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- 2015
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2015
- TV-14
- NBC
Summary The workplace comedy from The Office producer Justin Spitzer features America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Mark McKinney, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nichole Bloom and Nico Santos as workers at a big-box superstore.
Created By: Justin Spitzer
- 2015
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2015
- TV-14
- NBC
Superstore
6 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 30, 2015
58
7.5
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Summary The workplace comedy from The Office producer Justin Spitzer features America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Mark McKinney, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nichole Bloom and Nico Santos as workers at a big-box superstore.
Created By: Justin Spitzer
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
58
60% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
24% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
16% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
58
60% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
24% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
16% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Superstore’s always been a delightful sitcom about life in an inhuman consumerist dystopia, and that satiric instinct is on full display when the premiere skips forward to June.
Superstore is a product of “The Office” co-executive producer Justin Spitzer, and like that already classic show, it digs into the mundane indignities of the work experience for its laughs, right down to the company magazine that blasts “Minimum Wage is Maximum Fun.”
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 156 User Ratings
7.5
78% Positive
122 Ratings
122 Ratings
10% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
12% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 156 User Ratings
7.5
78% Positive
122 Ratings
122 Ratings
10% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
12% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
Piercingly relatable and heartwarming by turns. Brilliant cast. Often topical, never preachy. Tempting to compare, favorably, with The Office (American). An absolute triumph.
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This is the best sitcom I have ever seen. The whole story from season 1 to season 6(the last season) is just incredible. You really get a hate/love bond with every character. I'm a bit disappointed that the series ended this fast but the ending was the best ending you can think of for this series.
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The first four episodes are alternately warm and witty, but what's most exciting about Superstore is its potential for unabashed weirdness somewhere down the line.
If it doesn’t yet come close to the comedic heights of its predecessors [The Office or Parks and Recreations] there are some good finds in its aisles.
The sense that everything you see, and every joke you hear, is being recycled--making this less a superstore than a consignment shop. The merchandise isn't terrible; some of it is even fairly nice. It's just that after so many hand-me-downs, you were hoping for something new.
Spitzer doesn’t fully explore the show’s potential, but the important thing is that “Superstore” has potential.
Virtually every joke lands with a resounding thud.
Superstore is a show that does itself no favors by forcing comparisons to The Office. It's unsubtle and clunky (at best) and the vast majority of its characters are one-note (and a poor note at that). With that said, I never miss an episode. Tune in to watch Lauren Ash slay it, week after week. Treat it like everyone else is just living in Dina's world and the series becomes compulsively watchable.
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I quite liked season 1-3. And then season 4-5 happened and it all fell apart into poorly written characters and terrible plot writing overall.
Stuff that made me almost despise this show:
- Cheyenne and Bo, for some reason, do drugs! I mean, wth!? They have a kid and Cheyenne is a cool character. But yeah, let's ruin that by making her, and her otherwise cool spouse Bo, do loads of drugs in their spare time. There's no reason for it... It's just terrible.
- Glenn's unfailing support of the blatantly obviously money-hungry terrible, terrible human being Pastor Craig. I hate the Pastor Craig character with a passion. And it made me despise Glenn too. They started off hinting to Glenn's fanatical religious views. But they kept a lid on it for the most part. But as the seasons progressed, they started making it part of "his skit". And it ruined the otherwise likeable character from the first two seasons. And later on he's just gullible beyond belief and even starts stealing from the poor. Good job writing team.
- Amy going back and forth between being egotistic and being pro-union. She flips back and forth, and sometimes it's so annoying I almost couldn't keep watching. And the episodes where she wants to prove she's fun and crazy are just horrendously written. They turn her into such a stupid character during some parts.
- The Sandra Character... Yes. Probably the worst character of the show. She's all over the place. And her "romance" with Jerry is so cringe-inducing! She's a terrible human being hiding behind her "silent demeanor". More like, she's silent because she knows that everything that comes out of her mouth makes more people realize what a crazy person she is.
The show has a lot of highlights too though (phew):
- Myrtle! I love Myrtle (RIP Linda). She's so goofy and funny and well-acted. She was a huge part of why I liked the first seasons.
- Mateo, like him for the most part. Especially the stuff where he and Cheyenne does goofy stuff. That worked well, too bad they stopped doing it so quickly.
- Dina, overall like her. She's the Dwight of Superstore. And she's consistently quirky in her personality throughout the show. Not like some of the others who are just all over the place all the time.
- Brett! Ha, so silly, but so funny. He always just stands there.
- Garrett, like him too. He's sort of the anchor that keeps the show somewhat sane. And he's pretty funny too.
- Cheyenne! Apart for the fact that they wrote her to be a drug abuser, I love her for the most part.
- Bo! "Waah, waaaaah!". He's just so oddly fascinating, even though he such a doofus. But I love his over-the-top shenanigans. Again, except for the fact that the writers decided to make him a drug abuser.
- Marcus, like him for the most part. He's this half-shy, half-flamboyant bro type who doesn't seem to have any homies. He's also pretty consistent in personality, which has somehow become a plus for the show, because so many of the others just keep flip-flopping all over the place.
- Jonah. He's sort of an odd character. I quite like him, but he's also oddly placed in the show. But I guess that does bring some kind of dynamic. He stopped being interesting when he actually started dating Amy. Their internal dynamic is not working well.
So, I'd recommend the first seasons. But just know that you will be increasingly aggravated by the writing as they progress through the seasons. And season 5 is just the worst.
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Production Company:
- Spitzer Holding Company
- The District
- Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Nov 30, 2015
Number of seasons: 6 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards
Imagen Foundation Awards
• 8 Nominations
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
