No reason to curb your enthusiasm, TV fans: JB Smoove and Melissa Fumero are set to read the Primetime Emmy nominations on July 12, the TV Academy said today.Both will appear in Blockbuster, the upcoming Netflix comedy set at the last remaining Blockbuster Video outlet.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine alum Fumero stars alongside Randall Park, and Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s Smoove is set to recur.Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma will join the duo for the announcement, which will be livestreamed at Emmys.com.Smoove is a comic and actor best known for playing Leon on HBO’s long-running Larry David comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm.
He won an Emmy last year as Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama for Quibi’s Mapleworth Murders, and his other credits include Spider-Man: No Way Home and voice roles on Fairfax, Woke and American Dad!Fumero starred as Officer Amy Santiago on all eight seasons of the NBC/Fox sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine, opposite Andy Samberg, sharing a 2015 SAG Awards nom for its ensemble.
Her credits also include Gossip Girl and Diary of a Future President, along with voice roles on M.O.D.O.K. and Elena of Avalor.
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