keywords: comedy television indian mother sitcom
Genre: Comedy
Created by: Aseem Batra
Based on: I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything by Orli Auslander
Starring
Sarayu Blue
Paul Adelstein
Aisling Bea
Zach Cherry
Johnny Pemberton
James Buckley
Composer(s): Mateo Messina
Country of origin: United States
Original language(s): English
No. of seasons: 1
No. of episodes: 8
Production
Executive producer(s)
Joshua D. Maurer
Dave Becky
Aseem Batra
Amy Poehler
Julie Anne Robinson
Producer(s)
Kelly Pancho
Kim Lessing
Rupinder Gill
Scott Printz
Cinematography
Tim Suhrstedt
Tom Magill
Editor(s)
Shawn Paper
Mat Greenleaf
Myron Kerstein
Camera setup: Single-camera
Running time: 22 minutes
Production company(s)
Paper Kite Productions
3 Arts Entertainment
CannyLads Productions
Seemu! Inc.
Universal Television
Distributor: NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network: NBC
Original release: September 19, 2018 – present
I Feel Bad is an American comedy television series, based on the book I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything by Orli Auslander, that premiered on September 19, 2018, on NBC. It stars Sarayu Blue, Paul Adelstein, Aisling Bea, Zach Cherry, Johnny Pemberton, and James Buckley and is executive produced by Aseem Batra, Julie Anne Robinson, Amy Poehler, Dave Becky, and Joshua D. Maurer. On November 8, 2018, it was announced that the series would "conclude" in December 2018 and that NBC would make a decision regarding a potential renewal at a later date.
Premise
I Feel Bad follows Emet, a wife, mother, and career woman who "feels bad" when she deviates from her own standards of perfection while trying to "have it all."[1]
Cast and characters
Main
Sarayu Blue as Emet Kamala-Sweetzer
Paul Adelstein as David Sweetzer
Madhur Jaffrey as Maya Kamala, Emet's mother
Brian George as Sonny Kamala, Emet's father
James Buckley as Chewey, Emet's co-worker
Zach Cherry as Norman, Emet's co-worker
Johnny Pemberton as Griff, Emet's co-worker
Recurring
Lily Rose Silver as Lily
Rahm Braslaw as Louie, Emet and David's eldest child. In the pilot episode, the character was portrayed by Callan Farris and written as the family's middle child.
Guest
Aisling Bea as Simone ("I Don't Want to Turn into My Mother"), Emet's best friend since college. The character was written out of the series following the pilot episode.
Christopher Avila as Hux ("I Don't Want to Turn into My Mother"), Emet's co-worker. The character was written out of the series following the pilot episode.
Easton Magliarditi as Tucker ("I Don't Want to Turn into My Mother")
Taylor Misiak as Mackenzie ("I Get Sick of Being Needed")
Episodes
No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date [2] Prod.
code U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 "I Don't Want to Turn into My Mother" Julie Anne Robinson Aseem Batra September 19, 2018 101 5.72
2 "I Get Sick of Being Needed" Tristram Shapeero Andy Bobrow September 19, 2018 103 3.98
3 "I Lie to My Kids" Julie Anne Robinson Annie Weisman October 4, 2018 102 2.64
4 "My Kid Has to Grow Up" Maggie Carey Claudia Lonow October 11, 2018 106 2.21
5 "I’m Vain A.F." Linda Mendoza Mathew Harawitz October 18, 2018 104 2.20
6 "I'm a Massive Hypocrite" Julie Anne Robinson Teri Schaffer & Raynelle Swilling October 25, 2018 105 2.09
7 "I'm Not Sentimental" Alex Reid Rupinder Gill November 1, 2018 107 2.23
8 "I Miss Important Moments" Julie Anne Robinson Nicole Sun November 15, 2018 108 1.84
9 "I Need My Mom" TBA TBA November 29, 2018 109 TBD
10 "My Kids Barely Know Their Culture" TBA TBA December 6, 2018 110 TBD
11 "We're Not Fun Anymore" TBA TBA December 13, 2018 111 TBD
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Production
Development
On February 2, 2018, it was announced that NBC had given the production a pilot order. The pilot episode was written by Aseem Batra based on the book I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything by Orli Auslander. Batra also acts an executive producer alongside Amy Poehler, Julie Anne Robinson, Dave Becky, and Joshua D. Maurer. Kelly Pancho and Kim Lessing are set as producers and Orli Auslander as a consulting producer. Production companies involved with the pilot include Universal Television, Paper Kite Productions, CannyLads Productions, and 3 Arts Entertainment.
On May 8, 2018, it was announced that NBC had given the production a series order. A few days later, it was announced that the series would premiere in the fall of 2018 and air on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. On June 19, 2018, it was announced that the series would officially premiere on October 4, 2018 in its regular time-slot. On November 8, 2018, it was announced that the series would "conclude" in December 2018 and that NBC would make a decision regarding a potential renewal at a later date.
Casting
On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Sarayu Blue and Paul Adelstein had been cast as the pilot's female and male leads, respectively. In March 2018, it was announced that Zach Cherry and James Buckley had also joined the main cast.
Release
Marketing
On May 13, 2018, NBC released the first official trailer for the series.
Premiere
On September 10, 2018, the series took part in the 12th annual PaleyFest Fall Television Previews, which featured a preview screening of the series and a conversation with cast members Sarayu Blue, Paul Adelstein, Madhur Jaffrey, and Brian George and executive producers Aseem Batra and Julie Anne Robinson.
Reception
Critical response
The series has been met with a mixed to negative response from critics upon its premiere. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 23% with an average rating of 4.94 out of 10, based on 13 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Despite its promising pedigree, I Feel Bad simply isn't very funny." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 55 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."
