‘Rutherford Falls’ Stars Jana Schmieding & Michael Greyeyes On Recentering Native Lives & Laughs [Interview]
When “Rutherford Falls” premieres its first season on NBC’s new streaming service Peacock, the warm-hearted half-hour sitcom will have already succeeded in raising the bar for Native representation in comedy television. Starring opposite Ed Helms in the series are Jana Schmieding (Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux) and Michael Greyeyes (Nêhiyaw from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation), both delivering incisive, achingly funny performances they agree would have been impossible without the series’ commitment to authenticity behind the scenes.