Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Fresh and Exciting

best movie i've ever seen.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

I absolutely loved this show, the episodes were very funny and dealt very well and fairly with a lot of current issues. I don't understand why it was discontinued.

Warning this review contains a spoiler.They resorted to using Dale Earnhardts death as the brunt of their comedy I was truly disturbed by this and will not support further production of this show in anyway, shape or form.I hope others agree with me and boycott this show as I will. I am very disappointed NBC would even endorse this ignorance and insult to every racing fan that watched a legend die on Feb 18, 2001.To learn more about what happened and my feelings on this episode and to discuss it please visit my message board on this site titled the same as above. Thank you.

While not every episode of The Carmichael Show's first season was good, all the episodes had good funny moments, and many of them discussed some very real issues. It is far from a perfect show, but if it becomes able to consistently present good episodes that explore serious issues I will be very pleased. While some characters are more entertaining than the others, specifically Jerrod's parents Cynthia and Joe, all have their good moments. From the first season, the forth episode, "Gender", was mediocre, and the second episode, "Protest", was alright, but episode six "Guns" was pretty good, the pilot episode was good, and episodes three and five, "Kale" and "Prayer", were really good. If you want to try out The Carmichael Show, I would start with either "Kale" or "Prayer", and if you like those, watch "Guns", as the order of the episodes does not really matter, and the episodes "Gender", "Protest", and "Guns" are the more strongly issue focused ones. If you like shows that are funny, but also talk about issues that are real, such as protesting, gender identity, and gun control, from a fairly unbiased perspective, then The Carmichael Show is one that you would enjoy.

Watching this show with a LIVE audience, and people truly laughing at it, is amazing in todays TV. The show itself is hilarious, but definitely unpredictable. You can't predict how the characters will react in a given situation, and they have real life views that reflect todays world. You have to value a show that isn't afraid to be funny while talking about not-so-funny world issues. No spoilers, but the pilot was the funniest show I had seen in years. The season episodes are just as funny.I know I'm jumping around, but I'll just end this review with this. The TIMING of these actors is amazing. Comedy is about timing, and they don't miss a beat.Gave it 9/10, because its the best comedy I've seen on TV in recent memory.