My Name Is Earl
{{Short description|American television sitcom (2005–2009)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox television
| image = My Name Is Earl title screen.jpg
| genre = Sitcom
| creator = Greg Garcia
| showrunner = Greg Garcia
| starring = {{Plain list |
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| narrated = Jason Lee
| composer = {{Plain list |
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 4
| num_episodes = 96
| list_episodes = List of My Name Is Earl episodes
| executive_producer = {{Plain list|
- Greg Garcia
- Marc Buckland
- Bobby Bowman
}}
| producer = {{Plain list|
- Jason Lee
- Henry J. Lange Jr.
- Danielle Sanchez-Witzel
- John Hoberg
- Michael Pennie
- Kat Likkel
- Mike Mariano
- Jessica Goldstein
- Hilary Winston
- Chrissy Pietrosh
}}
| editor =
| camera = Single-camera
| runtime = 19–24 minutes
| company = {{Plain list |
- Amigos de Garcia Productions
- 20th Century Fox Television
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| network = NBC
| first_aired = {{Start date|2005|9|20}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2009|05|14}}
| related = Raising Hope
}}
My Name Is Earl is 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.
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112682695254842324|title=Arts and Entertainment Review|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|last=DeWolf Smith|first=Nancy|date=September 16, 2005|access-date=2009-02-20|archive-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710025034/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112682695254842324|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.channelguidemag.com/tv-news/2008/09/19/my-name-is-earl-season-4-preview-the-legend-of-dan-coscino/|title="My Name Is Earl" Season 4 Preview: The Legend Of Dan Coscino – Channel Guide Magazine|date=September 19, 2008|website=channelguidemag.com|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-date=October 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232123/https://www.channelguidemag.com/tv-news/2008/09/19/my-name-is-earl-season-4-preview-the-legend-of-dan-coscino/|url-status=live}} 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
File:Jason Lee.jpg portrayed Earl Hickey in the series]]
{{main|List of My Name Is Earl characters}}
- Jason Lee as Earl Hickey, a small-time thief who turns his life around after winning money on a lottery scratcher, compiling a list of wrongs that he plans to make amends for.
- Ethan Suplee as Randy Hickey, Earl's dim-witted & lazy younger brother.
- Jaime Pressly as Joy Turner, Earl's ex-wife who lives in a trailer park.
- Nadine Velazquez as Catalina, the maid at the motel where Earl and Randy reside.
- Eddie Steeples as Darnell Turner, a worker at the local restaurant that Earl and the gang frequent. He marries Joy in season 1.
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.My Name is Earl season 1 DVD extra: Making Things Right: Behind the Scenes of My Name is Earl Featurette
=Locations=
My Name Is Earl is set in fictional Camden County. Creator Greg Garcia says:{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
{{cquote|The show doesn't technically take place anywhere....we like to think it's anywhere. We don't really say exactly where it is.
