My Name Is Earl

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My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl title screen.jpg
Genre Sitcom
Created by Greg Garcia
Starring
Narrated byJason Lee
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes96 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Jason Lee
  • Henry J. Lange Jr.
  • Danielle Sanchez-kevinsito
  • John Hoberg
  • Michael Pennie
  • Kat Likkel
  • Mike Mariano
  • Jessica Goldstein
  • Hilary Winston
  • Chrissy Pietrosh
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time19–24 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseSeptember 20, 2005 (2005-09-20) –
May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)

My Name Is Earlis an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia for NBC. It aired for four seasons from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, with a total of 96 episodes. It was produced by Amigos de Garcia Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television, and starred Jason Lee as the title character, Earl Hickey, a small-time thief with a messed-up life. The series also starred Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez, and Eddie Steeples.

Contents

Most episodes from the first season, then only a few from the rest, began with Earl presenting the premise of the series:

You know the kind of guy who does nothing but bad things and then wonders why his life sucks? Well, that was me. Every time something good happened to me, something bad was always waiting around the corner: karma. That's when I realized that I had to change. So, I made a list of everything bad I've ever done, and one by one I'm gonna make up for all my mistakes. I'm just trying to be a better person. My name is Earl.

The series ends with a cliffhanger that was to be resolved in season 5. However, the series was cancelled unexpectedly and so it remains unresolved.

The series storyline is rounded out in the pilot episode of Greg Garcia's next sitcom, Raising Hope . The television playing in the background has a news reader stating "a small-time crook with a long list of wrongs he was making amends for has finally finished, and you'll never guess how it ended", however the television is turned off before he elaborates and no other mention is made. Also the green Ranchero that Earl bought for Randy was seen as the vehicle the newspaper was thrown from that hit the van. [1]

Synopsis

Earl Hickey is a small-time thief, living in the fictional rural town of Camden, who loses his winning $100,000 lottery ticket after being hit by a car while he celebrates his good fortune. Lying in a hospital bed, he learns about karma during an episode of the talk show Last Call with Carson Daly . Convinced he has to turn his life around to be happy, Earl gives himself over to the power of karma. He makes a list of every bad thing that he has ever done and every person that he has ever wronged, and makes efforts to fix them all. After doing a first good deed, he finds the $100,000 lottery ticket that he had lost. Seeing this as a sign of karma rewarding him for his commitment, Earl uses his new-found wealth to do more good deeds according to his list. [2]

Earl's wife Joy throws him out, keeping her two children herself: Dodge, whom she conceived before getting together with Earl, and Earl Jr., who was fathered during their marriage, but not by Earl. Earl moves into a motel and lives with his brother Randy, and they meet Catalina, the motel's beautiful maid who illegally emigrated from somewhere in Latin America. Earl works on the list which mostly involves strangers and old acquaintances he has wronged, but also contains items involving his family. Initially Joy plots to kill or blackmail Earl for his lottery winnings, but later gives up. Joy marries Darnell Turner, a mutual friend who works at a local restaurant called the Crab Shack, and with whom she had been having an affair. Until late in Season Four, it is generally accepted that Darnell fathered Earl Jr. In the Season One finale, Earl discovers he had bought the lotto tickets using money he stole from another person, but when he tries to return his winnings to that person, the latter is inflicted with bad karma, so he returns the money to Earl.

The second season has Earl continuing to work on his list, however, Joy gets in trouble when she steals a delivery truck and ends up kidnapping and assaulting the member of staff who was inside. Joy is arrested for felonies that would put her in prison for life because it was her third strike. To soften the jury, she decides to have a surrogate baby for her half-sister Liberty Washington and Liberty's husband Ray-Ray. Meanwhile, Catalina has been deported. Earl and Randy visit her home village in Latin America, and Randy marries Catalina in a green card marriage so she can return to the United States. In the season finale, Earl sacrifices himself at Joy's trial by confessing to all of her crimes and is sentenced to two years in a state penitentiary.

In the third season Earl is still imprisoned but continues to do good deeds despite not having his list on him. He meets Frank, from whom he had rented the trailer in which Joy and her husband Darnell now live, while Randy gets a job as a prison guard to be closer to Earl. Meanwhile Joy gives birth to Liberty and Ray-Ray's baby. Earl's good deeds attract the attention of the state warden, Jerry, who offers Earl a reduction in prison time for helping him resolve his issues. When Earl is about to leave, Jerry revokes Earl's reductions as he would lose such a productive helper, but Earl eventually gains the upper hand and forces Jerry to honour his early release. After leaving prison, Earl loses his confidence in the list; he has spent years and the last of his lottery winnings doing good things, but he has nothing to show for it and is insistent that karma should have given him some kind of lasting reward by now. He reverts to his old, malicious ways, doing cruel and illegal things. Frank's ex-girlfriend Billie Cunningham hits Earl with her car and puts him into a coma, then is subsequently hit herself. Randy is able to revive Earl by working on the list. Earl finds Billie and marries her, thinking she is karma's reward for his years of effort. When Earl and Billie argue over the list, and Earl chooses the list over her, Billie goes into a rampage that undoes his good deeds. However, when Billie hides in the Amish-like "Camdenite" settlement, she has a change of heart. She divorces Earl and gives him the rest of her insurance settlement money, which helps him continue the list.

