.
Good job
I miss In Living Color (90-94) It would never work in today’s woke society.
Fire Marshall Bill, Homey the Clown…..classics. And you’re right about the WOKE thing.
Fantastic! Can’t wait to see it
CBS? This should be on HBO Max or Netflix.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall to read Damon’s contract for this show since from what I’ve been hearing, nobody wants to work with him.
That may mean that one of their “unwatchable” sitcoms will be getting bumped off next season.
After his reported behavior on the set of Lethal Weapon and how he not only ruined that show by getting Clayne Crawford essentially fired, only to leave the show after a good 3rd season – I won’t watch anything with him in ever again.
I didn’t think I could enjoy the third season without Clayne as Riggs but Seann William Scott did a fantastic job and they had chemistry none the less.
I honestly hope this comedy bombs, which is a sad thing to say because a lot of people who work on it might lose jobs, but Damon Wayans doesn’t deserve any success after what he did to Lethal Weapon, in my opinion.
I agree!
You are drunk, dude. Damon Wayans is an icon and Lethal Weapon, as a franchise, can’t hole a candle next to Wayans career.
Besides, Clayne Crawford wasn’t fired because of Wayans. He was a headcase.
Definitely will watch
Hopefully the hours of this job aren’t as bad as a Leathal Weapon as we will know he couldn’t handle that. after that ordeal, I have no respect for him.
Yes I would tune in to the Wayans duo comedy sitcom! I loved “MY Wife and Kids” sitcom.
Plus with Kevin hench as a show runner it has the potential to last very long for cbs as hench helmed to long running sit coms on abc for 15 years and then 3 years at fox as hench was the show runner for home improvement and last man standing
Yes! Damon wagons and family are hilarious!
With everyday life humor !
They can get a little raunchy but hopefully not too much! We love Damon wayans humor!!
YES. DEFINITELY!
Hell yes!!
Absolutely! Have loved everything done by the Wayans family!!!