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Production
My Name Is Earl
Title card featuring Jason Lee as Earl Hickey.
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Greg Garcia
Starring	Jason Lee Ethan Suplee Jaime Pressly Eddie Steeples Nadine Velazquez
Narrated by	Jason Lee as Earl J. Hickey
Country of origin	USA
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	90 (List of episodes)
Executive producer(s)	Greg Garcia Marc Buckland Tom Palmer Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (Co-executive producer) John Hoberg (Co-executive producer) Kat Likkel (Co-executive producer)
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	Approx. 21 min. (30 min. with commercials) 'Super-sized' episodes: Approx. 29 min. (40 min. with commercials) Two part and hour long episodes: Approx. 42 min. (1 hour with commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	September 20, 2005 – present
External links
Official website

My Name Is Earl is an Americansitcom created by Greg Garcia. It is produced by 20th Century Fox Television. In the United States it is broadcast on the NBC television network Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern time.

Season 4 premiered on September 25, 2008.

4Characters
6DVD releases

[edit]Overview

My Name Is Earl is set in Camden County, Indiana. The series stars Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Eddie Steeples and Nadine Velazquez. Lee stars in the title role as 'Earl J. Hickey', a petty crook with occasional run-ins with the law, whose newly won $100,000 lottery ticket is lost when he is hit by a car. Lying in a hospital bed, under the influence of morphine, he develops a belief in the concept of karma when he hears about it during an episode of Last Call with Carson Daly. He decides he wants to turn his life around and makes a list of all the bad things he's ever done. After doing his first good deed, he finds his $100,000 lottery ticket. He sees this as a sign and, with his new lucky money, he proceeds to cross items off the list, one by one, by doing good deeds to atone for them. ^[1]

[edit]Conception

Creator and head writerGreg Garcia wrote the pilot while working on another sitcom, Yes, Dear. He initially pitched the series to Fox, which passed on the series. 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 after meeting with Garcia, after which he signed on to play Earl Hickey.

[edit]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 season (2006-07), a third (2007-08) and then for fourth (2008-09).

Season	Timeslot (EDT)	Season Premiere	Season Finale	TV Season	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
1	Tuesday 9:00 P.M. (September 20 - December 6, 2005) Thursday 9:00 P.M. (January 5 - May 11, 2006)	September 20, 2005	May 11, 2006	2005-2006	#40	10.9^[2]
2	Thursday 8:00 P.M. (September 21, 2006 - May 10, 2007)	September 21, 2006	May 10, 2007	2006-2007	#58	8.9^[3]
3	Thursday 8:00 P.M. (September 27, 2007 - May 15, 2008)	September 27, 2007	May 15, 2008	2007-2008	#75	7.3^[4]
4	Thursday 8:00 P.M. (September 25, 2008 - )	September 25, 2008	2008-2009	#77	6.96 (As of March 2009)

[edit]Characters

[edit]Main characters

Earl J. Hickey (Jason Lee) - The protagonist and narrator of the show. He has a long history of petty crime (mostly theft), for which he is trying to atone. Although he lacks a good education and frequently demonstrates poor judgment, he has a clouded grasp of right and wrong which he tries to impart to his friends. His conversion to an understanding of Karma now drives his life, as he seeks to make up for his past wrongdoing. He is afraid of flying and needles and drives a 1973 red El Camino.
Randall 'Randy' Hickey (Ethan Suplee) - Earl's younger brother. He is thought to be very dimwitted and simple, with a childlike naivete that manifests as both sweetness toward others, and unawareness of the potentially harmful consequences of his actions. He doesn't fully understand Earl's List, and sometimes resents the importance it plays in Earl's life, but he supports his campaign out of brotherly love. He is afraid of birds, and drives a green 1970 or 1971 Ford Ranchero with wood grain side panels.
Joy Farrah Darville Hickey Turner (Jaime Pressly) - Earl's ex-wife, now married to Darnell. She is unsophisticated 'trailer trash', self-centered and manipulative, having tricked Earl into marrying her when she became pregnant with another man's child, later having an affair - and child - with Darnell while she and Earl were still married. However she is very protective of her family. She is openly scornful of Earl's List. She has a strong dislike for Catalina. She drives a Subaru BRAT painted with the American flag. Her frequent catchphrases are 'Oh Snap', 'What the Hell', and she frequently calls both Earl and Randy 'Dummy'.
Darnell 'Crabman' Turner (Eddie Steeples) - Joy's husband, and still one of Earl's best friends despite impregnating Earl's then-wife Joy. He now acts as father to Joy's two sons. He works in the local dive, 'The Crab Shack' where he acts the part of a good-natured fool, but is actually a former assassin for a secret government organization. He was placed in the witness protection program when he refused to kill the child leader of a socialist nation and testified in court against his former employers. Darnell demonstrates greater intelligence than those around him. A running gag within the show is that Darnell smokes marijuana.
Catalina Aruca (Nadine Velazquez) - The beautiful Latin American who works as a housekeeper at Earl and Randy's motel and as the number one stripper at Club Chubby. She shares a green-card marriage with Randy who had a huge crush on her but this ended when they slept together and he appreciated her more as a friend. She has a strong dislike for Joy since Joy called her a whore when she first saw her. She occasionally breaks the fourth wall when supposedly shouting insults to Joy in Spanish which are actually notes for the fans.

