Exclusive: D.L. Hughley, Gina Gershon Enroll in TBS' Glory Daze
D.L. Hughley, Gina Gershon
D.L. Hughley, Gina Gershon and Michael McKean are heading back to college as guest stars on TBS' Glory Daze, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Hughley (The Hughleys, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) will play Coach Franklin, a man desperate to be a father, and McKean (Smallville, Best in Show) will play the quirky and passionate head of campus maintenance. Gershon (Rescue Me, Bound) plays a tough-as-nails military instructor determined to whip her students into fighting machines.
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The trio of guest stars follow Everybody Loves Raymond's Brad Garrett and Saturday Night Live's Cheri Oteri, who appear in the pilot.
Glory Daze is a 1980s-set college comedy that centers on four freshmen — Joel (Kelly Blatz), Eli (Matt Bush), Brian (Hartley Sawyer) and Jason (Drew Seeley) — as they try to navigate life on campus. The series also stars Tim Meadows (SNL, Mean Girls) as one of the guys' professors.
Glory Daze premieres Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 10/9c on TBS. Hughley and McKean both appear in the Nov. 30 episode. Hughley will return in the Dec. 7 episode, and Gershon appears in the Dec. 21 episode.