The Ricky Gervais Show

Name: The Ricky Gervais Show
Genre: Comedy, Animation, Talk & Interview
Released: February 19, 2010
Rating: 62

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HBO | Release Date: February 19, 2010

Summary: Based on the series of podcasts that Gervais did with longtime partner Stephen Merchant, this comedy team convenes to bring HBO an animated series about their hilarious friend Karl Pilkington.

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation, Talk & Interview

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S3:E13. Year
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Air Date: June 29, 2012

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Alessandra Stanley

Jan 14, 2011

Season 1 Review: Gervais serves as a bullying sidekick to Mr. Pilkington and steps out of the way, letting his strange and funny collaborator take the lead. The series is not a full-blown comedy show; it's a collection of Web-styled sketches and proof that big laughs can come in small doses.

Tim Goodman

Jan 14, 2011

Season 1 Review: Media Rights Capital, an independent production company, took an offbeat idea and made it work surprisingly well. Read full review

Aubry D\'Arminio

Jan 14, 2011

Season 1 Review: This '60s-style animated edition of their record-breaking podcast, featuring cartoon versions of the duo and idiot savant sidekick Karl Pilkington, magnifies everything venal and childish about the original (jokes about dildos on sticks and monkeys on benders) while masking its incredible wit.

Robert Bianco

Jan 14, 2011

Season 1 Review: That a premise so slight yields as much amusement as it does is a tribute to Gervais and Merchant's quick wits and to Pilkington's blend of extreme gullibility and offbeat quirkiness....The purposely retro animation, which turns Gervais into a more cheerful Fred Flintstone, not only adds nothing to the mix--it subtracts. Read full review

Rob Owen

Jan 14, 2011

Season 1 Review: I'm still not sold on watching the show. I still think I might prefer to listen to the podcasts instead. The animation adds some humor but probably not enough to justify adding this series to my already overbooked TV viewing schedule. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Jan 14, 2011

Season 1 Review: Animation would seem to be an ideal vehicle for this, but there's only so much it can do--in part because there's no adhesive to the episodes. The three guys sit and bullshit for 20-some-odd minutes--at times entertainingly--until the program simply ends. Read full review

Randee Dawn

Jan 14, 2011

Season 1 Review: The static nature of three talking heads (even in cartoon form) is dull, and the intermittent non-studio interstitials used to illustrate the discussion fail to provide enough of a change. Watching cartoon characters laugh at one another feels recursively silly, and not in a good way. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

62

Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: April 20, 2012
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  S3:E13. Year
  Air Date: July 13, 2012
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  S3:E12. World Cup
  Air Date: July 6, 2012
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  S3:E11. Wartime
  Air Date: June 29, 2012
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  S3:E10. Society
  Air Date: June 22, 2012
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  S3:E9. Earth
  Air Date: June 15, 2012
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  S3:E8. Medicine
  Air Date: June 8, 2012
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  S3:E7. Law & Order
  Air Date: June 1, 2012
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  S3:E6. The English
  Air Date: May 25, 2012
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  S3:E5. Karl's Day
  Air Date: May 18, 2012
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  S3:E4. Room 102
  Air Date: May 11, 2012
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  S3:E3. Armed Forces
  Air Date: May 4, 2012
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  S3:E2. Comic Relief
  Air Date: April 27, 2012
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  S3:E1. Bryan's Brain
  Air Date: April 20, 2012
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 14, 2011
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 19, 2010