Jay Mohr has been tapped for a major recurring role on ABC’s new comedy series Suburgatory. The show, from creator Emily Kapnek and Warner Bros. TV, tells the story of bright urban teenager Tessa (Jane Levy) whose single dad (Jeremy Sisto) moves her from New York City to the “white-picket-fence nightmare” of the suburbs. In the pilot, the two become close with their new neighbor, Real Housewives-type Dallas Royce, who sets her sights on the hunky single dad, and her daughter Dalia (Carly Chaikin), who reluctantly becomes Tessa’s school buddy. Mohr will play Dallas’ husband Steven Royce who models his life after the two Donalds: Trump and Draper. In business, he’s a shark, which affords his family their elegant lifestyle but he is rarely home and, when it comes to monogamy, he and Dallas employ a “don’t ask, don’t tell” philosophy. Paradigm-repped Mohr previously starred on the CBS comedy Gary Unmarried and CBS drama The Ghost Whisperer.





I will never forgive Jay Mohr for the shit he put Jerry Maguire through.
put your name on it!
Jay Mohr on a sitcom? Brilliant. Why hasn’t Hollywood ever tried that before?
Funniest guy in town. Maybe too funny or quick for the masses, but great nonetheless. Hopefully the writing is there for the Slam Man.
“Maybe too funny or quick for the masses, but great nonetheless.”
His podcast is very popular so I don’t think that’s true, just because you like the guy doesn’t mean that he is “too quick for the masses”, of which you are a member.
I’ve liked Jay Mohr since I heard him on O&A a long time ago (also my first exposure to other fine comics like Jim Breuer, Brian Regan, Bill Burr, Joe Rogan, Jim Norton and many others) but this sitcom, like every other one on the air, looks to be complete crap. That people get paid to come up with this drek is mind boggling, when will networks learn that these formulaic awful shows no longer work?
Suburgatory isn’t formulaic.
A lot of the comedies this year are bad (Work It). But, there are actually more great comedies cooming out this year as well like The New Girl, Up All Night, Suburgatory and later Apartment 23.
I’ve always liked the guy but I’ve also understood why a lot of people don’t – but I think anyone who isn’t a fan could easily be converted by listening to his podcast.
I really like Jay. I watched every incarnation of the CBS sitcom he did. Every week it seemed they were trying to plug a hole in a leaking boat before it sank and never reached it’s destination. He’s really funny on Bravo’s Andy Cohen Chat Show. After he was cast in the dreaded “Jeff Foxworthy Show” years and years ago I knew who he was but never had an opinion. His quirks have grown on me.
Here in NYC he was on the Boomer and Carton morning show not ling ago and absolutely killed it, he was hilarious. Even though this may be a stale show with nothing new, I will watch it for him.
There’s no way, after listening to just one of his Mohr Stories podcasts, one can come away NOT liking the guy. He’s definitely underrated in Hollywood. And he does the best Tracy Morgan impression.
HIs Housewives of New Jersey blogs are fall down funny.
Most underrated comedian in America. I love his podcast. The character sounds like a great match for him.