Tracy Morgan to Star in NBC Comedy Pilot Led by Tina Fey

No other casting has been announced,Variety reported, with the outlet noting, “The show would air on NBC should it get picked up to series.”

Previously, Morgan and Fey starred together in 30 Rock, the TV satirical TV series that began in 2006 and ended in 2013. He portrayed movie star Tracy Jordan, a character inspired by Morgan’s own life.

In 2018, Morgan shared how the show had a positive impact on his life in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

“Being on that show kept me busy. I was sober then. I was able to do Tracy Jordan without having to have a drink,” he said. “Tina Fey saw me partying at the after-parties of Saturday Night Live, so she [drew from] that. I didn’t have to be in the picture — I could paint the picture. I got crazy without actually having to drink. And that saved me.”

He has also talked about his friendship with Fey before, saying in a 2010 appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Showvia Vulture: “She’s my friend. I love her. She understood that I knew who I was.”

“Where everybody else [said]: ‘Oh, he don’t know. His whole career is chance.’ And she understood that I was making choices,” he added. “I was making choices on TV. And she not only would write things, she would just encourage me.”