NBC Orders Tracy Morgan Comedy Pilot (DETAILS)
The project marks a new collaboration between Morgan and Tina Fey.
Tracy Morgan is officially returning to NBC!
On March 4, the network confirmed the pilot order for a series starring the comedian. The untitled Morgan project will follow a disgraced former football player on a mission to rehabilitate his image. The actor will additionally serve as an executive producer of the comedy. 30 Rock creator Tina Fey will also executive produce alongside Eric Gurian and David Miner. Robert Carlock and Sam Means will both write and executive produce. Rhys Thomas is set to direct.
The new NBC show marks yet another collaboration between Morgan and Fey. The two previously co-starred on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock.
"Tina Fey is my sister," he told TODAY in 2019. "When I was on Saturday Night Live and she came, she recognized my funny. Me and her was probably brother and sister in a last life. We just picking up in this life."
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Most recently they both made appearances on the mega three-hour SNL50 anniversary special in February. Morgan was a surprise guest during a star-studded "Black Jeopardy" sketch alongside fellow SNL alumni Leslie Jones, Chris Rock, and Eddie Murphy. The hilarious moment also featured the reprisal of Kenan Thompson's game show host Darnell Hayes and Tom Hanks as his memorable Doug character.
When speaking on his return to Rockefeller Plaza's Studio 8H, Morgan couldn't help but also reflect on the 2014 limo crash that nearly took his life.
“This is incredible,” he said on SNL50: The Red Carpet. "Just thank the Lord that I’m a part of this, that I survived the accident and I’m alive to be here for this.”
As for his "greatest memory ever" from his seven years on the series? “Lorne Michaels picking me to be a cast member,” he said. “Greatest. Can’t beat that.”
