AMC greenlights Bob Odenkirk's Straight Man

Variety

The college-set midlife crisis series based on the novel of the same name by Richard Russo will have the Better Call Saul star playing William Henry Devereaux, Jr., the unlikely chairman of the English department. “The saying goes ‘the third times a charm,’ but when it comes to Bob Odenkirk on AMC, the first and second times were about as charming, captivating and viscerally entertaining as it gets,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks. “As Better Call Saul begins its epic sixth and final season, we could not be more excited by the prospect of keeping Bob at home on AMC and watching him breathe life into another nuanced, complicated and unforgettable character. The chance to collaborate once again with our partners at Sony Pictures Television and Mark Johnson’s Gran Via is even more icing on a very satisfying cake.”