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‘Crutch’: Tracy Morgan Talks ‘The Neighborhood’ Spinoff Show & Its Special Tribute to His Late Wife

Crutch, a Harlem-based family sitcom starring Tracy Morgan, explores disrupted empty-nest life with all eight episodes streaming exclusively on Paramount+ from its Nov. 3 premiere.

  • Crutch debuts Monday on Paramount+ with all eight episodes available for streaming.
  • The show centers on Francois `Frank` Crutchfield, a widower who runs a Harlem flooring company and now juggles multigenerational family life as his son Jake and daughter Jamilah move back home.
  • Tracy Morgan leads the cast as Francois `Frank` Crutchfield in Crutch, a multicamera sitcom filmed before a live audience and spun off from The Neighborhood.
  • Viewers can stream all episodes exclusively on Paramount+, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers; Paramount+ Essential starts at $7.99 and Paramount+ with Showtime at $12.99 a month.
  • Quirky elements include a rooftop garden overseen by Miss Pearl who quips like a 'drunk Muppet' and guest stars Cedric the Entertainer, Arsenio Hall, and Deon Cole alongside Toni, a bird-watching corrections officer.
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‘Crutch’: Tracy Morgan Talks ‘The Neighborhood’ Spinoff Show & its Special Tribute to His Late Wife

Plus, how the show reflects his real life.

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‘Crutch’ follows a Harlem widower as he navigates new family dynamics after his empty-nest plans evaporate

The new comedy series "Crutch" follows Francois “Frank” Crutchfield whose world is suddenly turned upside down by the return of his family.

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Review: 'Crutch,' Tracy Morgan's feel-good comedy series, has a strong cast that lifts familial jokes

Tracy Morgan stars in Paramount+'s multicam sitcom, a spin-off of CBS' 'The Neighborhood,' and plays a widowed father whose empty nest is disrupted by his adult children's return.

·Los Angeles, United States
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Tracy Morgan Transforms Tragedy Into Strength and Returns with Her New ‘Crutch’ Series

Lucero CalderónThe actor, producer and comedian Tracy Morgan suffered an accident in 2014, when a speeding truck hit the limousine in which he was traveling. The incident, which caused him a traumatic brain injury and left him in a coma, sees him in the distance as something that allowed him to see that, like Mohamed Ali, he is also a tireless fighter who, after several years, managed to get ahead in order to continue working and do what he love…

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Tracy Morgan Talks Neighborhood Spinoff Crutch ('I'm Basically The Black Archie Bunker') And Juggling Two Sitcoms At Once

In conversation with TVLine, Morgan talks about juggling the Paramount+ sitcom with a new NBC comedy from longtime collaborator Tina Fey.

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TVLine broke the news in on Monday, November 3, 2025.
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