The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins
2026 American comedy television series
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The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is an American sports mockumentary sitcom created by Robert Carlock and Sam Means for NBC. The series premiered as a midseason entry in the 2025–26 television season on January 18, 2026. In May 2026, the series was renewed for a second season.
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Sam Means
- Tracy Morgan
- Erika Alexander
- Precious Way
- Jalyn Hall
- Bobby Moynihan
- Daniel Radcliffe
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| Created by | Robert Carlock & Sam Means |
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| Theme music composer | Jack Grabow |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Cinematography | Charlie Gruet |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
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| Network | NBC |
| Release | January 18, 2026 – present |
Cast and characters
Main
- Tracy Morgan as Reggie Dinkins, an ex-football player who is trying to make a comeback
- Erika Alexander as Monica, Reggie's ex-wife who is also his business manager and agent
- Precious Way as Brina, Reggie's fiancée
- Jalyn Hall as Carmelo, Reggie and Monica's teenage son
- Bobby Moynihan as Rusty, Reggie's former teammate and best friend
- Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Tobin, a director hired by Reggie to film his documentary
Guest
- Megan Thee Stallion as Denise, a divorced mom and mail-carrier who flirts with Arthur[1]
- Corbin Bernsen as Duck Donovan, Reggie's former coach whose life collapsed after Reggie's scandal came out
- Craig Robinson as Jerry Basmati, Reggie's rival
- Heidi Gardner as Tisha Basmati, Jerry's wife
- Anna Camp as Narcissa Ocean, Arthur's toxic ex
- Ronny Chieng as Barry Hu, a rival agent to Monica
- Drew Scheid as Shane E. Quinn III, former assistant to Monica[2]
Episodes
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 10 | January 18, 2026 | April 13, 2026 | |
Season 1 (2026)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [3][4] | Directed by | Written by [5] | Original release date [3] | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Rhys Thomas | Robert Carlock & Sam Means | January 18, 2026 | 5.80[6] | |
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Former star football player, Reggie Dinkins was disgraced and banned from the sport after a gambling scandal. He lives with his son, Carmelo, fiancée Brina, and his former teammate Rusty. His manager is ex-wife, Monica. Reggie hires filmaker Arthur Tobin to produce a documentary about him. Monica is resistant, concerned Arthur will make an embarrassing film about Reggie. When Arthur is unable to secure the rights to use NFL game footage, Reggie fires him, while Monica quits as Reggie's agent. Monica meets with a talent agency and learns about Arthur's embarrassing past when he was producing a Marvel film. Monica decides to work with Reggie, and they convince Arthur to stay and make the documentary. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Nittany Means Big" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Phil Augusta Jackson | February 23, 2026 | N/A | |
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Arthur attempts to learn more about one of Reggie's most famous games during his college career against Penn State when he had an impressive game but then threw up in his helmet on television. Reggie had long claimed that it was from food poisoning, but Arthur discovered in old newspapers that it was the result of swallowing river water while attempting to kidnap the mascot during a prank gone wrong the night before the game. Monica reveals that she had long hidden this fact, because she felt that it would ruin Reggie's reputation, and Arthur agrees to continue keeping this secret. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Put It on Your Cabbage!" | Maurice Marable | Meredith Scardino & Evan Susser | March 2, 2026 | N/A | |
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Arthur learns that Reggie avoids most public appearances, even going to Carmelo's football games, out of fear of being recognized. Arthur tries to encourage Reggie to go out, only to be refused. Arthur tricks Reggie to go to a restaurant, where he is recognized. In exchange, Arthur attends a film festival despite his embarrassment over a viral clip of him when he was directing a movie that caused his to leave Hollywood. Monica tries to coach Brina, as she thinks that she is not financially responsible, but realizes that she is much more financially savvy than she initially appeared. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Save the Cat" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Grace Edwards | March 9, 2026 | N/A | |
