Peacock has unveiled the trailer for Rutherford Falls, a new comedy co-created by Ed Helms, Sierra Teller Ornelas, and Michael Schur. This is a reunion for Helms and Schur, who previously worked on The Office together. In Rutherford Falls, Helms plays Nathan Rutherford, a descendant of the town’s founder who gets into a battle with the town’s Indigenous community over moving a statue of his ancestor, which is apparently oddly situated in the middle of the road. The comedy also stars Jana Schmieding as Reagan Wells, Nathan’s best friend who runs the local cultural center and is in need of some real help to keep it going.
Rutherford Falls has one of the largest Indigenous writers’ rooms on tv, including Ornelas—who previously worked on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Superstore—Jana Schmieding, Bobby Wilson, Tai Leclaire, and Tazbah Chavez. The cast includes Michael Greyeyes, Jesse Leigh, Dana L. Wilson, and Dustin Milligan. Rutherford premieres April 22 on Peacock.
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That trailer completely won me over. When it hit ‘Apples and oranges, Carla’, I pretty much died.Also why you are such a buzzkill, Carla?
This is not the Rutherford B. Hayes miniseries I have clamored for.
Call me a fool, but I just assumed that a show called Rutherford Falls was about the dramatic take-down that our nation needs in order to finally heal from the disastrous Hayes administration.
Having listened to the American Presidents Totalus Rankium episodes on Hayes, that sounds like an absolutely delightful production.
It will probably get better when Ed leaves in the middle of the season to shoot a movie.
European Vacation (remake), coming January 2022
Ed Helms? Nope.
I know this looks like it was assembled from the carcass of several other shows , but it looks good. Hopefully it makes it to the season 2 water , and isn’t picked off by hungry TV executive crabs,
I’ll take a chance on just about anything that Mike Schur is involved with, but a couple of his recent projects (Sunnyside, Abby’s) were kind of terrible. Good concepts and decent casts, but the laughs just weren’t there. I’m cautiously optimistic about this one.
I have fond memories of Abby’s being the first show my father and I hatewatched together.
Had to look up Sunnyside and Abby’s. The feeling of, “Oh…yeah” that I got from recognizing the promo images is very likely the same feeling that people get when they remember someone they worked with briefly and who died a decade ago.
*Glances around nervously*I liked Abby’s.
I thought Sunnyside was OK and just needed a little more time to find its groove.
Schur doesn’t look great…
Not Ivy League. But so close it drives you crazy. Went to Northwestern. Can confirm.
I would have thought University of Chicago would have been closer to the target, but I see what they did with that line and it still works for me.
If Beth Stelling is playing more than a background character, and she’s in the regular cast, I WILL WATCH EVERY EPISODE THRICE.
I don’t know anything outside of her standup, but her standup is VERY good.