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Season 3 Premiere
Wednesday May 31st 9 pm & 9:30 pm
‘The Carmichael Show’ To Tackle Rape, Mass Shootings & More Cosby In Season 3
The show is known for approaching subjects in the current zeitgeist such as the Bill Cosby rape allegations, gun violence, and the presidential election. During a TCA session on the Fox set of the comedy, creator/executive producer/star Jarrod Carmichael was asked whether it was frustrating not knowing when the show will be on and trying to keep scripts relevant to the time.
“We ideally like to be as tight and close to air because its very much a breathing script and a breathing process,” he said, though he didn’t think the writing would be affected. “We try to tell truths that will sustain longer.”
On what to expect in the new season, the show will tackle issues including mass shootings, body image, as well as the topic of today’s on-set table read: rape. Like in previous seasons, humor will be embedded within the seriousness, and nobody is off limits (today’s script read featured a reference to Birth Of A Nation director-star-producer Nate Parker). “We don’t approach anything with fear” but “as much honesty as we possibly can — that’s really the thought that goes into it, not being afraid to explore something,” Carmichael said, citing Norman Lear’s “fearless” work as inspiration to the approach. “There’s humor in everything; not saying that we should take these subjects lightly, but there can be humor mined from any tense or difficult situation.”
Season 3 will also revisit past topics such as Cosby — Carmichael called it “the news story that keeps on giving” — viewed from different angles. “People learn and grow. Staying true to perspective a lot of times, your perspectives shift based on personal experience,” he said. “Characters continue to grow, and they have experiences that inform their lives. We can reverse points of views the way points of views get reversed in real life.”
The Carmichael Show co-stars David Alan Grier, Loretta Devine, Amber Stevens West, Rel Howery and Tiffany Haddish. Danielle Sanchez-Witzel is the showrunner and exec produces along with Carmichael, Nicholas Stoller and Ravi Nandan.
The Carmichael Show
Season 3 - Episode 1: Bobby Gets Answers (Episode Highlight)
Season 3 - Episode 2: Bobby's Bully Is Back (Episode Highlight)
UPDATED with cancellation confirmation:NBC’s The Carmichael Show won’t be returning for a fourth season. The network and studio announced the news shortly after creator and star Jerrod Carmichael revealed he was exiting the series, and as cast options were set to expire at the end of today.
Carmichael released a statement today Deadline through his publicist.
“For three seasons (okay 2.5), I got to make a show that I love with my friends. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was 13. Now, I’m excited to go make other things that I love. Thank you to every person who worked on or watched the Carmichael show,” he said.
Just like last May, we heard renewal negotiation between NBC and 20th TV had been difficult, with the two sides far apart and talks going slowly. With no clear indications from the network one way or the other, I hear 20th TV quietly sent out feelers to other networks to gauge potential interest in case NBC opted to cancel the show.
“The Carmichael Show was such a wonderful show that we choose to focus today not on its loss but on the three incredible seasons we had the pleasure to produce,” said 20th Century Fox TV presidents Jonnie Davis and Howard Kurtzman today in a statement. “We are thankful to the brilliant Jerrod Carmichael and his talented cast, and to showrunner Danielle Sanchez-Witzell, our fantastic writers and devoted production team. It’s a rarity that a comedy series tackles the social and political issues of the day in such a clever and hilariously funny way. This show was special, and we will miss it.”
Said Bob Greenblatt, Chairman and Jennifer Salke, President, NBC Entertainment: “We are enormously proud of The Carmichael Show and Jerrod’s talent and vision to do a classic family sitcom that also taps into issues and relevant stories from the real world. We thank and salute the cast, crew, and producers — and especially Jerrod — for three critically-acclaimed seasons.”
Season 3 of The Carmichael Show — a rare critically praised multi-camera sitcom — was produced for this midseason but was held until May 31. There had been concerns the delay would chip away at the show’s timeliness, which had been part of its DNA as the show had regularly taken on hot-button subjects like police violence.
But Season 3 has proven very timely — two weeks ago NBC even moved to postpone at the last minute an episode that deals with a mass shooting as it fell on a day of two real-life mass shootings in the U.S. — including the shooting at a Congressional GOP baseball practice. The network’s decision was publicly criticized by Carmichael who called it “criminal.” That episode aired last night.
Last week, The Carmichael Show tackled the N-word and whether white people can say it on the heels of the controversy surrounding comedian Bill Maher’s use of the word on his HBO show.
Ratings-wise, The Carmichael Show has been relatively stable. Airing on Wednesday behind Little Big Shots and its offshoot Little Big Shots: Forever Young, the comedy’s ratings have stayed within the 0.7-0.9 adults 18-49 Live+Same Day rating.
The Carmichael Show, from 20th TV, which is the leading studio, and Universal TV, scored a dramatic eleventh-hour renewal last year, with a deal coming after NBC had announced its fall schedule and its executives had faced questions about the show’s uncertain future in light of its acclaim.
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