{"id":881697,"date":"2026-09-03T08:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T08:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881697\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T08:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T08:42:12","slug":"protective-custody-tv-series-adds-samson-kayo-sonny-valicenti-to-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881697\/","title":{"rendered":"Protective Custody TV Series Adds Samson Kayo &#038; Sonny Valicenti To Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/protective-custody\/\" id=\"auto-tag_protective-custody\" data-tag=\"protective-custody\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Protective Custody<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/apple-tv\/\" id=\"auto-tag_apple-tv\" data-tag=\"apple-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>\u2018s new comedy teaming Ben Stiller and Mike Judge, has brought aboard <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/samson-kayo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_samson-kayo\" data-tag=\"samson-kayo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samson Kayo<\/a> (F1) and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sonny-valicenti\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sonny-valicenti\" data-tag=\"sonny-valicenti\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonny Valicenti<\/a> (Mindhunter) for series regular roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCharacter details for the duo are being kept under wraps. They join Stiller, his\u00a0Escape at Dannemora\u00a0collaborator Benicio Del Toro and Amy Sedaris in the cast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHailing from Judge, as well as Steve Hely and Dave King, his collaborators on the Adult Swim series\u00a0Common Side Effects,\u00a0Protective Custody\u00a0follows a disgraced financier accused of massive fraud who is thrown into protective custody, where he must navigate prison politics, salvage his reputation and confront the consequences of his actions while awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe show will be co-written, co-showrun and exec produced by Judge, Hely and King, with Judge also attached to direct. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/05\/ben-stiller-mike-judge-teaming-protective-custody-apple-1236917364\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">We scooped it<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBen Silverman, Howard Owens and Rodney Ferrell are exec producing for Propagate Content, alongside Stiller and John Lesher for Red Hour, Michael Rotenberg and Oly Obst for 3 Arts Entertainment, Del Toro, Nanette Burstein and Blair Breard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tA two-time BAFTA-nominated British actor, writer and comedian, Kayo\u2019s credits include\u00a0F1,\u00a0House of the Dragon\u00a0and the HBO Max pirate comedy\u00a0Our Flag Means Death, to name just a few. Additionally, he co-created and starred in the UK sitcoms\u00a0Sliced\u00a0and\u00a0Bloods. He is repped by Sophie Chapman Talent, Mosaic, CAA and Ziffren Brittenham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tValicenti has been seen recurring on Netflix\u2019s\u00a0Mindhunter,\u00a0NCIS\u00a0and the Showtime limited series\u00a0Super Pumped, opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Film credits include the Paramount comedy\u00a0Office Christmas Party, Sundance indie\u00a0Magazine Dreams, Steven Spielberg\u2019s\u00a0The Post\u00a0and Andrew Dominik\u2019s\u00a0Blonde. He is repped by Stewart Talent and Schreck Rose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE:\u00a0Protective Custody, Apple TV\u2018s new comedy teaming Ben Stiller and Mike Judge, has brought aboard Samson Kayo (F1)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[15915,49,48,75,251601,305824,305825,348],"class_list":["post-881697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-apple-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-protective-custody","tag-samson-kayo","tag-sonny-valicenti","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881697","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=881697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}