Corporate

Even though this show got very good reviews, it is shown on Comedy Central in America. I'm in my 50's, and let's just say I don't think I'm someone that Comedy Central is targeting to watch their shows. However, from the start of Episode 1, I thought this series was very well-written, and very funny. Most of it is deadpan humor, but I very much enjoyed it. All the actors/actresses are very good, but I'd say my favorite is Lance Reddick who plays the CEO of Hampton Deville. My favorite Episode in Season 1 was the one about Casual Fridays, which is probably the funniest show I've seen on TV since watching the homage to Mrs. Doubtfire episode on "Broad City" in 2016.

I'm not sure how many people are watching this show, as it seems to have zero cultural buzz. But it is well worth watching, and I very much look forward to Season 2!

Ok a few episodes were average, but the best ones are so brilliant they make up for the rest. Some of the subject are very dark, like preferring a mass shooting to watching the latest "must see" TV show, or reselling prescription medication. Best episode so far : The Pain Of Being Alive & Society Tomorrow. Its a series worth sticking with

A sort of nihilist Workaholics, Corporate follows the mind numbing lives of two Junior-Executives-in-Training at one of the world's largest multinational corporations. Definitely a darker comedy, I absolutely loved Corporate and laughed way too much at way too depressing things, would highly recommend. Created by Pat Bishop, Matt Ingebretson, and Jake Weisman (and starring the latter two) each episode's humour is self-contained and self-referential, a trait I love in my comedy. The first two seasons were the best followed by a still good short 3rd season, this feels like something that would have made for some good work-from-home pandemic episodes but was unfortunately cut off too short, like often I wish there was more. Looking forward to whatever these guys work on next.

Most comedies on tv are like most other comedies on tv -- the same types of sitcom jokes, sitcom plots, sitcom laugh tracks, etc etc. Corporate goes for something different -- so different it's kind of hard to explain it. It goes places few other comedies would dare, it has characters that few other comedies could feature -- it almost feels like a sketch routine in the form of a 20 minute, continuing show.

What makes it work, even when it doesn't, is that the two leads, lazy, cynical, boorish, are actually, somehow, totally endearing. They say what everyone else is thinking but afraid to say -- they do what everyone else would like to do but afraid to do. Their banter is pitch perfect, their lack of ambition inspiring, their failure to do anything right somehow perfect. All in all, one of the best comedies in recent years. So (of course) it got cancelled.

I haven't been as impressed with the first two episodes of a series since Archer debuted, or maybe Red Oaks. The writing is minimalist in its approach to the unrelenting onslaught of over-the-top mini-scenarios that contribute to the overall story arc. The main characters speak with a glib, soulless detachment, giving the sense that they are only somewhat involved in what is going on around them, without any real emotion when they do decide to take up the cause de jour. This show may not be for everyone, as evidenced by scratchbird's review above. But if you are looking for something that speaks to your own soul-crushing corporate existence, definitely give it a watch.