South Side: Season 1

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Comedy Central | HBO Max | Season Premiere Date: July 24, 2019

Summary: Fresh out of community college, the two friends (Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle) end up working at a rent-tow-own company in the South Side of Chicago in this comedy written by Salahuddin and Riddle.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Litcoin
Air Date: September 18, 2019
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S1:E9. Mild Sauce Meatballs
Air Date: September 18, 2019
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S1:E8. Weird White Murderer
Air Date: September 11, 2019

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Richard Roeper

Jul 24, 2019

A fearless, unapologetic, equal opportunity offender — sometimes going to near absurdist lengths in shining a spotlight on racial and cultural and societal issues, but never in mean-spirited fashion, and always in the interest of keeping us laughing. And thinking. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Jul 24, 2019

Even if their A and B-plots don’t always match up as thematically as hoped (and some jokes feel like placeholders for better-written alternatives that never materialized), there’s always something in each episode to keep you hooked and keep you surprised. Read full review

IndieWire Tambay Obenson

Jul 23, 2019

Although much of the show’s humor draws from the disarray and claustrophobia of Rent-T-Own, this delightful mix of at-times painfully awkward moments, sincere emotion, and hilarious workplace antics make all these characters endearing. Read full review

Robyn Bahr

Jul 9, 2019

Welcome to South Side, where every laugh feels like a private in-joke between the writers and the audience, and every frame an absurdist love song to the inner-city Chicago neighborhoods of Salahuddin’s origins. Read full review

Emily Nussbaum

Aug 12, 2019

The mood is dark-humored but not grim, because the show is stuffed with slapstick and sharp quips, slowly building a varied ensemble. ... Even minor characters—like the dead-eyed, constantly texting office manager, Stacy, played with droll lassitude by Salahuddin’s sister Zuri—have their own story arcs and funny quirks. Read full review

Judy Berman

Jul 18, 2019

South Side is the more conventional of the two [shows - the other, IFC's Sherman’s Showcase], with all the rapid-fire jokes and zany digressions of a Tina Fey joint. ... Though Showcase is more allusive and ambitious than South Side, both shows are funny. Read full review

Mike Hale

Jul 23, 2019

[“South Side's”] scenes and episodes don’t build (at least not in any intricate or surprising way) but skip along from joke to joke, verbally and visually. Luckily, the jokes come along quickly and are mostly pretty good. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

79

Series Overview
Season 3

84
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: December 8, 2022
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: November 11, 2021
Season 1

79
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 24, 2019
- tbd
  S1:E10. Litcoin
  Air Date: September 18, 2019
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  S1:E9. Mild Sauce Meatballs
  Air Date: September 18, 2019
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  S1:E8. Weird White Murderer
  Air Date: September 11, 2019
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  S1:E7. Chi-town
  Air Date: September 4, 2019
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  S1:E6. Mongolian Curly
  Air Date: August 28, 2019
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  S1:E5. Cold Cases
  Air Date: August 21, 2019
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  S1:E4. The Day The Jordans Drop
  Air Date: August 14, 2019
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  S1:E3. Turner Buys A Building
  Air Date: August 7, 2019
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  S1:E2. Sell Yourself
  Air Date: July 31, 2019
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  S1:E1. Xbox
  Air Date: July 24, 2019