CBS‘s long-running sitcom The Neighborhood, which already has one spinoff set at Paramount+, is eyeing a second spinoff, which join it at the eye network.
Per Deadline, the spinoff would focus on the characters of Marty and Malcolm (played by Marcel Spears and Sheaun McKinney), the sons of Calvin and Tina Butler (Cedric the Entertainer and Tichina Arnold).
As the trade publication notes, the “premise of the offshoot echoes that of the mothership in reverse. It follows Marty (Spears) and Malcolm (McKinney) Butler as they embark on new adventures, finally leaving their parents’ nest to start the next chapters of their lives, finding themselves the newcomers in a neighborhood that’s both close by yet worlds apart: Venice Beach.”
Three new characters would be introduced in a backdoor pilot this season, with options to become series regulars if the show is ordered to series for the 2025-2026 broadcast television season. The Neighborhood itself has not been renewed for Season 8, but Deadline states that renewal is likely, “and the idea is for the mothership and spinoff ideally to run side by side.”
The potential series is from CBS Studios, Cedric the Entertainer’s A Bird and a Bear Entertainment, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Wendi Trilling’s TrillTV. Showrunners of The Neighborhood, Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, would executive produce with Cedric the Entertainer, Kaplan, Trilling and Eric C. Rhone.
The first spinoff of The Neighborhood, Crutch is set in Harlem, New York City and is set to star Tracy Morgan and Jermaine Fowler, with Morgan’s titular character being the cousin of Cedric the Entertainer’s Calvin Butler. It has not been given a premiere date at Paramount+.