Damon Wayans Set To Return To Network Comedy With Son In New 'Untitled' Project

Two Wayans men, Damon Wayans and his son, Damon Wayans Jr., are gearing up to collaborate on an 'untitled' comedy project in the works!

Fans are no doubt excited to see the father and son duo on screen, especially since it will be a comeback for the patriarch to network comedy, given his work on multiple highly loved productions in the past.

The 62-year-old father-of-four broke out with the series, "In Living Color," which ran for four years in the early nineties. It was the first Black sketch comedy series on network television, allowing him to display his comedic prowess and creative skills.

Despite being featured in other films, particularly HBO specials like "One Night Stand," "The Last Stand," "Still Standing," and "way out," the 62-year-old still favors stand-up comedy and tours as a stand-up comic. 

He is also widely known as a film and television writer, director, and producer with works in "The Last Boy Scout," "Mo'Money," "Blankman," and "Bamboozled." Now that the actor plans to return to network comedy, he is making the comeback with his namesake son.

According to Deadline, the duo will be featured in a father-and-son comedy developed by CBS and co-written by Damon Sr. alongside the producer Kevin Hench.

Despite being an untitled project, it has been in the works for some time and centers around happily divorced famous talk radio host "Poppa," who has to drag his grown son into adulthood before he turns 40. The older Wayans plays Poppa while Damon Jr. acts as the son who has all his father's charm but, unfortunately, none of his drives.

In addition to CBS Studios being the studio base of the project, it will be executively produced by the Wayans men alongside Hench. It is worth knowing that CBS is also where the younger Wayans' Two Shakes Entertainment has been based since its launch.

Furthermore, the untitled project marks Damon's return to network comedy following his work as a co-creator, executive producer, and actor on ABC's "My Wife and Kids," which ran for five seasons from 2001 to 2005.

Damon Jr. made his television acting debut on the show with a significant recurring role before going on to star in "Happy Endings," "New Girl," and headline the CBS sitcom "Happy Together."

While "Happy Together" lasted a season, an episode titled "Like Father, Like Son" gave fans a glimpse of what the Wayans men would be like acting together.

Other productions the 39-year-old has been involved in include his father's Showtime sketch comedy "The Underground," films "Supercool," "Cherry," and "Barb, and Star Go to Vista Del Mar." He also just concluded the Netflix project "Players" and is an executive producer on the upcoming drama series "Glamorous."

As for his legendary father, Damon is a four-time Emmy nominee who co-created and starred in the series "In Living Color," marking his breakout moment. He also acted as Roger Murtaugh in "Lethal Weapon" and will soon be seen performing with Pam Grier in Tubi's thriller "Cinnamon."

Executive producer Hench who has had a long run on Tim Allen's "Last Man Standing," also co-created and executive-produced "Cristela" and "Mr. Iglesias." In addition, he is currently producing Allen's new Disney+ series, "The Santa Clauses."

Damon previously showed he had Dave Chappelle's back, given the criticism Chappelle got upon the supposed transphobic jokes made in his Netflix special "Closer." The Blast shared that the "SNL" alum was asked to voice his thoughts regarding the creation, and he sang praises for Chappelle for giving comedians their voices back.

He said, "I feel like Dave freed the slaves. The comedians, they were slaves to PC culture, and he just, you know, as an artist, he's van Gogh, cut his ear off. He's trying to tell us it's okay."

In the creation, Chappelle's jokes revolved around a transgender friend with whom he unexpectedly bonded. There were also some jokes, mainly about transgender people not being able to do everything, including bearing kids.

Nevertheless, Damon believed the fellow comedian's act was a form of bravery and may encourage other comedians to begin telling jokes they really wanted to tell. He also pointed out that people needed to have a more significant discussion about being restricted to saying what they were told to and not what they wanted to avoid being canceled.