Paramount+ has broken the silence when it comes to its new series The Varnell Hill Show. The workplace comedy will premiere next month on Paramount+.
For those who don’t know, The Varnell Hill Show is a spinoff series that focuses on the character Varnell Hill who works behind the scenes of a long-running late-night talk show. Varnell has to fight in order to stay relevant in a changing industry while navigating relationships between network executives, business stakeholders, and creative teams during show production.
The cast consists of Chris Williams (Upload, Would You?), Nick Cafero (The Maid and the Billionaire, The Runarounds), Jon Klaft (The Grotto, Dear White People), Brittney Ayona Clemons (The Taming Game, Separate Rooms), Oscar Miranda (9-1-1, The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie), Monica Lee Gradischek (Hollywood, All the Way to the Top), Rowe (A Life of Sunshine), Terryl Daluz (The Wedding Pact, The System), Martin Lawrence (7 Dogs, Demascus), Kym Whitley (We Got Time Today, The Upshaws), Neil Brown Jr. (That Friend, The Equalizer), and Tommy Davidson (Comics Unleashed, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder).
The series is executive produced by Lawrence, Davidson, Jesse Collins (BET Awards 2026, iHeartRadio Music Awards), Dionne Harmon (Hollywood Squares, Star Search), Bentley Kyle Evans (Highly Favored, Mind Your Business), Mark J. Greenberg (The Ms. Pat Show, Gordita Chronicles), Russell Griffin (Leanne, Frasier), Andy Horne (The Varnell Hill Show, Robbery), Jonathan M. Howard (The Goldbergs, Schooled), Stacy Lyles (They Fight, Bad Boys: Ride or Die), Rae Proctor (Martin: The Reunion, Raptors), Alyson Fouse (Act Your Age, A League of Their Own), Robert Lawrence (Mindcage, The Women Behind the Women: Behind Steel Dragon), and Rose Catherine Pinkney (The Family Business, Son of the Preacher).
The series will debut on September 1, 2026. The series will follow with a two-episode premiere and will follow with a new episode dropping every Tuesday up until October 13, 2026. The remainder of the photos are below.