Jamie Foxx To Star In Father-Daughter Comedy ‘Dad Stop Embarrassing Me’ On Netflix

After starring in “Project Power” for Netflix, Jamie Foxx is staying put at the streaming service. Netflix has ordered a father-daughter comedy series starring and executive produced by the Oscar winner titled “Dad Stop Embarrassing Me,” according to Variety. The series is inspired by Foxx’s relationship with his daughter, Corinne Foxx.

This marks Foxx’s first lead sitcom role since 2001 when his successful five seasons of “The Jamie Foxx Show” ended. He and his daughter can both be seen on Fox’s “Beat Shazam,” where the actor serves as host while Corinne performs DJ duty.

Foxx received acclaim for his recent portrayal of a wrongly accused man in Warner Bros’ legal drama “Just Mercy” opposite Michael B. Jordan and Brie Larson and directed by Destin Cretton. He can next be heard in Disney/Pixar’s first Black character-led animation film, “Soul.”

Foxx won the Academy Award for best actor for playing Ray Charles in the biopic “Ray.” He was nominated for best supporting actor that same year for his role in “Collateral.” His other film roles include “Jarhead,” “Django Unchained,” “Dreamgirls,” “Law Abiding Citizen,” and “Baby Driver.”

Kyla-Drew (The Good Doctor, Jessie) will play Foxx’s daughter, with David Alan Grier (A Soldier’s Play, Sprinter) also starring on the multi-camera comedy.

“Dad Stop Embarrassing Me” also stars Porscha Coleman (“Silicon Valley”, “Ballers”), Jonathan Kite (“2 Broke Girls”, “Black Dynamite: The Animated Series”), with Heather Hemmens (“Roswell: New Mexico”, “If Loving You Is Wrong”) and Valente Rodriguez (“Happily Divorced”, “The George Lopez Show”) recurring.

Ken Whittingham (“Modern Family”, “Black-ish”, “Grace & Frankie”) will direct all episodes. Corrine Foxx will produce.

“Dad Stop Embarrassing Me” was casting and gearing up for production in February before the coronavirus pandemic paused most production activities. Ahead of the official series order, the original showrunner Jim Patterson, co-creator of Netflix’s “The Ranch,” recently stepped down. He was replaced by Bentley Kyle Evans.

Initially hired as a consultant, Evans (“Martin”), who previously co-created/executive produced with Foxx “The Jamie Foxx Show” in addition to serving as showrunner, was named executive producer/showrunner on the new sitcom.

In addition to co-creating “The Jamie Foxx Show,” Evans’ past credits include shows like “Martin,” “The Orlando Jones Show,” “Meet the Browns,” “Family Time,” and “Love That Girl!” Evans is also collaborating with trailblazing rapper MC Lyte for a new UMC scripted series titled “Partners in Rhyme.”