Corporate (TV series)
Corporate is an American sitcom created by Pat Bishop, Matt Ingebretson, and Jake Weisman. A ten-episode first season premiered on Comedy Central on January 17, 2018. On February 26, 2018, the series was renewed for a second season. Corporates third and final season premiered on July 22, 2020.
Ingebretson and Weisman later guest starred as their Corporate characters in their subsequent Hulu series This Fool, of which the first season premiered on August 12, 2022.
Plot
Corporate is set in an office belonging to the fictional multinational corporation Hampton-DeVille and follows the miserable lives of two downtrodden employees and their coworkers.Cast
Main
- Matt Ingebretson as Matt Engelbertson
- Jake Weisman as Jake Levinson
- Anne Dudek as Kate Glass
- Adam Lustick as John Strickland
- Aparna Nancherla as Grace Ramaswamy
- Lance Reddick as Christian DeVille
Recurring
- Matt McCarthy as Richard
- Baron Vaughn as Baron
- Anna Akana as Paige
- Ron Lynch as Kevin
- Toni Trucks as Karen
- Sasheer Zamata as Jessica
Guest
Episodes
Season 1 (2018)
Season 2 (2019)
Season 3 (2020)
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 87% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Corporate takes a bleak, absurdist look at corporate life to deliver a clever show with a more nihilistic bent than your typical workplace comedy." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the first season has a score 75 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has a 100% approval rating based on 7 reviews with an average rating of 9/10, and the third season has a 100% approval rating based on 6 reviews with an average rating of 8.5/10.Variety reviewed the series, calling it, “Deliciously dark and hilariously ruthless…a scathing satire of contemporary office culture that feels long, long overdue." Adweek also lauded the show saying, “It’s the kind of universe building that’s usually reserved for prestige dramas…or big-budget sci-fi feature films.”