Reading: Tracy Morgan’s NBC comedy adds Mike Tirico, Boris Kodjoe and Jeremy Culhane

Tracy Morgan’s NBC comedy adds Mike Tirico, Boris Kodjoe and Jeremy Culhane

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The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is bringing three new guest names into Season 2, with Mike Tirico, Boris Kodjoe and Jeremy Culhane set to appear when the NBC comedy returns on Monday, November 2 at 8:30 p.m. ET. The season will also stream the day after broadcast on Peacock.

That matters because viewers have a specific date and a fresh lineup to watch for as Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe bring the show back for another run. Season 2 broadens the guest roster around the main cast, which also includes Erika Alexander, Bobby Moynihan, Precious Way and Jalyn Hall, and gives the network another high-profile comedy return to promote at the start of November.

Tirico’s role ties him directly into the show’s sports-world joke engine: he interviews Reggie Dinkins during a Sunday Night Football segment, a fit that leans on the longtime NBC presence he has built since 2016. Kodjoe, meanwhile, steps in as Leslie “LP” Pervis, Monica’s new love interest this season, while Culhane makes his NBC comedy debut as Max, Monica’s new Gen-Z assistant.

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Culhane comes in with some built-in attention of his own. He joined Saturday Night Live in Season 51 and became known for a viral Tucker Carlson impression, which makes his casting feel like a deliberate effort to widen the show’s comic range rather than simply fill out an episode-by-episode guest list.

Still, the show is walking into Season 2 with a reputation to protect. Its first season brought in Megan Thee Stallion, Craig Robinson, Anna Camp, Soledad O’Brien, Heidi Gardner and Chloe Troast, a guest run that set a high bar before a single new appearance was announced for this round. The new lineup checks the box for recognizable names, but it does not answer how much room each guest will get to make an impression.

The broader setup points to a series that is leaning into its guest-star pattern rather than changing course. The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is a single-camera comedy, and its return on November 2 gives viewers a clear next stop: NBC first, Peacock the following day, with Tirico, Kodjoe and Culhane among the names attached to the new season.

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