SummaryThe comedy focuses on Jerrod's (Jerrod Carmichael) relationship with his girlfriend Maxine (Amber West), his brother (Lil Rel Howery), and parents (David Alan Grier and Loretta Devine).
SummaryThe comedy focuses on Jerrod's (Jerrod Carmichael) relationship with his girlfriend Maxine (Amber West), his brother (Lil Rel Howery), and parents (David Alan Grier and Loretta Devine).
The Carmichael Show won’t win any prizes for originality. It does, however, play very well with the above-average material it has. That’s in no small part due to the well-blended cast.
Cannot say enough amazing things about this fantastic show. Hilarious, intelligent, edgy, perfectly cast. I look forward to this show every week, every season so far. Have yet to be disappointed! I can't wait to see what the rest of season 3 has to offer. Comic relief in the middle of the work week with this show is highly recommended!
This show is hysterical. As a black guy I really love the thorough blackness of the show. My parents are religious and I totally relate. It's smart for a sitcom and does a good job hitting on relevant topics.
Although the series is not as philosophically unsettling or politically unpredictable as his stage comedy, which gambols in the depths of human self-deception, it is unusually topical and thematically pointed for a people-on-a-couch comedy in the year 2015.
Carmichael and his writers find a way to balance the laughs--like a very funny moment when Cynthia races off to put on her “civil rights clothes”--with the unavoidable rawness stirred up by the situation [of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown]. Even though it’s not a perfect mix, you can see the series The Carmichael Show is striving to be here.
It’s closer relative is actually “Everybody Loves Raymond.”... In the TV world, imitation is the sincerest form of content production. What counts are the performances and the dialogue, and The Carmichael Show scores adequately in both categories.
At the end of the day, or at least the end of the pilot, we’re left with another quirky family that mostly seems to be heading only for the next laugh line.
I love this show. It reminds me of the Roseanne show. The parents, Loretta Devine and David Alan Grier, are hilarious. Jerrod is great and the brother is a black version Drew Carey. Highly recommended!
ok in my personal opinion this is a show that is for and about family yea we scream we fight but at the end of the day u love your family no two ways about it and the carmical family have just enough love to make them a family i personally loved it laughed out loud fun for a new kind of family that if your not too easly offended u will love for sure i say give it a shot
Misguided Millenials give their "take" on race and 'Black" lives in 2015. Fraught with stereotypes as Carmichael tries to play the young wise man who knows so much more than his elders. Clearly he didn't have any elders in his family to educate him about what it really means to be African-American, which is much more than knowing rap lyrics, keeping a big Bible on your table and having a heavyweight Black woman yell at you. So. Tired. Of. These. Stereotypes. What's worse is that Carmichael and the woman who plays his girlfriend are so awkward and awful. No chemistry; bad timing; they don't look like they would really be together in real life.
Please, please, please get rid of this show. David Alan Grier, Loretta Divine and Lil Rel deserve their own show and so much better.
Yet another cliche sitcom which brings virtually nothing new to the table. The character structure is painfully formulaic in nature. Not a single character has any more depth beyond what the i assumed at first glance. The most irritating aspect of the show however is the feeling i get that the directors assume this is something ive never seen before. The show's flow is occasionally interrupted by an awkward attempt to assign itself value in discussing important social issues. the majority of these efforts fall short however, as a lack of engaging dialogue makes any attempt to discuss "more important things" feel very forced. filled with painfully unfunny cliches about african american families, its tough for me to personally find anything else to look forward to while watching this show.
I am not impressed. Though Hulu did try to force this show as it does with some, I figured id try it for a few episodes. The opening sequence says it all. Young black man at odds forever with his family.
I didnt like the very "Tyler Perry/Meet the browns" feel the show has. I dont know why shows like this think they need to emulate Tyler Perry style to make it. It hurts the feeling this show potential had. Between the actors all forcing their lines almost over top of the line before theirs, and the constant rolling joke you know is going to be done next (none of which are funny and some of which are very cringy) the show does its hardest to get social media buzz but only manages a BET mid afternoon on a weekday status. The show also very unflatteringly tries to rewrite social norms in the face of national political and social incidents. Charmicheal and the gun, Carmichael's mom and the protest, The outrageously over southern baptist scenes, even a character covered in 30 metric tons of gold jewlery. They even try self esteem as a black person, a black womans place in the world, and the N word.
Without going to these events and social situations so awkwardly the show had a chance. If these were more subtle to the actors they would have been more relate able. Good Times, Madea, and a list of 5000 other shows and movies already covered this material a hundred times. I think if they would create a show revolving around a proud African American family it should focus on the relationships of those in the family and not feel like strangers who are forced to read lines together.
Overall it was a dud and its not a huge loss its gone. Hopefully the next one like it can find its own path rather then try to build off of people like Tyler Perry and be its own show with real characters.
And if I could tell these shows one thing that is a huge turn off. Please, please, please stop doing the: "You are not as black as me" gag. Its so old and overdone it really kills any potential for comedy.