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Survival of the Thickest: Season 1

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Survival of the Thickest

Season Details & Credits

Netflix | Season Premiere Date: July 13, 2023

Summary: Newly single assistant fashion stylist Mavis (Michelle Buteau) seeks to start over and find success with the help of her best friends Khalil (Tone Bell) and Marley (Tasha Smith) in this comedy series inspired by Buteau's book of the same name.

Creator: Danielle Sanchez-Witzel and Michelle Buteau

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. For a Bigger Purpose, B.
Air Date: July 13, 2023
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S1:E7. Let It Out, B.!
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E6. Do the Right Thang, B.
Air Date: July 13, 2023

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Metascore

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Critic Reviews

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Decider

Joel Keller

Jul 13, 2023

Michelle Buteau is fantastic in Survival Of The Thickest, and we’re looking forward to seeing how her character Mavis inhabits her world on her own for the first time in years. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle

Susie Bright

Jul 13, 2023

Each time the show sticks to Buteau’s own history and insights, we sit up and say, “You know, this ball of fire might be going somewhere!” Read full review

70

The Hollywood Reporter

Angie Han

Jul 13, 2023

As it is, the series’ pleasant tone goes down easily, and probably makes it ideal for binging over a glass or four of rosé. But Mavis, in the end, refuses to settle for the familiar and practical route when she could hold out for the challenging and exciting one. Her show shouldn’t settle for it either. Read full review

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The Atlantic

Hannah Giorgis

Jul 26, 2023

Survival of the Thickest packs a lot into this season’s eight-episode run. Sometimes, that feels appropriate—the period after a big breakup certainly can feel like everything is happening all at once. But the show occasionally struggles to keep its many storylines cohesive. .... Survival of the Thickest is at its most artful when drawing attention to just how much Mavis is trying to balance. The series doesn’t need to do everything to be great—it just needs to keep Buteau’s charm at its center. Read full review

60

Time

Judy Berman

Jul 17, 2023

The lack of focus combines with the brevity of a season that runs just eight 25-minute episodes, an inconsistently written protagonist, and the scripts’ pervasive empowerment-feminism platitudes to yield a show that never finds a distinctive voice. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Coleman Spilde

Jul 13, 2023

Despite Buteau’s incisive wit and confident performance as a version of herself, Survival of the Thickest falls back on the pillowy comforts of old sitcom tropes, with few efforts to update them for a new era. Read full review

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Variety

Alison Herman

Jul 13, 2023

At just eight episodes, “Survival of the Thickest” is too crowded with subplots and themes to facilitate the most effective sort of comic star-making: time spent with charismatic people in amusing, low-stakes situations. Read full review

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plumpudding

Jul 20, 2023

Michelle Buteau is the only good thing about this. The writing is shallow, lackluster and full of lip service feminism

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: July 2, 2026
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 27, 2025
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 13, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E8. For a Bigger Purpose, B.
  Air Date: July 13, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E7. Let It Out, B.!
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
- tbd
  S1:E6. Do the Right Thang, B.
  Air Date: July 13, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E5. It's Any Given Sunday, B.!
  Air Date: July 13, 2023
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  S1:E4. Are You Crying, B.?
  Air Date: July 13, 2023
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  S1:E3. You Did What in Public, B.?
  Air Date: July 13, 2023
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  S1:E2. Be a Bad Boss Bitch, B.!
  Air Date: July 13, 2023
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  S1:E1. Keep Your Plants Watered, B.
  Air Date: July 13, 2023