NEW YORK, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Living Single actress Erika Alexander and Saturday Night Live alum Bobby Moynihan say their characters Monica and Rusty still prioritize Tracy Morgan's titular washed-up football player over themselves in the new comedy, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.
Created by Robert Carlock and Sam Means, the series airs Tuesdays on NBC and Wednesdays on Peacock. A sneak peek of the pilot episode was released last month.
In the show, Reggie was forced to leave the NFL due to a gambling scandal and is now trying to reclaim his glory days by having failed filmmaker Arthur Tobin (Daniel Radcliffe) make a documentary about him.
Monica is Reggie's manager and ex-wife, while Rusty is Reggie's former teammate and constant companion.
"He was a star football player who bet on himself and got caught and is looking for redemption and everyone is looking for a comeback in some way," Alexander, 56, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
