Jake Johnson comedy Sunset P.I. adds five guest stars
NBC's Jake Johnson comedy Sunset P.I. has cast Spencer Moss, Nelson Franklin, Patrick Gallagher, David Paymer and Wrenn Schmidt as guest stars. The single-camera workplace comedy follows Johnson as P.I. Mickey Wilder at a past-its-prime Hollywood detective agency and is set to premiere in February.
Key Takeaways
- Spencer Moss, Nelson Franklin, Patrick Gallagher, David Paymer and Wrenn Schmidt join Sunset P.I. as guest stars.
- Johnson stars as Mickey Wilder, a private investigator at a fading Hollywood detective agency.
- Jane Levy, Langston Kerman, Mary Shalaby and Keith David were previously announced in the cast.
- The series, from Brooklyn Nine-Nine alums Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici, premieres in February on NBC.
- Akiva Schaffer directed the pilot; Universal Television produces the single-camera comedy.
Who joined the Jake Johnson comedy Sunset P.I. cast?
According to Variety, the jake johnson comedy 8216sunset exclusive casting round brings five guest performers into the NBC series. Moss (She's Fine, Doctor Odyssey) will play Aylie, Mickey's technologically savvy 14-year-old niece. Franklin (Veep, The Social Reckoning) is set as Kyle, an accountant at a large bio-tech company.
Gallagher (Big Sky, Joe Pickett) will appear as Garr, an LAPD detective on a murder scene. Paymer (Dave, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) portrays Irvin Mandrake, a big-wig movie producer who scored blockbuster hits in the 1980s. Schmidt (For All Mankind, Nuremberg) plays Cynthia, a mysterious woman with sinister intentions.
What is Sunset P.I. about and when does it premiere?
Sunset P.I. is a single-camera workplace comedy set inside a past-its-prime detective agency in Hollywood. Johnson leads as Mickey Wilder, with previously announced co-stars Jane Levy, Langston Kerman, Mary Shalaby and Keith David. NBC has scheduled the premiere for February, giving the studio comedy a clear midseason launch window.
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Who is behind the series and why does this casting matter?
NBC picked up Sunset P.I. to series in May. Writers and executive producers Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici, who collaborated on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, created the show. Lonely Island member Akiva Schaffer directed the pilot. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, produces the series.
The guest slate widens the world around Mickey's cases, mixing family (Moss), corporate intrigue (Franklin), police procedure (Gallagher), Hollywood nostalgia (Paymer) and menace (Schmidt). For a workplace PI comedy built on ensemble chemistry, that range of tones is the early signal that Sunset P.I. wants both laughs and lightweight mystery stakes when it arrives in February.