{{emdash}}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.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/arts/television/comedy-means-always-having-to-say-youre-sorry.html | date=October 9, 2004 | first=Deborah Starr | last=Seibel | title=Comedy Means Always Having to Say You're Sorry | work=New York Times | access-date=July 23, 2017 | archive-date=July 28, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728214736/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/arts/television/comedy-means-always-having-to-say-youre-sorry.html | url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/01/13/surprise-hit-my-name-earl/|title=The surprise hit of My Name is Earl|date=January 13, 2006|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=July 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728202447/http://ew.com/article/2006/01/13/surprise-hit-my-name-earl/|url-status=live}} The filming location in Los Angeles was not a trailer park, but was built up to look like one.{{cite web|url=http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2014/09/my-name-is-earl-main-locations.html|title=My Name Is Earl – The Main Locations|author=Chas Demster|date=September 2014|website=Chas Demster|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=July 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728223005/http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2014/09/my-name-is-earl-main-locations.html|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web | url=http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2016/01/29/the-palms-motel-from-my-name-is-earl/ | title=The Palms Motel from "My Name Is Earl" | first=Lindsay | last=Blake | website=Iamnotastalker.com | date=January 29, 2016 | access-date=July 21, 2017 | archive-date=May 27, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527201636/http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2016/01/29/the-palms-motel-from-my-name-is-earl/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://bunchojunk.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-name-is-sweetie.html|title=My Name Is Earl hotel|first=Guy|last=Hutchinson|date=November 2, 2007|website=Bunchojunk|via=Blogspot|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805021151/http://bunchojunk.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-name-is-sweetie.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://locationsfromfilms.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-name-is-earl-motel.html|title=Film locations: The "My Name is Earl" motel|first=Guy|last=Hutchinson|date=February 17, 2012|website=Locationsfromfilms|via=Blogspot|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805023833/http://locationsfromfilms.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-name-is-earl-motel.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/hoffarth/4334512455|title=My Name is Earl|first=Tony|last=Hoffarth|date=January 28, 2010|website=Flickr|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=January 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110023140/https://www.flickr.com/photos/hoffarth/4334512455/|url-status=live}} Exterior shots of the Crab Shack and Club Chubby were also taken from locations in Van Nuys and North Hills. Houses and shops for the various characters come from locations in Van Nuys, Santa Clarita, Northridge, Moorpark, Los Angeles, and other Southern California cities.{{cite web|url=http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2014/09/my-name-is-earl-houses-of-camden-county.html|title=My Name Is Earl – The Houses Of Camden County|author=Chas Demster|date=September 2014|website=Its Filmed There|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805015931/http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2014/09/my-name-is-earl-houses-of-camden-county.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2014/09/my-name-is-earl-businesses-churches-and.html|title=My Name Is Earl – Businesses, Churches And Schools Of Camden County|author=Chas Demster|date=September 2014|website=Its Filmed There|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805020312/http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2014/09/my-name-is-earl-businesses-churches-and.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2014/09/my-name-is-earl-other-memorable.html|title=My Name Is Earl – Other Memorable Locations|website=Its Filmed There|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805020511/http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2014/09/my-name-is-earl-other-memorable.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/cityofartesia/photos/?tab=album&album_id=940897202598512|author=Official City of Artesia, California | author-link=Artesia, California | title=Investigating the Water Tower's Structural Integrity | date=2015 | via=Facebook | access-date=July 21, 2017}}
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,{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/05/my-name-is-earl-creator-greg-garcia-is-a-writer-because-he-has-a-way-with-wordsasked-for-his-take-on-nbcs-unceremonious-canc.html |title='My Name Is Earl' creator is OK with being 'thrown off the Titanic' |last=Fernandez |first=Maria Elena |date=May 19, 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 19, 2009 |archive-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207124953/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/05/my-name-is-earl-creator-greg-garcia-is-a-writer-because-he-has-a-way-with-wordsasked-for-his-take-on-nbcs-unceremonious-canc.html |url-status=live }} TBS{{cite news |first=Cynthia |last=Littleton |date=June 8, 2009 |title=TBS may give new 'Earl' segs a whirl |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/tbs-may-give-new-earl-segs-a-whirl-1118004694/ |work=Variety |access-date=October 5, 2009}} and TNT{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Flint |date=May 20, 2009 |title=TBS ready to be lifeboat for 'My Name Is Earl' |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/05/earl.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 5, 2009 |archive-date=May 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527153213/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/05/earl.html |url-status=live }} networks to continue the series, but they were unable to come to terms without "seriously undermining the artistic integrity of the series."