Bert Kreischer’s Netflix Show ‘Free Bert’ Gets January Release

Bert Kreischer‘s scripted comedy series “Free Bert” will premiere on Netflix in January. The streamer released six first-look images of the show, and, in a sign of great restraint, only one features the comic shirtless.

The six-episode series, created by Kreischer, Jarrad Paul and Andy Mogel, finds Kreischer playing a scripted version of himself. The logline reads as follows: “Bert Kreischer — shirtless comedian, party legend, perpetual wildcard — finds himself in uncharted territory when his daughters are accepted to an elite Beverly Hills private school. When his unbridled antics turn his family into outcasts, he decides to ‘put on a shirt’ and stifle his true nature to better fit in.”

Previously announced cast members include Arden Myrin (“The Righteous Gemstones,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Ava Ryan (“Keeping Up With the Joneses”) and newcomer Lilou Lang playing Kreischer’s family. (Myrin’s character shares a name with Kreischer’s real-life wife.)

New to the ensemble are Christine Horn, Chris Witaske, Mandell Maughan, Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Robert Jon Mello, Braxton Alexander, Matthew Del Negro and Noshir Dalal.

Paul and Mogel serve as showrunners, writers and directors of “Free Bert,” which is executive produced by Kreischer, LeeAnn Kreischer, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Elise Henderson and Judi Marmel.

With five stand-up specials including this year’s “Lucky,” Kreischer is a fixture of Netflix’s comedy slate. In February, the comic sang the streamer’s praises in an interview with Variety, saying it’s “a great place to release stuff because they’re so hands off.”

Elsewhere, Kreischer and his wife LeeAnn run Berty Boy Productions, the home of their podcasts “Bertcast,” “Something’s Burning” and “Wife of the Party,” as well as the Fully Loaded Comedy Festival. He also hosts “2 Bears, 1 Cave” with Tom Segura.

View more first-look images from “Free Bert” below.