List of The Carmichael Show episodes

The Carmichael Show is an American television sitcom broadcast on NBC created by Jerrod Carmichael, Ari Katcher, Willie Hunter and Nicholas Stoller. The series premiered on August 26, 2015. Starring Carmichael, it follows a fictional version of his family. On September 14, 2015, the series was renewed by NBC for a second season of 13 episodes,^[1][2] which premiered on Wednesday, March 9 with a sneak preview episode after The Voice. It then premiered in its regular timeslot Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 9/8c with back-to-back episodes.^[3][4] On May 15, 2016, NBC renewed the series for a 13-episode third season.^[5]

As of May 29, 2016, 19 episodes of The Carmichael Show have aired, concluding the second season.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	6	August 26, 2015	September 9, 2015
	2	13	March 9, 2016	May 29, 2016

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Mark Cendrowski	Story by : Nicholas Stoller & Jerrod Carmichael & Ari Katcher & Willie Hunter Teleplay by : Nicholas Stoller & Jerrod Carmichael	August 26, 2015	1AYX01	4.83[6]
Jerrod is reluctant to tell his parents Joe and Cynthia, that he and Maxine are living together.
2	2	"Protest"	Gerry Cohen	Jerrod Carmichael & Ari Katcher	August 26, 2015	1AYX04	4.07[6]
It's Jerrod's birthday and instead of celebrating, Maxine would rather go to a Black Lives Matter protest. Maxine's insistence to go the protest encourages Cynthia to go as well.
3	3	"Kale"	Michael Zinberg	Mike Royce	September 2, 2015	1AYX02	4.77[7]
Jerrod wants his parents to start eating healthier and even after Joe is rushed to the hospital, Joe and Cynthia want to continue their old eating ways.
4	4	"Gender"	Betsy Thomas	Mike Scully	September 2, 2015	1AYX05	3.90[7]
Jerrod agrees to be a Big Brother for an underprivileged youth, until he is told an uncomfortable secret from his charge.
5	5	"Prayer"	Gerry Cohen	Austen Earl	September 9, 2015	1AYX03	4.60[8]
A visit from Reverend Carlson (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) leads to eye-opening conversation about religion especially within Jerrod and Maxine's relationship.
6	6	"Guns"	Gerry Cohen	Aeysha Carr & Hunter Covington	September 9, 2015	1AYX06	3.80[8]
After finding out that Jerrod had a gun in his possession, Maxine goes give it back to Joe, who gave Jerrod the gun. Cynthia then learns that Joe has a gun of his own in the house and is not pleased about it.

Season 2 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
7	1	"Everybody Cheats"	Gerry Cohen	Jerrod Carmichael & Ari Katcher	March 9, 2016	2AYX01	4.09[9]
Cynthia catches her best friend's husband cheating on his wife, which leads to a family discussion wherein Maxine reveals she cheated on her previous boyfriend with Jerrod.
8	2	"Fallen Heroes"	Gerry Cohen	Jerrod Carmichael & Mike Scully	March 13, 2016	2AYX02	6.49[10]
For their 34th anniversary, Jerrod offers his parents tickets to see Bill Cosby in concert, which sparks a debate on whether they should go following Cosby's scandals.
9	3	"The Funeral"	Betsy Thomas	Hunter Covington	March 13, 2016	2AYX03	4.37[10]
Joe's father passes away and he struggles over how to deliver the eulogy, given that the man was a lousy father and a horrible person. Marla Gibbs guest stars as Joe's mother.
10	4	"Perfect Storm"	Gerry Cohen	Jerrod Carmichael & Ari Katcher	March 20, 2016	2AYX05	5.06[11]
A bedroom mishap for Jerrod and Maxine prompts a family discussion on birth control, while everyone seeks shelter in Joe and Cynthia's basement during a storm. Later, Jerrod and Maxine disagree on whether they should have children.
11	5	"Gentrifying Bobby"	Gerry Cohen	Laura Gutin Peterson	March 27, 2016	2AYX06	4.42[12]
Just as Bobby is moving back into his and Nekeisha's apartment, they are evicted because neighborhood gentrification has made their rent unaffordable. Jerrod refuses to help his brother, however, believing Bobby needs to learn how to help himself rather than continue to let others bail him out.
12	6	"New Neighbors"	Michael Zinberg	Emily V. Gordon	April 3, 2016	2AYX07	4.68[13]
Joe and Cynthia are immediately fearful of their new Muslim neighbors, Zayn and Fahmida (Fahim Anwar and Nazneen Contractor), but try to act friendly – that is, until a "suspicious-looking" package shows up on the neighbors' porch.
13	7	"Ex Con"	Betsy Thomas	Aeysha Carr	April 10, 2016	2AYX04	5.40[14]
Jerrod's longtime friend Shawn (Antwon Tanner) gets out of prison after ten years, and Jerrod offers Shawn a place to stay until he gets back on his feet. Surprisingly, Maxine agrees, but Joe and Cynthia aren't so sure that Shawn has turned the corner. It turns out that their fears are warranted.
14	8	"The Blues"	Gerry Cohen	Willie Hunter	April 24, 2016	2AYX08	3.55[15]
The Carmichaels realize Cynthia suffers from depression after Maxine walks in on her crying alone in the kitchen. Jerrod is determined not to let the problem be ignored, urging his mother to go into therapy despite Joe's protests and Cynthia's concerns about the stigma attached to the disease.
15	9	"Facebook Friends"	Gerry Cohen	Yassir Lester	May 1, 2016	2AYX09	4.23[16]
Joe joins Facebook and receives a friend request from his high school girlfriend, which upsets Cynthia. Meanwhile, the family explores how social media can affect their relationships and what it means to create an online persona.
16	10	"Man's World"	Gerry Cohen	Mike Scully	May 8, 2016	2AYX10	3.29[17]
When Maxine finds Jerrod's attitude about gender roles is more traditional than she'd thought, she challenges those notions, sending the Carmichael men to prove their masculinity by fixing the roof while Maxine tries to prove to Cynthia that a woman can change a tire without a man's help.
17	11	"Maxine's Dad"	Gerry Cohen	Spencer Sloan	May 15, 2016	2AYX11	3.59[18]
When Maxine's wealthy father Grant (Adam Arkin) comes to town for her graduation, Jerrod and the family find themselves in the middle of a fight over independence, forcing them to debate what a child owes their parents and whether or not their love can be bought.
18	12	"Porn Addiction"	Gerry Cohen	Jerrod Carmichael & Ari Katcher	May 22, 2016	2AYX12	2.63[19]
As the family returns from church, Cynthia is outraged because the pastor admitted during the service to watching pornography. This sparks a conversation in which the Carmichael men all admit to watching porn. Maxine then admits to watching porn herself, sometimes while Jerrod is in the next room sleeping, which makes Jerrod question if he is an adequate lover.
19	13	"President Trump"	Michael Zinberg	Jerrod Carmichael & Nicholas Stoller	May 29, 2016	2AYX13	2.25[20]
Joe decides to vote for Donald Trump after meeting him, much to the dismay of Maxine, as each family member takes up for their candidate. As an attempt to hear all sides of the election debate, Jerrod attends a Trump rally with Joe. Meanwhile, the political debate overshadows the announcement that Jerrod and Maxine got engaged.

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