The Fix (2018 TV series)
{{Short description|Comedy panel show on Netflix}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| genre = Comedy panel show
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| director = Ryan Polito
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| presenter = Jimmy Carr
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 10
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- Andrew Westwell
- Jimmy Carr
- Michael Davies
- Michael Naidus
- Jordan Watland
- Mohammed Ali
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| camera = Multi-camera
| runtime = 23–30 minutes
| company = Embassy Row
Netflix Studios
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| network = Netflix
| released = {{Start date|2018|12|14}}
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The Fix is an American television comedy panel show hosted by Jimmy Carr, starring D. L. Hughley and Katherine Ryan as team captains and Mona Chalabi as a statistician. The show premiered on December 14, 2018, on Netflix.{{cite web |last1=Schroeder |first1=Audra |title='The Fix' is another talk show Hail Mary from Netflix |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/the-fix-netflix-review |website=The Daily Dot |access-date=15 December 2018 |language=en |date=14 December 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Husband |first1=Andrew |title=Netflix's 'The Fix' Offers A Simple Solution For American Comedy Television |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewhusband/2018/12/14/the-fix-netflix-jimmy-carr-dl-hughley-katherine-ryan |website=Forbes |access-date=15 December 2018 |language=en}}
Premise
In The Fix, host Jimmy Carr and team captains D. L. Hughley and Katherine Ryan are joined by guest comics who in teams "debate and discuss" solutions to "one of the biggest challenges facing the world". With help from data expert Mona Chalabi, Chalabi will reveal "surprising, shocking and often hilarious" facts before each team propose their fix to the studio audience, who will in turn vote for their favorite fix.{{cite web |title=The Fix |url=https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/308919 |website=Netflix Media Center |access-date=15 December 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031758/https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/308919 |archive-date=December 16, 2018 |url-status=dead}}
Cast
- Jimmy Carr as Host
- D. L. Hughley as Team Captain
- Katherine Ryan as Team Captain
- Mona Chalabi as Correspondent and Statistician
Season 1
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|+Each episode features two possible solutions for an issue. Solutions in bold were the most voted by the audience. !Episode !Issue !Teams !Solution |
| rowspan="2" |01
| rowspan="2" |Social Network Addiction |D. L. Hughley and Michael Ian Black |Internet Licence |
| Katherine Ryan and Nikki Glaser
|Slow down the Internet |
| rowspan="2" |02
| rowspan="2" |Immigration |D. L. Hughley and Al Madrigal |Revamp current Immigration Test |
| Katherine Ryan and Joel Kim Booster
|E!-Migrants Celebrity Show |
| rowspan="2" |03
| rowspan="2" |Artificial Intelligence |D. L. Hughley and Fortune Feimster |Mediocre Operating Robot Outreach 'Nitiative |
| Katherine Ryan and Ron Funches
|Make Robots Horny |
| rowspan="2" |04
| rowspan="2" |Gentrification |D. L. Hughley and Moshe Kasher |SoCaBo |
| Katherine Ryan and Nicole Byer
|Home A-Loan |
| rowspan="2" |05
| rowspan="2" |Population ageing |D. L. Hughley and Al Madrigal |Close Down Florida |
| Katherine Ryan and Whitney Cummings
|Make America Pregnant Again |
| rowspan="2" |06
| rowspan="2" |Wage Gap |D. L. Hughley and Nikki Glaser |Dadi-Care |
| Katherine Ryan and Nicole Byer
|Feminism-ism |
| rowspan="2" |07
| rowspan="2" |Global warming |D. L. Hughley and Ron Funches |Explode a Volcano |
| Katherine Ryan and Sasheer Zamata
|Vegan Rebranding |
| rowspan="2" |08
| rowspan="2" |Gun control |D. L. Hughley and Sarah Tiana |Everyone Joins the NRA |
| Katherine Ryan and Clayton English
|Arms & Noble |
| rowspan="2" |09
| rowspan="2" |Opioid Crisis |D. L. Hughley and Sara Schaefer |Mandatory Opioid Ads |
| Katherine Ryan and Amanda Seales
|Pharma Drug Dealers |
| rowspan="2" |10
| rowspan="2" |Wealth Gap |D. L. Hughley and Howie Mandel |EgoFundMe |
| Katherine Ryan and Aparna Nancherla
|The Garage Growth Initiative |
Release
=Marketing=
On November 16, 2018, the first trailer for the series was released.{{cite web |last1=Keller |first1=Joel |title='The Fix' on Netflix: A New Show Where Comedians Propose Solutions For All The World's Problems |url=https://decider.com/2018/11/16/the-fix-on-netflix-trailer |website=Decider |access-date=15 December 2018 |language=en |date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118111049/https://decider.com/2018/11/16/the-fix-on-netflix-trailer |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Netflix title}}
- {{IMDb title|5960546}}
{{Netflix original ended series (2012–2018)}}
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Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Netflix original programming
Category:2010s American comedy game shows
Category:2018 American television series debuts
Category:2018 American television series endings
Category:Television series by Embassy Row (production company)