Corporate (TV series) explained

Genre:Dark comedy
Satire
Tragicomedy[1] [2] [3]
Composer:Ty Segall[4]
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:26
Runtime:22 minutes
Channel:Comedy Central

Corporate is an American sitcom created by Pat Bishop, Matt Ingebretson, and Jake Weisman. A ten-episode first season premiered on Comedy Central on January 17, 2018.[5] On February 26, 2018, the series was renewed for a second season.[6] Corporates third and final season[7] premiered on July 22, 2020.

Ingebretson and Weisman later guest starred as their Corporate characters in their subsequent Hulu series This Fool, of which the first season premiered on August 12, 2022.

Plot

Corporate is set in an office belonging to the fictional multinational corporation Hampton DeVille and follows the miserable lives of two downtrodden employees.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

Season 3 (2020)

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 87% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 8.0/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Corporate takes a bleak, absurdist look at corporate life to deliver a clever show with a more nihilistic bent than your typical workplace comedy."[8] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the series has a score 75 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]

Variety reviewed the series, calling it, “Deliciously dark and hilariously ruthless…a scathing satire of contemporary office culture that feels long, long overdue."[10]

Adweek also lauded the show saying, “It’s the kind of universe building that’s usually reserved for prestige dramas…or big-budget sci-fi feature films.”[11]

Ratings

Season 3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Listen: Creators of Comedy Central's 'Corporate' Find Humor in Misery. Rachel. Yang. variety.com. 15 April 2019. It is funny, because it is your life and you get one chance at life and then you waste it at this job you don’t really like, and that tragedy is hilarious to us.. 4 January 2019.
  2. Web site: In Praise of Corporate's Refreshingly Pessimistic Comedy. Vikram. Murthi. www.vulture.com. 15 April 2019. 15 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Comedy Central's Corporate Reveals the Differences in How Women and Men Get Ready for Work in This Exclusive Clip. Garrett. Martin. www.pastemagazine.com. 15 April 2019. It’s not just the time and emotional labor that goes into hanging out in a depressing office with annoying strangers to make money for rich assholes that makes work such a tragedy.. 28 January 2019. 16 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190416074444/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/01/comedy-central-corporate-exclusive-clip-how-men-ge.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Ty Segall Made Comedy Central's "Corporate" Theme Song: Listen. Blais-Billie. Braudie. February 7, 2018. March 2, 2018. Pitchfork.
  5. Comedy Central Is Corporate Scripted Series Premieres on Wednesday, January 17 with Back-to-Back Episodes. https://web.archive.org/web/20180110150025/http://press.cc.com/press-release/2017/12/12/press-comedy-central-is-corporate-scripted-series-premieres-on-wednesday-january-17-on-comedy-central. dead. January 10, 2018. January 11, 2018. Comedy Central. December 12, 2017.
  6. Web site: Ramos. Dino-Ray. Comedy Central Renews 'Corporate' For Season 2. Deadline. February 26, 2018. February 26, 2018.
  7. Web site: 'Corporate' Renewed For Third & Final Season By Comedy Central. Deadline Hollywood. Denise. Petski. June 10, 2019. June 10, 2019.
  8. Web site: Corporate (2018) . . January 18, 2018.
  9. Web site: Corporate reviews. Metacritic. January 18, 2018.
  10. Web site: Saraiya. Sonia. January 17, 2018. "TV Review: 'Corporate' on Comedy Central". Variety.
  11. Web site: The Story Behind These Creepy Ads for a Soulless Corporation That Makes Everything. 16 January 2018 . 2020-08-31. en-US.

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