With little good news to share on the company's quarterly earnings call, Katherine is pressed by a caller to announce any new ideas she's introduced as the incoming CEO. However, after a helicopter camera crew follows the vehicle as it drives down the highway, marketing director Sadie learns that any publicity is good publicity, as orders for Magellans start pouring in. Meanwhile, a serial killer is discovered to have driven away his latest victim in a Payne Magellan, leading to unwanted press coverage akin to the OJ Simpson car chase. Worried that the vehicle will be perceived as "racist", Hastings assembles a team to redesign the auto, with disastrous results.Īs Jack settles into his new white-collar position, Wesley views him as an errand boy and tries to assign him menial tasks. While testing the new self-driving Payne Ponderosa, African-American plant worker Jack is struck when the car fails to brake, and engineer Cyrus deduces the vehicle cannot properly detect dark skin. Pharmaceutical CEO Katherine Hastings takes over as CEO of Payne Motors after the last Payne family member to run the company retires.
Tom Bergeron as himself, roasting celebrities at the Payne charity dinnerĮpisodes Series overview. 
He's very supportive to her job until the charity dinner.
Brad Hall as Richard, Katherine's husband and a math teacher in a primary school. Ike Barinholtz as Landon Payne, who is in politics. Martha Kelly as Barb, a desk worker who starts to stalk Hastings. Christopher Chen as Jin Tao-Kang, Payne Motors' CFO who dislikes Hastings and wants to leave Payne for Volkswagen. X Mayo as Dori, Hastings' assistant and social media addict. Humphrey Ker as Elliot, Payne's General Counsel. Michael Benjamin Washington as Cyrus Knight, Payne's Chief Product Designer. Tye White as Jack Fortin, a former assembly-line employee brought in to help in the C-suite who is like a counselor to Hastings. Jon Barinholtz as Wesley Payne, grandson of Payne Motors' retired CEO and brat-type who doesn't really have a job but shows at headquarters every day. Harriet Dyer as Sadie Ryan, Payne Motors' CCO. Before that she was in a pharmacology company and often tries to make a parallel between that and car industry, but she knows nothing about cars. Classic corporate shark who jumps from one company to another. Ana Gasteyer as Katherine Hastings, Payne Motors' new CEO. The company's struggles after a new CEO who knows little about cars is hired from the pharmaceutical industry.Ĭast and characters Main The series follows the employees of Detroit-based Payne Motors. In May 2022, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on January 24, 2023. American Auto is an American television sitcom created by Justin Spitzer that premiered on NBC on December 13, 2021.
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