Jermaine Fowler Joins Tracy Morgan In ‘The Neighborhood’ Spinoff ‘Crutch’ For Paramount+

Nellie Andreeva
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Jermaine Fowler has been tapped as a lead opposite Tracy Morgan in Paramount+ new multi-camera comedy series Crutch, an offshoot from CBS’ long-running sitcom The Neighborhood.

Developed by Owen Smith, who will serve as showrunner, Crutch centers on Francois “Frank” Crutchfield (Morgan), who goes by “Crutch,” is a brash, yet beloved Harlem shop owner whose world is turned upside down when his highbrow son (Fowler) and free-spirited daughter move back into the family home.

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Fowler’s Jake Crutchfield is an Ivy League educated lawyer who forgoes a high-paying position at a swanky, white shoe law firm to provide low-cost legal aid in Harlem.

The Neighborhood star Cedric the Entertainer and Eric C. Rhone executive produce Crutch via A Bird and a Bear along with Smith, Aaron Kaplan for Kapital Entertainment; Wendi Trilling for TrillTV; and Morgan. The series is produced by CBS Studios and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

This marks Fowler’s return to CBS Studios which cast the actor-comedian in one of his first lead roles on the studio’s CBS comedy series Superior Donuts. Fowler can be seen in Amazon’s Ricky Stanicky with John Cena, Zac Efron & William H. Macy. Last year, he starred in Tim Story’s The Blackening, which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, and can also be seen in FX/Hulu’s limited series A Murder At the End of the World with Emma Corrin & Clive Owen. Coming up for him are Faces Of Death opposite Dacre Montgomery, Barbie Ferreira & Charli XCX, and the arachnophobia horror movie Sting coming out later this year.

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