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EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off a starring role in Coming to 2 America, Jermaine Fowler is in talks to lead The U.S.P.S., a spy action-comedy which is being developed by Amazon Studios, Imagine Entertainment, and Chronology. Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and Karen Lunder are producing the film with Oscar-nominated…

Oh say, can you see, Jermaine Fowler is Coming 2 America! The stand-up comedian and actor stopped by the New Hollywood Podcast to talk about the forthcoming sequel which is set to hit Prime Video on March 5. Fowler is known for many film and TV projects including the Superior Donuts which ran for two seasons from…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Showtime has landed for development a single-camera comedy project created by writers/stand-up comedians Moshe Kasher and Jermaine Fowler. Written by Kasher and Fowler, the untitled comedy is set in 1997. In South Central Los Angeles, the heart of West Coast gangster rap, a group…

Former Superior Donuts star Jermaine Fowler has sold a semi-autobiographical animated comedy project to Fox. The Untitled Jermaine Fowler Project, created, written and executive produced by Fowler, is loosely based on his formidable years growing up in a working class town in Prince George's County, Maryland, with his…

Jermaine Fowler is headed to Zamunda. The comedian and Superior Donuts actor has been cast as one of the leads in Paramount’s Coming 2 America, which is set to be released December 18. Fowler recently starred as Franco Wicks on CBS’ Superior Donuts alongside Judd Hirsch, Katey Sagal, David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, and…

Superior Donuts alum Jermaine Fowler is returning to CBS with a new starring vehicle. The network has given a pilot production commitment to Quinta & Jermaine, a multi-camera comedy starring and executive produced by actor-comedian Fowler and Internet star Quinta Brunson (Broke) and executive produced by Insecure…

EXCLUSIVE: Cedric The Entertainer (star of the new CBS comedy The Neighborhood), comedian and actress Whitney Cummings, Ken Jeong (upcoming Crazy Rich Asians and Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween), and Jermaine Fowler (currently seen in Sorry To Bother You) have been added to the setlist for The Opening Act. Saturday Nig…

It’s official — CBS is not picking up a third season of Superior Donuts, its multi-camera workplace comedy starring Jermaine Fowler and Judd Hirsch. After a decent ratings start last spring, goosed by a plum lead-in from The Big Bang Theory, Superior Donuts was renewed for a second season with some casting changes…

EXCLUSIVE: Voiceover announcer is an indelible part of awards shows — something that is always there but never stands out. CBS is aiming at changing that up this year with one of the network’s comedy stars, Superior Donuts‘ Jermaine Fowler, taking on the role. “What most awards show do is have the announcer locked in…

EXCLUSIVE: Jermaine Fowler, exec producer and star of the CBS comedy Superior Donuts, has been added the cast of Sorry to Bother You, from first-time writer-director Boots Riley. He joins Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Lakeith Stanfield, and Steven Yeun. The drama centers on a black telemarketer with self-esteem issues…

Creators of CBS’ new sitcom Superior Donuts did not dispute one TV critic’s suggestion at TCA that the network will spend zero time marketing its impressive pedigreee: adaptation of Broadway play of same name by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Tracy Letts). Judd Hirsch plays a ’60s radical who now owns a donut…

CBS has handed a 13-episode series order to multi-camera comedy Superior Donuts to premiere later this season. The project was originally piloted last season. While it didn’t make the cut, the pilot was in serious contention, with CBS brass particularly high on lead Jermaine Fowler. A new pilot was ordered after the…