[edit]Recurring characters

Main article: List of minor characters on My Name Is Earl

Carl Hickey (Beau Bridges) — Earl and Randy's father. Earl was supposed to be named after him but due to Carl's cursive writing the word 'Carl' looked like 'Earl'. At the start of the series he refused to have anything to do with Earl, but gradually realizes his son's efforts to improve his life were sincere and they have since become close again.
Kay Hickey (Nancy Lenehan) — Earl and Randy's mother, a friendly woman who gently chides Earl to be nicer to his father. In Season 4, it was revealed she once slept with a neighbor, causing Carl to leave home for a while before he returned and they made up.
Dodge Hickey (Louis T. Moyle) — Joy's oldest son by another man. Named Dodge because all she could remember about the father was he drove a Ford pickup truck, and Joy wanted to pick a name that represented the opposite of that man.
Earl Hickey Jr. (Trey Carlisle) — Joy and Darnell's son due to an affair; legally, Earl's first child.
Kenny James (Adult - Gregg Binkley, child - Andy Pessoa) — Kenny is a childhood victim of Earl's bullying and a formerly suppressed homosexual, who became the first person Earl helped with the List. He is now dating a male police officer.
Patty the Daytime Hooker (Dale Dickey) - A friendly Camden prostitute who also works as a night-time waitress. She got 1500 on her SATs, holds a Masters degree and speaks Bengali. In the episode 'Witch Lady', her full name was revealed to be Patricia Weezmer.
Ralph Mariano (Giovanni Ribisi) — Earl's childhood friend. He is constantly in trouble with the Law and has betrayed Earl and Randy for as little as $175, but they always forgive him. In season two Earl married Ralph's mom but later had the marriage annulled. He was in jail with Earl but quickly escaped.
Willie the One-Eyed Mailman (Bill Suplee, Ethan Suplee's father). He lost an eye when Joy broke Earl's Def Leppard mirror with a bowling ball and the glass shot into his eye.
Billie Cunningham (Alyssa Milano) — Earl's third^{[citation needed]} wife. She is a little crazy and gets very jealous of Earl spending so much time with his List instead of her. After finding inner peace on an Amish-type location near Camden, she not only divorced Earl but gave him $72,000 she'd received after being hit by a car.
Liberty Washington (Tamala Jones) — Joy's biracial half-sister. They hated each other for years but eventually bonded to the point where Joy became a surrogate mother for Liberty and her husband Ray-Ray's baby. She tends to treat Ray-Ray exactly the way Joy treats Darnell: with full measures of both hostility and love.
Jerry Hazelwood (Craig T. Nelson) - The prison warden. He is an immature, whiny man who has his job because his wife is the Governor of the unnamed state Camden County is located in. He gave Earl numerous 'time off' certificates when Earl helped him out with prison problems, but later broke Earl's spirit by reneging on the agreement, which led Earl to escape from prison.
Mr. Sydney Turtle- He is the beloved pet turtle of Darnell. He is apparently Jewish and was born in 1913. In 'Made A Lady Think I was God', Darnell mentions that Mr. Turtle had no first name. However on the grave made for Mr. Turtle in 'Got the Babysitter Pregnant', it states 'Mr. Sydney Turtle'.
Donny Jones- An intimidating reformed thug who went to jail for a crime that Earl committed. He forgave Earl for committing the crime that he was accused for doing because while Donny was in prison, he read the Bible and started believing in Jesus.
Didi- She is a one-legged girl whom Earl told he loved her. She hates Earl since he stole her car. She was #86 on Earl's List, and he completed it when she made him walk all day on one leg.

Other recurring characters include Electrolarynx Guy, Bruce, Nescobar Aloplop, Doug, Jasper and his Russian mail-order bride, Joy's deaf lawyer and her interpreter, DJ Dave, Slow Roger, Bob Smiley, and TV's Tim Stack. Stack usually appears in his Son of the Beach costume, completely intoxicated, or both; he is also a writer for the show.

Several of the show's characters appeared on the July 8, 2008 episode of Celebrity Family Feud. One team, the Hickey family, consisted of Earl, Joy, Randy, Crabman, and Catalina. The other team, dubbed 'Camden County,' consisted of Tim Stack, Patty, Wilford (Tim's agent), Kenny James, and Nescobar Aloplop. The Camden County team defeated the Hickey family, but lost to the cast of The Office in the finals.

[edit]Critical reception

The show has been on the whole well-received by critics and audiences alike.^[5] One reviewer has noted the significance of the fact that Earl's very confession to having led a life of idiocy is what endears him to the viewer, and is what suggests that there is more to his character than the surface persona that the viewer initially sees.^[1] Most of the negative and ambivalent reviews center on what are perceived to be base^[6] and bigoted^[7] aspects of the show which, importantly, are revealed to be precisely the characteristics that Earl himself is trying to remove from his personality through his list of wrongs.

