I Feel Bad

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I Feel Bad
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Genre Sitcom
Created by Aseem Batra
Based onI Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything
by Orli Auslander
Starring
Composer Mateo Messina
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Kelly Pancho
  • Kim Lessing
  • Rupinder Gill
  • Scott Printz
Cinematography
  • Tim Suhrstedt
  • Tom Magill
Editors
  • Shawn Paper
  • Mat Greenleaf
  • Myron Kerstein
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseSeptember 19 (2018-09-19) –
December 27, 2018 (2018-12-27)

I Feel Bad is an American sitcom, based on the book I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything by Orli Auslander, that premiered on September 19, 2018, on NBC. It stars Sarayu Blue, Paul Adelstein, Aisling Bea, Zach Cherry, Johnny Pemberton, and James Buckley and is executive produced by Aseem Batra, Julie Anne Robinson, Amy Poehler, Dave Becky, and Joshua D. Maurer. In November 2018, it was announced that the series would conclude on December 27, 2018 and that NBC would make a decision regarding a potential renewal at a later date. In May 2019, the series was canceled after one season.

Contents

Premise

I Feel Bad follows Emet, a wife, mother, and career woman who "feels bad" when she deviates from her own standards of perfection while trying to "have it all." [1]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"I Don't Want to Turn into My Mother" Julie Anne Robinson Aseem Batra September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19)1015.72 [2]
2"I Get Sick of Being Needed" Tristram Shapeero Andy Bobrow September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19)1033.98 [2]
3"I Lie to My Kids"Julie Anne RobinsonAnnie WeismanOctober 4, 2018 (2018-10-04)1022.64 [3]
4"My Kid Has to Grow Up" Maggie Carey Claudia Lonow October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11)1062.21 [4]
5"I'm Vain A.F." Linda Mendoza Mathew HarawitzOctober 18, 2018 (2018-10-18)1042.20 [5]
6"I'm a Massive Hypocrite"Julie Anne RobinsonTeri Schaffer & Raynelle SwillingOctober 25, 2018 (2018-10-25)1052.09 [6]
7"I'm Not Sentimental" Alex Reid Rupinder Gill November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01)1072.23 [7]
8"I Miss Important Moments"Julie Anne RobinsonNicole SunNovember 15, 2018 (2018-11-15)1081.84 [8]
9"I Need My Mom"Rebecca AsherJulian KianiNovember 29, 2018 (2018-11-29)1091.74 [9]
10"My Kids Barely Know Their Culture" Michael Spiller Anthony Gioe & Nick MandernachDecember 6, 2018 (2018-12-06)1101.78 [10]
11"We're Not Fun Anymore" Phil Traill Aseem Batra & Krystal BanzonDecember 13, 2018 (2018-12-13)1111.86 [11]
12"I Don't Know My Dad" Ken Whittingham Aseem Batra & Brian AshburnDecember 27, 2018 (2018-12-27)1122.48 [12]
13"There's Never Enough Time"Julie Anne RobinsonAseem BatraDecember 27, 2018 (2018-12-27)1131.93 [12]

Production

Development

On February 2, 2018, it was announced that NBC had given the production a pilot order. The pilot episode was written by Aseem Batra based on the book I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything by Orli Auslander. Batra also acts an executive producer alongside Amy Poehler, Julie Anne Robinson, Dave Becky, and Joshua D. Maurer. Kelly Pancho and Kim Lessing are set as producers and Orli Auslander as a consulting producer. Production companies involved with the pilot include Universal Television, Paper Kite Productions, CannyLads Productions, and 3 Arts Entertainment. [13]

On May 8, 2018, it was announced that NBC had given the production a series order. [1] A few days later, it was announced that the series would premiere in the fall of 2018 and air on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. [14] On June 19, 2018, it was announced that the series would officially premiere on October 4, 2018 in its regular time-slot. [15] On November 8, 2018, it was announced that the series would "conclude" in December 2018 and that NBC would make a decision regarding a potential renewal at a later date. [16] On May 10, 2019, NBC canceled the series after one season. [17]

Casting

On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Sarayu Blue and Paul Adelstein had been cast as the pilot's female and male leads, respectively. [18] In March 2018, it was announced that Zach Cherry and James Buckley had also joined the main cast. [19] [20]

Release

Marketing

On May 13, 2018, NBC released the first official trailer for the series. [21]

Premiere

On September 10, 2018, the series took part in the 12th annual PaleyFest Fall Television Previews, which featured a preview screening of the series and a conversation with cast members Sarayu Blue, Paul Adelstein, Madhur Jaffrey, and Brian George and executive producers Aseem Batra and Julie Anne Robinson. [22]

Reception

Critical response

The series has been met with a mixed to negative response from critics upon its premiere. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 31% with an average rating of 5.06 out of 10, based on 16 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Despite its promising pedigree, I Feel Bad simply isn't very funny." [23] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 55 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [24]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of I Feel Bad
No.TitleAir date Rating/share
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR
(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1"I Don't Want to Turn into My Mother"September 19, 20181.1/55.72 [2] 0.31.091.46.81 [25]
2"I Get Sick of Being Needed"September 19, 20180.8/33.98 [2] 0.20.941.04.92 [25]
3"I Lie to My Kids"October 4, 20180.7/32.64 [3] 0.31.041.03.68 [26]
4"My Kid Has to Grow Up"October 11, 20180.5/22.21 [4] 0.30.860.83.06 [27]
5"I’m Vain A.F."October 18, 20180.6/32.20 [5] 0.20.750.82.95 [28]
6"I'm a Massive Hypocrite"October 25, 20180.5/22.09 [6] 0.30.750.82.84 [29]
7"I'm Not Sentimental"November 1, 20180.5/22.23 [7] 0.30.810.83.04 [30]
8"I Miss Important Moments"November 15, 20180.5/21.84 [8] 0.30.790.82.63 [31]
9"I Need My Mom"November 29, 20180.4/21.74 [9] 0.30.750.72.49 [32]
10"My Kids Barely Know Their Culture"December 6, 20180.4/21.78 [10] —0.73—2.51 [33]
11"We're Not Fun Anymore"December 13, 20180.4/21.86 [11] 0.20.600.62.46 [34]
12"I Don't Know My Dad"December 27, 20180.5/22.48 [12] 0.20.470.72.95 [35]
13"There's Never Enough Time"December 27, 20180.4/21.93 [12] 0.20.510.62.44 [35]

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