‘Barbershop’ Teaser: Jermaine Fowler Struggles To Win Over Calvin’s New Barbers In Prime Series — Watch — SkimNews
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- Prime Video debuted the first teaser for its eight-episode "Barbershop" series at CultureCon on Saturday, with all episodes set to premiere Feb. 10, 2027.
- Jermaine Fowler stars as Travis "Trav" Porter, who takes over his grandfather Eddie's (Cedric the Entertainer in the films) legendary barbershop in Chicago.
- The series cast includes Brett Gray, Punkie Johnson, Roy Wood Jr., E.J. Bonilla, Bresha Webb, Bokeem Woodbine, Tiana Okoye, and Langston Kerman, with guest stars Zack Fox, Ego Nwodim, Diallo Riddle, Ziwe, Tituss Burgess, Comedian CP, Devon Walker, and Belmont Cameli.
- Marshall Todd, co-writer of the original 2002 film, serves as writer, EP and co-showrunner alongside Max Searle.
- The franchise launched in 2002 with Ice Cube as Calvin and spawned sequels "Barbershop 2: Back in Business" (2004) and "Barbershop: The Next Cut" (2016), plus the 2005 "Beauty Shop" spin-off starring Queen Latifah.
- A previous "Barbershop" TV adaptation on Showtime in 2005, with Omar Gooding as Calvin, ended after one season.
Why it matters: Prime Video is committing a full binge release of all eight episodes on a single date for a legacy comedy IP whose only prior TV adaptation on Showtime lasted one season in 2005. Jermaine Fowler inherits a franchise lineage stretching from Ice Cube's original Calvin to Cedric the Entertainer's Eddie, now recast as the protagonist's grandfather — a structural shift that positions the show as a passing-of-the-torch story rather than a direct reboot.
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