Rebecca Rittenhouse Joins Hulu's Cable Guy Pilot
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- Rebecca Rittenhouse has been cast in Hulu's untitled Cable Guy pilot, joining previously announced stars Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Natasha Rothwell, and Crystal Fox.
- Rittenhouse will play Robin, a woman who recently broke up with Steven (Wayans Jr.) and is searching for answers in her own life.
- The series is inspired by 1996's Jim Carrey film The Cable Guy but is explicitly not a remake — creators aim to honor the original while creating something different, comparing the approach to what Fargo did with its TV show.
- Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. both lead the series and executive produce; Rob Rosell, Joe Piarulli, and Luan Thomas serve as co-showrunners and co-wrote the pilot.
- Additional executive producers include Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film; the series is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
- Rittenhouse's recent credits include Netflix's His & Hers limited series, Hulu's Maggie and Four Weddings & a Funeral, the Kenya Harris pilot Group Chat for Hulu, and the films Babylon, Good on Paper, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Why it matters: The pilot makes Rittenhouse a four-time Hulu collaborator after Maggie, Four Weddings & a Funeral, and the Group Chat pilot, signaling the streamer is consolidating her as a go-to lead, while the explicit 'not a remake' framing — paired with a Fargo comparison — is Sony Pictures Television and the showrunners' way of borrowing goodwill from a 1996 Jim Carrey property without the remake stigma.