{{cite web |url=https://www.twitter.com/EthanSuplee/status/1894444292 |title=Thanks for the effort guys… |last=Suplee |first=Ethan |author-link=Ethan Suplee |date=May 23, 2009 |publisher=Twitter |access-date=May 23, 2009 |archive-date=June 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604103743/http://twitter.com/EthanSuplee/status/1894444292 |url-status=live }}{{Self-published inline|date=October 2009}}{{cite news |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Chambers |first2=Jennifer |last2=Godwin |date=June 9, 2009 |title=Could My Name Is Earl Be Saved? |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b128264_could_my_name_earl_be_saved.html |work=E! |access-date=October 5, 2009 |archive-date=September 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909111350/https://www.eonline.com/news/128252/could-my-name-is-earl-be-saved |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Mickey |last=O'Connor |date=June 10, 2009 |title=My Name Is Earl in Talks to Move to TBS |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Earl-Talks-TBS-1006752.aspx |work=TV Guide |access-date=October 5, 2009 |archive-date=July 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713174033/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Earl-Talks-TBS-1006752.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Jennifer |last=Godwin |date=June 11, 2009 |title=My Name Is Earl Dead, Deal with TBS Won't Work Out |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b128769_my_name_earl_dead_deal_with_tbs_wont.html |work=E! |access-date=October 5, 2009 |archive-date=November 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123134322/http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b128769_my_name_earl_dead_deal_with_tbs_wont.html |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |date=June 11, 2009 |title=This just in: 'My Name is Earl' will NOT live on |url=http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/06/11/my-name-is-earl-canceled/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021033652/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/06/11/my-name-is-earl-canceled/ |archive-date=October 21, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/jason_lee_on_my_name_earl_movie_its_time/270861 |title=Jason Lee on My Name Is Earl Movie: "It's Time!" |publisher=E! Online |date=October 21, 2011 |access-date=2012-04-29 |archive-date=December 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224143236/http://www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/jason_lee_on_my_name_earl_movie_its_time/270861 |url-status=live }}
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?"
{{cquote|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.
{{emdash}}Greg Garcia}}
In 2023, Ethan Suplee explained during an episode of the Slick & Thick podcast exactly what led to the show being cancelled:{{cite web | url=https://www.looper.com/1322435/why-my-name-is-earl-canceled-real-finale-ending/ | title=Why My Name is Earl Was Canceled - and How the Finale Was Supposed Wrap up | date=June 26, 2023 | access-date=June 27, 2023 | archive-date=June 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627075412/https://www.looper.com/1322435/why-my-name-is-earl-canceled-real-finale-ending/ | url-status=live }}
{{cquote|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'.
{{emdash}}Ethan Suplee}}
Reception
=Critical response=
==Allegations of Scientology influence==
Some critics questioned if the series had been influenced by Scientology, with actors Jason Lee (who left Scientology in 2016) and Ethan Suplee being Scientologists at that time;{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguide/features/story/0,,2097544,00.html|title=My name is L Ron Hubbard|last=Donaghy|first=James|date=June 29, 2007|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2009-04-17}} 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;Gawker article: "[http://gawker.com/#!5046307/alec-baldwin-doesnt-take-any-shit-from-scientologists Alec Baldwin Doesn't Take Any Shit From Scientologists] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325040539/http://gawker.com/#!5046307/alec-baldwin-doesnt-take-any-shit-from-scientologists |date=March 25, 2011 }}." Garcia quickly denied any involvement with Scientology, claiming that the Daily Mirror had incorrectly reported him to be a Scientologist.{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5046326/greg-garcia-responds-to-baldwin-im-not-a-scientologist |title=Greg Garcia Responds to Baldwin: 'I'm Not a Scientologist.' |publisher=Gawker.com |first=Ian |last=Spiegelman |date=April 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410130334/http://gawker.com:80/5046326/greg-garcia-responds-to-baldwin-im-not-a-scientologist |archive-date=April 10, 2009 |df=mdy }}
=Ratings=
{{expand section|the actual ratings for each season (and only that). It's entitled "ratings" but the only one given is for its premier.|date=November 2019}}
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).
=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
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Home media
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6627825.html?rssid=193 |title=Twentieth Clears 'Earl' In Half The Country |author=Paige Albiniak |date=January 8, 2009 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Reed Business Information |access-date=2009-10-28 }}
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.
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite news
|first=Kim
|last=Fry
|title=California church plays role in My Name Is Earl TV series
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|publisher=United Methodist News Service
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- {{cite web|title=Nominations and Winners |work=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/year/2005 |access-date=January 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213110403/http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/year/2005 |archive-date=February 13, 2008 }}
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