New CBS Comedy Pilot To Star Cedric The Entertainer

According to Deadline, Cedric the Entertainer is set to star and executive produce a brand new pilot for CBS. The comedy is called WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, and centers on an overtly friendly family from the midwest that moves to a tough area of Los Angeles. Read more about it from Deadline here!

The new comedy is directed by James Burrows, and has been written by Jim Reynolds. Cedric the Entertainer will play the neighbor to the Midwestern transplants, named Calvin.

Cedric "The Entertainer" is best known for crowd-pleasing performances in hit films & television shows such as Barbershop (franchise), Be Cool, The Original Kings of Comedy, and the top-ranking Madagascar animated franchise, as well as being executive producer and star for five seasons of his own hit comedy series, "The Soul Man" on TV Land. Currently, Cedric stars (along with his fellow funnymen George Lopez, D.L. Hughley, Eddie Griffin, & the late Charlie Murphy) in the clever mockumentary TV series "The Comedy Get Down" (based on the current national tour of the same name) which cleverly exaggerates the many funny things that happen to the comics while on their real-life tour. Additionally, Cedric co-stars opposite Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish in the much-buzzed about new TBS comedy series "The Last OG."

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