2020
TV-14
SHOWTIME

2020
TV-14
SHOWTIME

Summary Astronauts Skip (Fred Armisen), Rook (Tim Heidecker) and Cap (John C. Reilly) seek to complete their training at NASA's Moon Base Simulator in Arizona to qualify for a real lunar mission in this comedy series created by Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, Jonathan Krisel, and John C. Reilly.

Created By: Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, Jonathan Krisel, John C. Reilly

2020
TV-14
SHOWTIME

2020
TV-14
SHOWTIME

Moonbase 8

Name: Moonbase 8
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Released: 2020-11-08
Rating: 61
Cast: John C. Reilly, Tim Heidecker, Fred Armisen, Joshua Davis, M.C. Gainey

Season 1 Premiere: Nov 8, 2020

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 13 User Ratings

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Created By: Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, Jonathan Krisel, John C. Reilly

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6 Episodes • 2020

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Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

55% Positive
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45% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

55% Positive
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45% Mixed
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New York Magazine (Vulture)

Nov 6, 2020

One of the reasons Moonbase 8 works as well as it does is that it’s deliberately not telling stories on a grand scale. Its episodes and its scope are streamlined and focused, and the things its characters confront are purposely not grand at all. It helps, too, that the team behind it shares the same deadpan comic sensibility.

By Jen Chaney FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

Nov 9, 2020

Unlike other ambitious adventures into the night sky, “Moonbase 8” is grounded; there’s room for creative expansion in future seasons, but this is a small-scale mission that’s off to a solid start.

By Ben Travers FULL REVIEW

The Oregonian

Nov 9, 2020

While “Moonbase 8” is often more relaxed than laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a step up from Netflix’s “Space Force,” which tried way too hard and wound up being seriously underwhelming.

By Kristi Turnquist FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Nov 9, 2020

The series might lack the audacity and boundary-pushing of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! or Mister America, but it has enough low-key moments of invention—like the trio taking time out from their training to gamely participate in product testing for a new Snickers bar, or a climatic celebratory dance in newly delivered NASA jumpsuits, soundtracked by Billy Joel—to make you want to see what direction this star-studded lunar vehicle is going to steer toward next.

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The Hollywood Reporter

Nov 6, 2020

Moonbase 8 is, initially, more lackluster even if bursts of humor and humanity break through the subdued (or possibly "subtle," if you prefer) trappings. It could be more or better.

By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW

TV Guide Magazine

Nov 5, 2020

A droll but dull comedy. [9 - 22 Nov 2020, p.8]

By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW

Rolling Stone

Nov 4, 2020

Almost all of it just lies flat, and the choice to give the theoretically meatier dramatic material to Armisen rather than Reilly feels particularly odd. All three guys come across as cartoons, but Skip especially, because pathos has never been part of Armisen’s indelible skill set.

By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:

A24
Abso Lutely Productions
Antigravico

Initial Release Date: Nov 8, 2020

Number of seasons: 1 Season

Rating: TV-14

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John C. Reilly

Cap

Tim Heidecker

Rook

Fred Armisen

Skip

Joshua Davis

Wally

M.C. Gainey

T-Boy

Fred Grandy

Bob

Travis Kelce

Kelce

Adam Lambert

Billy

Joe Abraham

Pastor Nadler

Thomas Mann

Cooper

Jordan Rodrigues

Christopher

Tina Landon

NASA Official

Janet Hoskins

Jeane

Alia Shawkat

Alix

Caden Dragomer

Caden Sloan

Diandra Lyle

Alisha Patterson

Amanda Maddox

Sue Sloan

Ted Parker

Darren

Adalei Mosteller

Caleb Sloan

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