NBC renewed the fall and rise of reggie dinkins for a second season, giving Tracy Morgan’s freshman comedy a new run after a January 18 premiere that pulled more than 14 million viewers. The 10-episode order keeps the series on the schedule after NBC ranked it as the No. 1 new comedy of the 2025-26 season in the 18-49 demo.
Tracy Morgan Returns
Tracy Morgan will stay at the center of the series as Reggie Dinkins, the former football star trying to rebuild his image. Daniel Radcliffe plays Arthur Tobin, the award-winning filmmaker helping him do it, while Erika Alexander plays Monica, Reggie’s ex-wife and the mother of their teenage son, Carmelo.
Jalyn Hall plays Carmelo, Precious Way plays Brina, and Bobby Moynihan plays Reggie’s best friend Rusty. That cast mix gave NBC a broad ensemble around Morgan, and the network is now betting that the same setup can carry a second season with a defined 10-episode commitment.
January 18 Audience Lift
The January 18 premiere matters because NBC did not just see a routine launch. More than 14 million viewers watched the first episode, and NBC later called it the No. 1 comedy telecast of the season across all broadcast networks.
That kind of launch gives the network a clean answer when it has to decide whether a new comedy deserves more room. For a freshman series, a second season order is not a given; it usually comes after the network sees whether the show can pull a real audience beyond the first-night sample.
Robert Carlock and Sam Means
Robert Carlock and Sam Means serve as co-showrunners, writers and executive producers, with Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Eric Gurian and David Miner also executive producing. Universal Television produces the series with Universal Studio Group, Little Stranger, Inc., 3 Arts Entertainment, Bevel Gears, Means End Productions and Streetlife Productions, Inc.
The renewal gives that production team a clear next step instead of leaving the show in the “wait and see” lane that often hangs over new network comedies after their first run. A 10-episode second season is a workable order for a comedy that has already shown it can draw both size and relative strength in the 18-49 demo.
For viewers, the practical change is simple: the fall and rise of reggie dinkins is not a one-season experiment. NBC has chosen to keep Morgan, Radcliffe, Alexander and the rest of the ensemble in play, and the network is leaning into the numbers that made the first season stand out.
