NBC Orders Pilot Executive Produced by Cheers' Monica Aldama (DETAILS)
Ready, set, go!
Are you ready to make mat?
NBC has given a pilot order to Stumble, a new mockumentary-style single camera comedy about the ultra-competitive world of junior college cheerleading. And it's being produced by one of the sport's greats.
A cheerleading legend is involved in NBC's Stumble
Monica Aldama, coach of the top-ranked Navarro Junior College cheer squad, is an executive producer on the project, which is being written by Liz and Jeff Astrof. The Navarro athletes were featured in Netflix's successful documentary series Cheer, which followed them from training to nationals. Dana Honor will also executive produce.
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St. Denis Medical is NBC's newest comedy hit that proves laughter is the best medicine. Co-created by executive producer Justin Spitzer, who brought us Superstore, and Eric Ledgin, you can expect a lot of silliness coupled with emotional life-or-death moments.
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The show follows the daily interactions of the doctors, nurses, and patients at a busy, understaffed fictional hospital in an Oregon town. At the head of the workplace hierarchy is Joyce, an ambitious hospital administrator played by Wendi McClendon-Covey who is not above doing cartwheels to boost staff morale and has big plans for the hospital. Main cast members include David Alan Grier, playing a jaded emergency room doctor and divorcee, and Allison Tolman, a diligent, no-nonsense nursing supervisor.
They’re joined by an impressive group of comedy veterans who promise to turn the serious genre of medical dramas on its ear. Josh Lawson plays a cocky trauma surgeon, while Mekki Leeper is an earnest and freshly minted E.R. nurse. Kahyun Kim and Kaliko Kauahi round out the star-studded cast.
Watch new episodes of St. Denis Medical Tuesdays on NBC and next day on Peacock.
Saturday Night Live's parody of Cheer was spot-on
If you don't have time to check out the Netflix series that made the world obsessed with the Navarro squad, you can get the basic gist from Saturday Night Live's parody starring Adam Driver, with Heidi Gardner as an Aldama-ish coach.
Basically, the squad will do anything to make mat, including injuring themselves. They eat, sleep and breathe cheerleading, and are all-in on going to Daytona, where the national competition is held each year.
