{"id":990,"date":"2026-09-25T10:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=990"},"modified":"2026-09-25T10:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:07:50","slug":"mekki-leeper-to-star-in-new-money-comedy-series-at-prime-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=990","title":{"rendered":"Mekki Leeper to star in &#8216;New Money&#8217; comedy series at Prime Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-09-24\/E_MekkiLeeper_092426.png\" alt><figcaption>A photo of Mekki Leeper. (Sela Shiloni)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new comedy series from Mekki Leeper is headed to Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming service has announced it has given a series order to <em>New Money<\/em>, a half-hour comedy series created, written and starring <em>Jury Duty<\/em> and <em>St. Denis Medical\u00a0<\/em>actor\u00a0Leeper.<\/p>\n<p><em>New Money<\/em> is described as an ensemble workplace comedy that&#8217;s set in the &#8220;fast-paced and morally dubious world of private equity,&#8221; according to an official synopsis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The show follows a trustfund-baby-turned-(self-proclaimed)-mogul and his staff of misguided wannabes at New Money Worldwide, Southern California\u2019s least successful venture capital firm. Delusions of grandeur and complete incompetence will not stop our nepo-baby hero and his team of dedicated misfits, from failing upwards as they recklessly invest money in a desperate attempt to make exponentially more money,&#8221; the synopsis continues.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming show is based on the pilot for\u00a0<em>Fintech<\/em>, which Leeper self-financed, created and directed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mekki Leeper is a rare talent and a sharp comedic voice who brings an original perspective to everything he does,\u201d Peter Friedlander, head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios, said in a press release. \u201cPaired with the incredible creative pedigree of Joe Mande, <em>New Money<\/em> is the kind of smart, irreverent comedy that audiences love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emmy winner and <em>Hacks<\/em>&#8216; Joe Mande executive produces and co-showruns alongside Leeper. Rob Mac also serves as a producer for his company More Better.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of Mekki Leeper. (Sela Shiloni) A new comedy series from Mekki Leeper is headed to Prime Video. The streaming service has announced it has given a series order to New Money, a half-hour comedy series created, written and starring Jury Duty and St. Denis Medical\u00a0actor\u00a0Leeper. New Money is described as an ensemble workplace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}