Netflix Wants to Chill With Shane Gillis and His New Workplace Sitcom
You might say getting fired from Saturday Night Live was the best thing that ever happened to Shane Gillis. The controversial comic, whose history of racist remarks caused him to be unceremoniously bounced before ever getting the chance to grace the stage at Studio 8H, returned to host the NBC sketch show over the weekend. Now, in the wake of that victory lap, he’s being offered another: a shiny new Netflix deal.
The streamer’s “extended partnership” with the “beloved” Gillis was announced on Monday. In a press release, the company said it had acquired a six-episode scripted comedy series called Tires, co-created by and starring Gillis, who will also write and executive produce the show. A self-financed workplace sitcom about two cousins trying to run a chain of auto repair shops, Tires will premiere on May 23.
Also cooking on the front burner is a new stand-up special, which Netflix ordered from Gillis after his previous special for the platform, Beautiful Dogs, turned out to be a runaway hit when it dropped last year. The company also said in its press release that Gillis would be performing two shows at its annual Netflix Is a Joke comedy festival.