[edit]DVD releases

[edit]Season Releases Overview

DVD Name	Release dates		Ep #	Additional Information
DVD Name	Region 1	Region 2	Ep #	Additional Information
Season One^[8]	September 19, 2006	September 25, 2006	24	The four disc box set includes all 24 episodes. 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 tells Earl to get revenge on everyone who wronged him.
Season Two^[9]	September 25, 2007	January 28, 2008	22	The four disc box set includes all 22 episodes. Bonus features include deleted scenes, commentary tracks on selected episodes, as well as other featurettes.
Season Three	September 30, 2008^[10]	October 20, 2008^[11]	22	The four disc box set includes all 22 episodes. Bonus features as a gag reel, 'Creating the characters' featurette and deleted scenes.

[edit]Season 1 DVD set

The season one 'mini-episode', titled Bad Karma, is an alternate version of the events of the pilot episode featuring what would have happened if, instead of seeing Carson Daly talking about karma while in the hospital, Earl saw Stewie Griffin of Family Guy talking about vengeance.^[12]

At Best Buy locations the set came wrapped in a miniature replica of Earl's flannel shirt.^[13]
The DVD set at Target stores featured a limited-edition bonus DVD with extra bloopers and other bonus features.^{[citation needed]}

[edit]Awards and nominations

Nominated for 2006 Golden Globe for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy.
Jason Lee nominated for 2006 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy.
Jason Lee nominated for 2005/06 Screen Actors Guild award for best actor in a comedy series.
Cast nominated for 2005/06 Screen Actors Guild award for best ensemble in a comedy series.
Jaime Pressly nominated for a 2005/06 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Marc Buckland won the 2005/06 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (episode: 'Pilot').
Gregory Thomas Garcia won the 2005/06 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (episode: 'Pilot').
Jason Lee nominated for 2007 Kid's Choice Award for Best Actor.
Nominated for 2007 BAFTA TV Awards for International Programme of the Year [1].
Jaime Pressly won the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Nominated for the 2008 People's Choice Award for 'Favorite TV Comedy'.^[14]
Nominated for 2008GLAAD Media Award for Best Individual Episode ('The Gangs of Camden County')
Nominated for 2008 BAFTA TV Awards for International Programme of the Year

[edit]Syndication

Twentieth 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. Twentieth has sold the off-net sitcom to the Fox, Tribune, CBS, Hearst-Argyle and Sinclair station groups for a fall 2009 debut. [2]

[edit]References

^ ^a^bDeWolf Smith, Nancy (2005-09-16). 'Arts and Entertainment Review'. Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/0,SB112682695254842324,00.html?mod=arts%5Fand%5Freviews%5Farts%5Fonly%5Fhs#articleTabs%3Darticle. Retrieved on 2009-02-20.
^'Series'. The Hollywood Reporter. 2006-05-26. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002576393. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
^'2006–07 primetime wrap'. The Hollywood Reporter. 2007-05-25. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
^Televisionista: TV Ratings: 2007-2008 Season Top-200
^My Name is Earl on Metacritic. 77% 'generally favorable' critics' metascore; 8.7 out of 10 users' rating. Retrieved Feb 2009.
^ 'We learn that the items on Earl's list include No. 86, 'stole a car from a one-legged girl,' and No. 22, 'peed in back of cop car.' Gosh, what swell episodes those ought to make.' Quote by Shales, Tom (2005-09-20). 'Earl Defines What It Takes To Be Sorry'. Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/19/AR2005091901760_pf.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
^ 'My Name Is Earl is not a stupid sitcom - that is what makes its sexist and homophobic jokes so maddening ... Viewers aren't encouraged to laugh at Earl, as much as they are with him - at the people on his list.' Citation from Will karma smile on NBC's 'My Name Is Earl'?, Baltimore Sun, by David Zurawik, 20 Sept 2005; text retrieved from AV Science Forum, Feb 2009.
^'My Name Is Earl - The Complete 1st Season DVD Information'. TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Earl-Complete-1st-Season/5969. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
^'My Name Is Earl - The Complete 2nd Season DVD Information'. TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Earl-Complete-2nd-Season/6803. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
^Amazon.com: My Name is Earl - Season Three: My Name Is Earl: Movies & TV
^Play.com (UK) : My Name Is Earl: Season 3 (4 Discs) : DVD - Free Delivery
^'My Name Is Earl - Season 1 DVDs To Have New Bonus Mini-Ep with Family Guy Crossover!'. TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Earl/5271. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
^Klein, Eric. 'My Name Is Earl - The Complete First Season'. UGO Networks. http://www.dvdfanatic.com/review.php?id=earl. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
^'People's Choice Awards Past Winners: 2008'. Sycamore Productions. http://www.pcavote.com/pca/history.jsp. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.

[edit]See also