Paramount debuts Crutch with all eight, cross with The Neighborhood

Paramount will premiere the Tracy Morgan comedy Crutch on Monday, Nov. 3, releasing all eight episodes at once on its Paramount streaming service and staging a crossplatform tiein that night when Morgan guest stars as his new character on CBS series The Neighborhood, the studio announced. The spinoff centers on Francois Frank Crutchfield, known as Crutch, a brash but beloved Harlem shop owner whose life is upended when his adult son and daughter move back into the family home.

Paramount said the full season will be available to stream beginning Nov. 3. That evening an episode of The Neighborhood will air on CBS and stream on Paramount, introducing the character to broadcast viewers in a storyline in which Calvin, played by Cedric the Entertainer, reaches out to his cousin Crutch to help a neighbor get a better deal on new floors. The episode description says Crutch insists on coming to Los Angeles to oversee the work in person, where his presence tests Calvin s household and exposes an emotional vulnerability.

Crutch was given a series order in May. The series was created by Owen Smith, who will serve as showrunner, and is produced by CBS Studios with executive producers that...