Showtime is (quite literally) shooting for the moon with its latest project: The premium cabler has picked up Moonbase 8, an astronaut comedy series starring Fred Armisen (Portlandia), John C. Reilly (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) and Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!).
In addition to creating and writing the half-hour comedy, Armisen, Heidecker and Reilly serve as executive producers with Jonathan Krisel (Baskets), who also directs.
“While the show was produced before the pandemic, its subject matter is timely — and thanks to Fred, Tim, John and Jonathan, its humor is timeless.”
Moonbase 8‘s six-episode first season will premiere sometime this fall.