Michael Schur is the guy behind
The Office, Parks and Rec, the Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and pretty much every great sitcom of the last decade. Now he’s back with a new sitcom headed to NBC streamer Peacock and it looks like another great addition to the Michael Schur Cinematic Universe.
Rutherford Falls stars Ed Helms as the descendant of the local town founder and Jana Schmieding as his longtime best friend who finds herself at a crossroads with him as the public starts to turn against the statue of his famous ancestor which just happens to be positioned in the middle of the street. Hijinks ensue, and a bigshot podcaster played by Dustin Milligan (Ted from
New Mike Schur Sitcom RUTHERFORD FALLS Drops First Trailer
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Mike Schur‘s television résumé is pretty unimpeachable. After serving as a producer and writer on
The Office, he went on to create (or co-create) three more of our favorite shows. He is responsible for
The Good Place. Easy to see why we’re always excited for anything and everything he makes. Now he’s returning to TV with another sitcom,
Rutherford Falls. The Peacock series will explore what happens when small town problems become a big deal. Additionally, this comedy is dedicated to increasing Native American representation both in front of and behind the camera.
Ed Helms) and Reagan Wells (
Jana Schmieding), who find themselves at a literal crossroads when their sleepy town gets an unexpected wakeup call involving an inconveniently placed statue in the town square.
Rutherford Falls Trailer
Rutherford Falls finds a small town in the Northeast and the Native American reservation it borders turned upside down when local legend and town namesake, Nathan Rutherford (Helms), fights the moving of a historical statue that represents his family’s legacy. Meanwhile, Reagan Wells (Schmieding) is fighting to transform her cultural center.
It seems like this series will tackle the issue of preserving and recognizing history, including the presence of potentially problematic figures who have been idolized in the form of statues, as well as the place of Native Americans in the history of the United States. But this serious topic is given a comedic angle by making the two main characters best friends instead of being at each others throats. It also
The Good Place wrapped up and
Brooklyn Nine-Nine headed into its final season, audiences are facing a shortage of Mike Schur’s feel-good comedy. Luckily, the prolific creator has tapped a stellar team for his latest series,
Rutherford Falls. The new series, which will stream on Peacock, is a comedy about two lifelong best friends, Nathan Rutherford (Ed Helms) and Reagan Wells (newcomer Jana Schmieding), who find themselves at a crossroads – quite literally – when their sleepy town gets an unexpected wakeup call. Rutherford, a descendant of the town’s problematic founder, finds himself in a battle with the town’s Indigenous community over his ancestor’s monument, which is built inconveniently in the middle of the road. At the same time, Wells is struggling to attract visitors to her cultural center which is tucked away in the local tribal casino.