{"id":318440,"date":"2025-12-01T13:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/318440\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:17:11","slug":"barbershop-four-join-cast-of-new-comedy-series-on-prime-video-canceled-renewed-tv-shows-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/318440\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbershop: Four Join Cast of New Comedy Series on Prime Video &#8211; canceled + renewed TV shows, ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry-meta\">by Regina Avalos, November 30, 2025<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187417\" class=\"wp-image-187417 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/barbershop-590x443.jpg\" alt=\"Barbershop TV Show on Prime Video: canceled or renewed?\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Prime Video)<\/p>\n<p>Get ready to return to Barbershop. <a href=\"https:\/\/tvseriesfinale.com\/tv-show\/tag\/prime-video-tv-shows-canceled-or-renewed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prime Video<\/a> has announced new details for its revival of the franchise. Four new additions have been made to the series\u2019 cast. This is the second Barbershop series. Viewers saw one air on Showtime in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Wood Jr., Punkie Johnson, Brett Gray, and E.J. Bonilla have joined Jermaine Fowler in the new series. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/11\/roy-wood-jr-punkie-johnson-cast-barbershop-series-amazon-1236628016\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a> shared the following about the plot and the roles the new additions will play:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe TV adaptation revolves around Travis \u201cTrav\u201d Porter (Fowler), who endeavors to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, a legendary barber at the iconic \u201cCalvin\u2019s\u201d barbershop in Chicago. And while the barbers are new, the shop remains just as lively, the customers just as argumentative, and the fades are still the dopest in the city \u2014 because at Calvin\u2019s, the community comes together for way more than just a haircut.<\/p>\n<p>Wood Jr. will play Robert, an ex con-turned-barber. Johnson will play Stella, a no-nonsense barber who is skeptical of Travis\u2019 return. Gray will play the flamboyant and outspoken Kofi. Bonilla will play Fernan, a Bronx-born barber who becomes an ally to Travis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marshall Todd, the co-writer of the original movie, is writing the new series. The premiere date for <a href=\"https:\/\/tvseriesfinale.com\/tv-show\/tag\/barbershop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barbershop<\/a> will be announced later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#respond\">What do you think?<\/a> Will you watch this new Barbershop on Prime Video?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Regina Avalos, November 30, 2025 (Prime Video) Get ready to return to Barbershop. Prime Video has announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[141612,141613,49,48,75,141614,348],"class_list":["post-318440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-barbershop","tag-barbershop-canceled-or-renewed","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-prime-video-tv-shows-canceled-or-renewed","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}