Stumble (TV series)


Stumble is an American mockumentary sitcom created by Jeff Astrof and Liz Astrof. Jenn Lyon stars as a successful competitive cheerleading coach trying to train a new squad of inexperienced students at Headltston State Junior College after being fired from her former job. The series premiered on NBC on November 7, 2025.
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Plot

Set in the fictional cities of Wichita Flats, Texas, and Headltston, Oklahoma, the competitive cheerleading coach tied for winningest cheer champion, Courteney Potter, is fired from her position after drinking with her squad. She finds a new job as the typing instructor and head coach of the squad at Headltston State Junior College and pulls together a team in hopes of winning the championship.

Cast

Main

  • Jenn Lyon as Courteney Potter, a plucky cheerleading coach seeking to break the record for winningest cheer champion coach
  • Taran Killam as Boon E. Potter, Courteney's husband and head coach of the football team at Sammy Davis Sr. Junior College
  • Anissa Borrego as Krystal, the former flyer at Sammy Davis Sr. and new flyer at Headltston
  • Jarrett Austin Brown as Dimarcus, a former Sammy Davis Sr. Junior College football player and a new cheerleader at Headltston
  • Arianna Davis as Madonna, a talented new Headltston cheerleader with narcolepsy
  • Taylor Dunbar as Peaches, a kleptomaniac and new Headltston cheerleader
  • Georgie Murphy as Sally, a new Headltston cheerleader
  • Ryan Pinkston as Steven, a thirty-something car rental clerk that cheered on Courteney's first squad years ago

Recurring

Notable guest stars

Production

NBC picked up the Stumble pilot in March 2025. The series is created by siblings Jeff Astrof and Liz Astrof, with executive producer Monica Aldama, a former cheerleading coach that also appeared in the Netflix docuseries Cheer. It was ordered to series on July 22, 2025, with the following main cast members announced: Jenn Lyon, Taran Killam, Ryan Pinkston, Jarrett Austin Brown, Anissa Borrego, Arianna Davis, Taylor Dunbar and Georgie Murphy. Kristin Chenoweth was announced as a recurring cast member.
Stumble premiered on NBC on November 7, 2025. New episodes are available to stream on Peacock the day after release on NBC.

Reception

Critical response

The series received mainly positive reception. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 11 critics' reviews are positive. The website's critics consensus reads, "Stumble gives heart, humor, and a cast to cheer for in a wonderful new docu-style sports comedy that might sometimes flail, but surely sticks the landing." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 70 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable".
Aramide Tinubu wrote for Variety, "With a highly talented cast who clearly know their characters and exceptional comedic timing, the show hits the ground running, and it can only reach new heights from here." Cristina Escobar of RogerEbert.com praised the cast, "It's a strong setup and approach, buoyed by a cast that's clearly having fun with it. Lyon and Killam are both heartfelt and funny, able to pull laughs and play their more down-to-earth moments." In a less positive review, Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter described Stumble as "too harmless to hate — it is just, like most of its characters, too sloppy to put much faith in so far."