# The Carmichael Show (2015)

> A young comedian and his girlfriend move in together in the city while his outspoken family keeps weighing in on every decision.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/56543

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 32
- Episode runtime: 22 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Nicholas Stoller, Jerrod Carmichael, Ari Katcher, Willie Hunter
- Network: NBC
- Cast: Jerrod Carmichael, Amber Stevens West, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, Loretta Devine, David Alan Grier, Aurora Perrineau, Ricarlo Flanagan
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4307902/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: sardonic, irreverent, comforting, lighthearted, breezy

## Synopsis

The Carmichael Show (2015-2017) is a American multi-camera family sitcom created by Jerrod Carmichael, Nicholas Stoller, Ari Katcher and Willie Hunter for NBC. Jerrod Carmichael plays a version of himself, a young man who moves in with his girlfriend Maxine (Amber Stevens West) in an unnamed city and quickly discovers that his family will not stay out of their business. His larger-than-life older brother Bobby (Lil Rel Howery) and his smothering, passionate parents Cynthia (Loretta Devine) and Joe (David Alan Grier) offer opinions on everything from relationships to money to politics. The engine of the show is simple: the young couple wants a private, fulfilling life, and every episode builds from a domestic argument or a dinner-table debate that spills into the wider world. Running three seasons and thirty-two half-hour episodes, it is a single continuing story with recurring characters rather than a case-of-the-week format. Told in the tradition of network sitcoms, it is warm but pointed, with sharp, candid humor about race, identity and generational expectations. Fans of Black-ish, Everybody Loves Raymond and Seinfeld will find resonance in its brash, comfortable chaos and its affectionate, argumentative family.

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