{"id":255729,"date":"2026-01-21T07:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/255729\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T07:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:05:07","slug":"stumble-to-air-special-episode-after-feb-20-winter-olympics-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/255729\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stumble&#8217; To Air Special Episode After Feb. 20 Winter Olympics Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/nbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nbc\" data-tag=\"nbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC<\/a> is giving its cheerleading comedy <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/stumble\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stumble\" data-tag=\"stumble\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stumble<\/a> some extra exposure, with a special telecast on Friday, Feb. 20 at 10:30 PM, immediately following that evening\u2019s coverage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/milan-cortina-winter-olympics\/\" id=\"auto-tag_milan-cortina-winter-olympics\" data-tag=\"milan-cortina-winter-olympics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milan Cortina Winter Olympics<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn an effort to add more momentum to the series, since Jan. 5, NBC has been airing episodes of its freshman comedy in the Monday at 8:30 p.m. time slot, replacing The Paper, which ended its linear run early. Stumble airs Fridays at 8:30 p.m., with encores on Mondays at 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTo date, the Stumble pilot is up to 10.2 million viewers across all platforms, according to NBC. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStumble is a mockumentary about the ridiculously high stakes competitive world of junior college cheer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe single-cam comedy\u00a0centers on Courteney Potter (<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jenn-lyon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jenn-lyon\" data-tag=\"jenn-lyon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jenn Lyon<\/a>) who is determined to rally her newly recruited junior college cheer squad to win her record-breaking 15th championship and improve their lives along the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTaran Killam, Ryan Pinkston, Jarrett Austin Brown, Anissa Borrego, Arianna Davis, Taylor Dunbar, Georgie Murphy also star. Kristin Chenoweth recurs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStumble is written by veteran comedy showrunners Liz and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jeff-astrof\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeff-astrof\" data-tag=\"jeff-astrof\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Astrof<\/a>, in the sibling duo\u2019s first team-up to create a series together. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/liz-astrof\/\" id=\"auto-tag_liz-astrof\" data-tag=\"liz-astrof\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liz Astrof<\/a> and Jeff Astrof executive produce alongside cheerleading coach Monica Aldama, known for her appearance on the Netflix docuseries\u00a0Cheer,\u00a0and producer Dana Honor through her Defining Eve Productions. Jeff Blitz directed and executive produced the pilot only. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBC is giving its cheerleading comedy Stumble some extra exposure, with a special telecast on Friday, Feb. 20&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[10770,93,61,60,127433,127434,127435,127436,9057,24142,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-255729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-2026-winter-olympics","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-jeff-astrof","13":"tag-jenn-lyon","14":"tag-liz-astrof","15":"tag-milan-cortina-winter-olympics","16":"tag-nbc","17":"tag-stumble","18":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}