Showtime has set a premiere date for its new half-hour comedy collection Moonbase 8.
The collection, which stars Emmy(R) nominee Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Superior Present, Nice Job!) and, Golden Globe(R) and Academy Award(R) nominee John C. Reilly (Stroll Onerous: The Dewey Cox Story), will premiere on Sunday, November Eight at 11 p.m. ET/PT.
The collection is created, written and govt produced by Armisen, Heidecker, Reilly and Emmy nominee Jonathan Krisel (Baskets), who additionally serves as collection director.
Set within the remoted desert of Winslow, Arizona at NASA’s Moon Base Simulator, Moonbase Eight follows keen astronauts Skip (Armisen), Rook (Heidecker) and their chief Cap (Reilly) as they try to qualify for his or her first lunar mission.
Whereas working vigorously to finish their coaching, a collection of surprising circumstances forces the astronauts to query their very own psychological sanity, belief in one another and whether or not or not they’re reduce out for house journey.
Moonbase Eight is produced by A24 and Abso Lutely Productions. Along with Armisen, Heidecker, Reilly and Krisel, Moonbase Eight can also be govt produced by Dave Kneebone, Eric Wareheim, and A24’s Ravi Nandan and Inman Younger.
The collection nabbed a proper order at Showtime final month.
“In a yr when now we have all been compelled to come back to phrases with life in shut quarters, we’re comfortable to have landed this offbeat tackle life in captivity with goals of escaping to one thing grander,” stated Jana Winograde.
“Whereas the present was produced earlier than the pandemic, its subject material is well timed – and due to Fred, Tim, John and Jonathan, its humor is timeless.”
At a time when TV choices are diminishing, the star energy of Moonbase Eight ought to profit from that.
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