American Auto

American Auto is an American television sitcom created by Justin Spitzer, that aired from December 13, 2021, to April 18, 2023, on NBC. In May 2022, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on January 24, 2023. In June 2023, the series was canceled after two seasons. Premise The series follows the employees of Detroit-based Payne Motors, and explores the company's struggles after a new CEO who knows little about cars is hired from the pharmaceutical industry. Cast and characters Main Ana Gasteyer as Katherine Hastings, Payne Motors' new CEO. Classic corporate shark who jumps from one company to another. 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. Harriet Dyer as Sadie Ryan, Payne Motors' CCO 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 Tye White as Jack Fordham, a former assembly-line employee brought in to help in the C-suite who is like a counselor to Hastings Michael Benjamin Washington as Cyrus Knight, Payne's chief product designer Humphrey Ker as Elliot Chisholm, Payne's general counsel X Mayo as Dorothy "Dori" Otis, Hastings' assistant and social media addict