Idiotsitter: Season 1

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Comedy Central | Season Premiere Date: January 14, 2016

Summary: Gene (Jillian Bell) is under house arrest in her family's mansion with a nanny Billie (Charlotte Newhouse) in the comedic web series that makes the jump to television.

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Finale
Air Date: March 17, 2016
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S1:E9. Ex-Boyfriend
Air Date: March 10, 2016
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S1:E8. Viva La Joy
Air Date: March 3, 2016

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Dennis Perkins

Jan 13, 2016

Idiotsitter is raucous and loose (the signature Comedy Central outtake end tag shows how much riffing is involved), but also a very promising vehicle for Bell and Newhouse. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Jan 14, 2016

Idiotsitter, a smartly crass comedy, plays like a treatment for a wacky buddy-movie, shrunk to a smaller scale for TV. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Jan 14, 2016

For all the self-protective aggressiveness and passive aggressiveness on display, Idiotsitter is tender at its core and toward its characters. Read full review

Mike Hale

Jan 13, 2016

Idiotsitter comes equipped with a more developed situation and thematic framework than usual for this genre--it’s partly a satire of the 1 percent, in which Gene and her family are well-meaning narcissists of varying levels of shrewdness. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Jan 13, 2016

Based on a preview of two episodes, Idiotsitter is fairly amusing. Read full review

Collider Chris Cabin

Jan 21, 2016

The talent involved is enough to ensure that Comedy Central’s latest is vaguely amusing, but Idiotsitter should have been more riotous than amiable, more uniquely ruthless than blandly juvenile. Read full review

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Idiotsitter

Apr 5, 2016

Honestly one of my all-time favourite shows. Absolutely HILARIOUS. Everyone saying it's not funny, it's weird, etc; the whole point of the show is to create something unique, and I think Idiotsitter hits that head-on.

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AlexJayB

Mar 11, 2016

Idiotsitter is another excellent addition to CC's lineup of off-kilter sitcom endeavors, providing its own distinct comedic sense to the current milieu. Though boasting a superb ancillary cast, the show is really carried by co-stars and creators Charlotte Newhouse and Jillian Bell, whoseIdiotsitter is another excellent addition to CC's lineup of off-kilter sitcom endeavors, providing its own distinct comedic sense to the current milieu. Though boasting a superb ancillary cast, the show is really carried by co-stars and creators Charlotte Newhouse and Jillian Bell, whose undeniable chemistry on set has proven to be a constant source of delight. Newhouse in particular pulls off the role of hopelessly awkward adult-nanny Billie Brown with a consistency that is nothing short of charming, while both bring to the table an extraordinarily sharp grasp of comic timing. Occasionally uneven pacing does little to deter from the rich humor on display here, and I frankly can't recommend it enough.

P.S: Stephen Root is fantastic in this, so, you know, come on y'all.… Expand

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KKG

Mar 14, 2016

Holy wow! I am a huge fan of Comedy Central's shows, especially Broad City (love those girls!) and Workaholics, but Idiotsitter is fast becoming my absolute favorite out of the three! It has a similar kind of unexpected humor that's brilliantly dumb in the best possible way and I just loveHoly wow! I am a huge fan of Comedy Central's shows, especially Broad City (love those girls!) and Workaholics, but Idiotsitter is fast becoming my absolute favorite out of the three! It has a similar kind of unexpected humor that's brilliantly dumb in the best possible way and I just love the relationship between Billie and Gene. I love how far some of these episodes go - Channing Tatum fantasy? Yes please! And that episode with the Carrie homage was total genius. Both of the actresses are so funny—I've seen Jillian Bell in other stuff but it's amazing to discover Charlotte Newhouse. I also think it's awesome that they created the show—yay ladies!… Expand

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electronicoffee

Jun 16, 2017

Hilarious, awkward, edgy, and a love letter to stoner comedies, as a show! Reminds me a little bit of Playing House but with more degeneracy (in a good way!) :D

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cherold

Jan 22, 2016

Some dumb comedies are smart in their dumbness, and some are just idiotic and cheap, and Idiotsitter falls in the latter category. I don't know what show the critics were watching, but it must have been a different Idiotsitter. I gave up on this one halfway through..

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utopista

Feb 6, 2016

Some critics like this because they identify with the round figure of the main character. It is a disgraceful sitcom, both in text and aesthetics. If you like watching ugly people saying stupid things by the way of retro-hipster banter, and you like obesity, this is your show.

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Knighthawk81

Jan 14, 2016

The pilot was made available early online, so I gave this a try. I don't recommend watching it. All I could think during the painful 30 minute presentation was why was this made, and how did someone decided to waste money on making this a series. Ugh.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 10, 2017
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 14, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E10. Finale
  Air Date: March 17, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E9. Ex-Boyfriend
  Air Date: March 10, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E8. Viva La Joy
  Air Date: March 3, 2016
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  S1:E7. GED Prom
  Air Date: February 25, 2016
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  S1:E6. Mother's Day
  Air Date: February 18, 2016
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  S1:E5. Fumigation
  Air Date: February 11, 2016
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  S1:E4. Hos Before Bros
  Air Date: February 4, 2016
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  S1:E3. Funeral
  Air Date: January 28, 2016
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  S1:E2. Book Report
  Air Date: January 21, 2016
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: January 14, 2016