The fourth season goes back to focusing on Earl doing good deeds to cross off his list. [3] A major story arc during this season was that Darnell, who is actually a former assassin from a secret government agency, blows his witness protection cover. He, Joy, and his family are forced to change identities and relocate until Darnell's father, who is also from the agency, goes on a mission with Darnell which clears Darnell's family of needing protection. In the season finale, Earl and the gang learn, from DNA test results, that Earl is actually Dodge's biological father. Earl still has not finished his list as of the season's conclusion, and there is a cliffhanger: it's proven that Darnell is not Earl Jr.'s father, revealing that Joy had another affair.

Main cast

Jason Lee portrayed Earl Hickey in the series Jason Lee.jpg
Jason Lee portrayed Earl Hickey in the series

Production

Conception

Creator and head writer Greg Garcia wrote the pilot while working on another sitcom, Yes, Dear . He initially pitched the series to Fox, which passed on it. He then approached NBC, which optioned the pilot on a cast-contingent basis, meaning they would order the pilot provided a suitable cast could be assembled. Jason Lee was approached for the lead role, but was uninterested in working in television and passed on the series twice before finally agreeing to read the pilot script. Though he liked the pilot, he was hesitant to commit to his first TV starring role until meeting with Garcia, after which he signed on to play Earl Hickey. [4]

Locations

My Name Is Earl is set in fictional Camden County. Creator Greg Garcia says:[ citation needed ]

The show doesn't technically take place anywhere....we like to think it's anywhere. We don't really say exactly where it is.
—Greg Garcia

In the episode "BB", Earl's driver's license address is at "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park, Space C-13, Camden County", but the state is not listed. Creator Greg Garcia said that Camden County is loosely modeled on Pimmit Hills, Virginia, the neighborhood where he grew up. [5] [6] The filming location in Los Angeles was not a trailer park, but was built up to look like one. [7]

Many of the locations were filmed in San Fernando Valley in California. In the season 1 episode "The Professor", Earl receives a postcard from Alex with the address "Earl Hickey, The Palms Hotel RM 231, 9005 Lincoln Blvd, Camden USA" with Earl's hand covering up most of the postmark. The Palms Motel structure is actually a motel in North Hills, California, now named the Palm Tree Inn Motel. It was also used to film other shows and films such as Gilmore Girls , The Mentalist , and Heroes . [8] [9] [10] [11] Exterior shots of the Crab Shack and Club Chubby were also taken from locations in Van Nuys and North Hills. [7] Houses and shops for the various characters come from locations in Van Nuys, Santa Clarita, Northridge, Moorpark, Los Angeles, and other Southern California cities. [12] [13] [14] In the episode "Didn't Pay Taxes", Earl and Randy climb the landmark Artesia Water Tower, although they do not refer to it by name. [15]

Other episodes have listed states that were unlikely to have Camden County. In the episode "Our Other Cops is On", officer Stuart Daniels states that his surveillance equipment was "supposed to go to Camden, New Jersey, but came here instead". In "Earl and Joy's Anniversary", when killer bees have invaded Camden and then left, Iqball says that the bees are heading for Texas. The flashback episodes "Inside Probe" describe Camden County as trying to stay independent during the American Civil War and forming its own country called Central, which lasted less than a day. In episode "Y2K", Joy states that she "may move to Florida", while in episode "BB" Randy suggests they go to Arizona.

Cancellation and future

The series was cancelled abruptly on May 19, 2009, after running for four seasons. Season four had ended with the caption 'To Be Continued'. The series' producer, 20th Century Fox Television, approached the Fox, [16] TBS [17] and TNT [18] networks to continue the series, but they were unable to come to terms without "seriously undermining the artistic integrity of the series." [17] [19] [ self-published source? ] [20] [21] [22] [23]

In October 2011, Jason Lee told E! Online he has been in talks with Greg Garcia to finish the list via a movie, possibly to be released online. [24]

On October 1, 2013, creator Greg Garcia participated in an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) on Reddit. Fan Jerry Denton asked "Who was Earl Jr's. real father and did Earl ever finish the list?"

