CeeLo Green's The Good Life

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CeeLo Green's The Good Life
Genre Comedy
Created by CeeLo Green
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersCeeLo Green
Andrew Jameson
Lawrence Mestel
Eli Frankel
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesEmerald TV Productions
Rogue Atlas Productions
Original release
Network TBS
ReleaseJune 23 (2014-06-23) 
July 28, 2014 (2014-07-28)

CeeLo Green's The Good Life is an American comedy series created and hosted by CeeLo Green. It premiered on TBS on June 23, 2014. It was cancelled by TBS on September 2, 2014. [1]

Contents

Plot

The series follows CeeLo Green and life in the city of Atlanta with his friends, fellow members of the Goodie Mob, doing wild and crazy things. [2]

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air dateProduction
code
U.S. viewers
(in millions)
1"I Love You, You're Hired"June 23, 2014 (2014-06-23)101N/A
CeeLo and the Goodie Mob launch a sexy chauffeur service.
2"Welcome to the A"June 30, 2014 (2014-06-30)102N/A
3"Jungle Players"July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07)103N/A
4"85% Chance You're Gonna Be Bad"July 14, 2014 (2014-07-14)104N/A
5"It's All Wood"July 21, 2014 (2014-07-21)105N/A
6"You Can't Fight Fire"July 28, 2014 (2014-07-28)106N/A

Cancellation

On September 2, 2014, TBS confirmed that the show was cancelled following tweets by Green in which he expressed controversial views about what constitutes rape. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "TBS Cancels Cee Lo Green's 'The Good Life'". The Hollywood Reporter . 2014-09-02. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  2. "Cee Lo Green reuniting with 'Goodie Mob' members on-screen". 23 June 2014.