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Reggie sees on the news that his former coach, Duck, has lost his favorite cat, Namath. Thinking that pleasing Duck will help him get into the hall of fame, Reggie tries to find Namath, along with the help of Arthur. Arthur is fired by the dean, but decides to continue his project. After seeing Rusty's success in dating, Monica decides to try online dating, but is disappointed by the man that she met. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "You May Hug Your Hero" | Reginald Hudlin | Robert Carlock & Sam Means | March 16, 2026 | N/A | |
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Reggie wants to confront his old on-field rival, Jerry Basmati, who is now in the hall of fame and has a successful newscasting career after football. Reggie and Jerry host rival football camps, which leads a game between the two teams. Monica and Jerry's wife, Tisha, are performatively nice to one another, but deeply resent each other. At the camp, Arthur meets Denise, a postal worker, and sneaks away to have sex with her. Jerry's team defeats Reggie's team, but Reggie gives a speak to his team that leads to a popular video of Jerry that wins him public appeal. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Dr. Watson's Dad" | Heather Jack | Robert Carlock & Auguste White | March 23, 2026 | N/A | |
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Rutgers University decides to rename its stadium from Reggie Dinkins to Calista Flockhart. Monica sets up an interview with a New Jersey newspaper, but Reggie insists on wearing a mock-Hall of Fame jacket and a Jets hat, and appearing alongside a bust of his head, that the others find ugly. The bust is broken, causing Reggie to investigate using Arthur's footage. Arthur attempts to frame Brina, but comes clean, thinking he was the one that broke the bust. But ultimately, it was Carmelo who broke it while rehearsing a dance for TikTok. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The World Is Full of Beaks" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Mamoudou N'Diaye & Evan Susser | March 30, 2026 | N/A | |
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Arthur convinces Reggie that they need to shoot more footage in New York, but Reggie realizes that Arthur was trying to make an excuse to see Denise, the postal worker he met at the training camp. Arthur reveals that he is obsessed with Denise, and Reggie tries to convince Arthur that Denise does not reciprocate his feelings. Arthur reveals that he had previously been in a toxic relationship with a woman named Narcissa, and she was one of the reasons that he left Los Angeles. Brina gets into a public feud over video game royalties with another rapper, but later makes amends, but keeps up the conflict for publicity. Arthur is rejected by Denise and returns to Reggie's house, but is surprised to see that Narcissa has found him in New Jersey and arrived. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Loyalty Swamp" | Don Scardino | Neda Jebelli & Bradley Gill Lewis | April 6, 2026 | N/A | |
| 9 | 9 | "Mischief and Memories" | Maggie Carey | Vivianne Nguyen & Meredith Scardino | April 13, 2026 | TBD | |
| 10 | 10 | "A Real Cinderello Story" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Robert Carlock & Sam Means | April 13, 2026 | TBD | |
Production
In March 2025, an untitled single-camera comedy starring Tracy Morgan was given a pilot order at NBC with Morgan, Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Sam Means, Eric Gurian, David Miner, and Rhys Thomas serving as executive producers. The episode was written by Carlock and Means, with Thomas directing and Daniel Radcliffe, Erika Alexander, Bobby Moynihan, Precious Way, and Jalyn Hall joining Morgan as series-regular cast members.[7][8][9][10][11] In May, NBC gave the project a ten-episode series order with the title The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.[12]
On January 14, 2026, NBC announced that the series would premiere on January 18 following NBC's coverage of an NFL divisional playoff game, ahead of its originally-planned timeslot premiere on February 23, 2026.[13][14]
On May 5, 2026, NBC renewed the series for a second season.[15]
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 100% based on 29 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Harnessing Tracy Morgan's unpredictable comedic charisma to consistently hilarious effect, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is a delightful ensemble sitcom that, true to its title, gets better and better as it goes along."[16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 76 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable".[17]
Ratings
The series premiered with a special early showing on January 18, 2026, following an NFL divisional playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears.[18] The pilot episode drew 5.8 million viewers and achieved a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic.[19][6] It became the most-watched comedy episode of the 2025–26 season among broadcast networks in both total viewers and the key demographic,[20] and was NBC's most-watched comedy series debut in three years since Night Court premiered in January 2023.[21]
