Smallwood is coming to CBS at mid-season with a new title. The upcoming bowling comedy series is now titled How We Roll and it will have 10 episodes. The network initially ordered 12 episodes, but a busy comedy schedule forced the network to lower the episode count.
Starring Pete Holmes, Katie Lowes, and Chi McBridge, the CBS series is based on the life of professional bowler Tom Smallwood. Deadline revealed the following about the plot of the series:
“The series stars Holmes as Tom, a stoic Midwest husband and dad who gets laid off from a car assembly line and makes the extraordinary decision to provide for his family by following his dream of becoming a professional bowler.
As a skilled player, Tom knows that in bowling you get two chances; no matter what you do with the first ball, you get another one to make it right — the ultimate second chance. Keeping that in mind, he begins his new career with the loving OK from his wife, Jen (Katie Lowes), and the unfaltering support of Archie (Chi McBride), his mentor and the proud owner of Archie’s Lanes: Home of the Curly Fry. It remains to be seen if Tom will strike it big on the pro bowlers circuit, but right now, the pins are set, he’s taking his second shot, and it’s 300 or bust.”
A premiere date will be announced for How We Roll at a later time.
What do you think? Are you excited to see How We Roll on CBS? Do you think this new series will be a success?
Sounds like a Series about Bowling will be a STRIKE compared to the series they have now. Can’t watch Networks at all cause they are so bad. It would be Right Up My ALLEY !! And it’s a Sport anyone can do… Hope it has GOOD LUCK for more than the 10 Eps. they are calling for… I KNOW I”LL BE WATCHING !!!!!
Puzzles me is Chuck Lorre episodes keep getting renewed every year; in fact if it’s a midseason addition to add more episodes even if the series is terrible and has bad ratings. This might be a good one I’m gonna watch it this is shows, how corrupt the CBS network is the network executives still are confused and still have internal problems and we can’t decide what they want. The figurehead’s are killing CBS network
The premise/idea is intriguing but while I am not familiar with all characters, of those that I am, I can’t say I agree that they are the better choice – diaglog and delivery will predict. I may watch 1-2 and the remainders would be decided by those.
This is based on a true story of a factory worker in Detroit who won a bowling tournament after he was laid off. I am definitely interested in it; if the show is a hit, maybe more people will get back into bowling again.