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Kenan: Who’s in the cast of NBC’s new show?
KENAN is a new NBC series that launches on February 16 at 8:30 pm.
The single-camera comedy follows a widowed dad played by mainstay Kenan Thompson.
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Who's in the cast of Kenan?
The new comedy features Kenan Thompson, Don Johnson, and fellow star Chris Redd.
Thompson, who is in his record 18th season at SNL, stars as the title character of Kenan and also serves as executive producer.
The Emmy-winning actor is known for his impressions of Rev. Al Sharpton, Charles Barkley, Steve Harvey, and David Ortiz.
Johnson, now 71, is probably best known for playing Detective Sonny Crockett on Miami Vice in the 1980s.
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The actor, who plays Rick in the new show, also starred in such films as Dead Bang, The Hot Spot, and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man.
The talented Redd won an Emmy award in 2018 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for the SNL song Come Back, Barack.
Redd, who plays Gary Williams in Kenan, released his debut stand-up album But Here We Are in 2019.
The new NBC comedy also features Kimrie Lewis as Mika and little Dani and Dannah Lane as Aubrey and Bridget Williams.
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What is Kenan about?
Kenan plays a widowed father and famous morning show host who is trying to raise his two young girls.
Meanwhile, his father-in-law (Johnson), brother (Redd), and others are not shy about giving Kenan advice about how to raise his children.
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"The show centers on the familial relationships as Kenan tries to reclaim his life after his wife's death," reads the show description.
"Kenan's daughters are his world - the too smart Aubrey (Dani Lane) and the silly, unpredictable Birdie (Dannah Lane).
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"He struggles to balance parenting them as a single dad and hosting his show, which leads him to reluctantly accept help from his father-in-law, Rick.
"Rick was a gallivanting sax player when his daughter, Cori (Niccole Thurman), was young and missed out on a lot of her childhood, so he is aiming to make that up with his granddaughters, although his old-school parenting style does not often match up to Kenan's."
Lorne Michaels, who launched Saturday Night Live in the 1970s, is also an executive producer on the show.
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