Garcia replied: [24]

We never really got the chance to fully figure it out but the talk in the writers room was that Earl Jr.'s Dad was going to be someone famous. Like Dave Chappelle or Lil Jon. Someone that came to town on tour and Joy slept with. But when we got canceled we never got the chance to figure it out. I was worried about doing a cliffhanger but I asked NBC if it was safe to do one at the end of the season and they told me it was. I guess it wasn't. I had always had an ending to Earl and I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to see it happen. You've got a show about a guy with a list so not seeing him finish it is a bummer. But the truth is, he wasn't ever going to finish the list. The basic idea of the ending was that while he was stuck on a really hard list item he was going to start to get frustrated that he was never going to finish it. Then he runs into someone who had a list of their own and Earl was on it. They needed to make up for something bad they had done to Earl. He asks them where they got the idea of making a list and they tell him that someone came to them with a list and that person got the idea from someone else. Earl eventually realizes that his list started a chain reaction of people with lists and that he's finally put more good into the world than bad. So at that point he was going to tear up his list and go live his life. Walk into the sunset a free man. With good karma and finally at peace with what he's accomplished.
—Greg Garcia

In 2023, Ethan Suplee explained during an episode of the "Slick & Thick" podcast exactly what led to the show being cancelled: [25]

We were a hit. And the network called the studio and said, 'We want to license the show for another year,' and the studio said, 'Well, we want more money. We want to renegotiate our deal with you'. And the network basically did not respond for two weeks, and then the studio called back and said, 'We'll take your deal,' and the network said, 'Too late'.
—Ethan Suplee

Reception

Critical response

The show was well-received by critics and audiences alike. One reviewer speculated that Earl's forthrightness to having led a life of idiocy is what endears him to the viewer, and is what suggests there is a depth to his character beyond what is initially seen. [2]

Allegations of Scientology influence

Some critics questioned if the series had been influenced by Scientology, with actors Jason Lee and Ethan Suplee being Scientologists at that time; [26] the show also featured guest appearances from high-profile Scientologist actors including Michael Peña and Giovanni Ribisi. In 2008, Alec Baldwin publicly named Earl creator Greg Garcia as being a Scientologist; [27] Garcia quickly denied any involvement with Scientology, claiming that the Daily Mirror had incorrectly reported him to be a Scientologist. [28]

Ratings

The series premiered on September 20, 2005, drew in 14.9 million viewers in the United States, earning a 6.6 rating. By the airing of the third episode it was apparent that My Name Is Earl was the highest rated of NBC's new fall offerings, and a full season (22 episodes) was ordered. In its first month, it was also the highest rated new sitcom of the season to air on any network and was the highest rated sitcom on any network in the 18–49-year-old demographic. The show was renewed for a second (2006–07), a third (2007–08), and a fourth season (2008–09).

SeasonTimeslot (EDT)Season PremiereSeason FinaleTV SeasonViewers
(in millions)
1 Tuesday 9:00 pm (Episodes 1–10)
Thursday 9:00 pm (Episodes 11–24)		September 20, 2005May 11, 20062005-0610.9 [29]
2 Thursday 8:00 pmSeptember 21, 2006May 10, 20072006-078.9 [30]
3 September 27, 2007May 15, 20082007-087.3 [31]
4 September 25, 2008May 14, 20092008-096.6 [32]

Awards and nominations

The series was nominated twice for Best International Programme at the British Academy Television Awards in 2007 and 2008. The pilot episode won Emmy awards for Outstanding Writing and Directing in a Comedy Series for Greg Garcia and Marc Buckland respectively at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards. Jaime Pressly won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards. Other Emmy nominations include Beau Bridges and Giovanni Ribisi for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 24September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)May 11, 2006 (2006-05-11)
2 23September 21, 2006 (2006-09-21)May 10, 2007 (2007-05-10)
3 22September 27, 2007 (2007-09-27)May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)
4 27September 25, 2008 (2008-09-25)May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)

Home media

DVD NameRelease datesEp #Additional Information
Region 1 Region 2
Season One [33] September 19, 2006September 25, 200624The four-disc box set includes all 24 episodes of the season. Bonus features include deleted scenes, commentary tracks on selected episodes, selections from the season's gag reel, and a "mini-episode" vignette where Stewie Griffin from Family Guy influences Earl to get revenge on everyone who wronged him.
Season Two [34] September 25, 2007January 28, 200823The four-disc box set includes all 23 episodes of the season. Bonus features include deleted scenes, commentary tracks on selected episodes, as well as other featurettes.
Season Three [35] September 30, 2008 [36] October 20, 2008 [37] 22The four-disc box set includes all 22 episodes of the season. Bonus features include a gag reel, "Creating the characters" featurette and deleted scenes.
Season Four [38] September 15, 2009October 5, 200927The four-disc box set includes all 27 episodes of the final season. Bonus features include deleted scenes, a gag reel, "Earl's Fan Mail" featurette and a movie trailer inspired by the premiere episode. Also released on Blu-ray.

Syndication

20th Century Fox Television has cleared My Name Is Earl in nearly 50% of the U.S., said Bob Cook, the company's president and chief operating officer. 20th had sold the off-net sitcom to the Fox, Tribune, CBS, Hearst-Argyle, and Sinclair station groups for a fall 2009 debut. [39]

My Name Is Earl aired in off-network syndication and on TBS, Ion Television, and MyNetworkTV in the United States. The series premiered in January 2006 on Channel 4 in the UK. The fourth season was shown on E4 in October 2008. In 2013, 5Star gained the repeat rights to the series. The show was repeated on Comedy Central Extra from March 5, 2018.

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