Reno 911! to make a comeback on new streaming service next year

Jenny Kane | Reno Gazette Journal

911... What's your emergency? An officer spotted in sinfully short shorts, you say? Oh, that's just Lieutenant Jim Dangle.

Yes, America's favorite khaki cut-offs deputy is reportedly making a comeback as a new streaming service plans to revive Comedy Central's Reno 911!, a many-mustachioed parody of Northern Nevada law enforcement.

The "Cops"-style mockumentary series follows the Reno Sheriff's Office, which is not an actual agency in Reno.

Reno 911!, which aired from 2003 to 2009, will launch on Quibi, a short-format streaming series that is set to launch in April, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Original series creators and cast members Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, and Kerri Kenney-Silver will write and star in the new season.

Comedy Central Productions, Comedy Central’s new studio-production arm, will produce, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Peter Principato of Artists First will executive produce the revived series along with Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher of Jersey Television. Additional casting will be announced at a later date, according to media reports.

Neither the Reno Police nor the Washoe County Sheriff's Office were immediately available to comment on their level of glee that their comrades in comedy were making a comeback.

Jenny Kane covers arts and culture in Northern Nevada, as well as the dynamic relationship between the state and the growing Burning Man community. She also covers the state's burgeoning cannabis industry (Check out her podcast, the Potcast, on iTunes.) Support her work in Reno by subscribing to RGJ.com right here.