Reno 911!: The Hunt For QAnon gets its premiere date on Paramount Plus, airing on December 23, via Variety. Paramount Plus also released a teaser for it. The Hunt For QAnon serves as a special to the Reno series, which debuted lasted from 2003 to 2009. The show was revived in 2020 with 25 new episodes. The revival became a critical success, earning the series four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations and one Critic’s Choice Television Awards nomination.
Reno 911! is a mockumentary style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically the Fox Broadcasting Company reality series Cops, with comic actors playing the police officers. Most of the dialogue in the mockumentary was unscripted, allowing the cast to frequently improvise their lines.
The special will follow the deputies of the Reno Sheriff’s Department as they hunt for the mysterious Q, the alleged master brain behind all the QAnon conspiracies. They end up landing at Jeffrey Epstein’s old island after getting stuck at a QAnon convention at sea, which is a highly controversial location regarding the QAnon theories.
The entire original cast of Reno 911! will reunite for the special. The official teaser features Thomas Lennon (The Odd Couple), Robert Ben Garant (Balls of Fury), Kerri Kenney-Silver (The State), Cedric Yarbrough (Speechless), and Niecy Nash (Clean House). Joining them are other original cast members like Carlos Alazraqui (Camp Lazlo), Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs), along with Mary Birdsong (Tales of The City) and Ian Roberts (Upright Citizens Brigade), who joined the show later in its run.
The Hunt for QAnon was announced back in February ahead of the rebranding of CBS All Access on Paramount Plus. The show aired originally aired on the ViacomCBS cabler Comedy Central from 2003-2009. In 2007, the feature film named Reno 911!: Miami was released. The upcoming special will be available exclusively on Paramount Plus.