{"id":21586,"date":"2024-04-05T15:01:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=21586"},"modified":"2024-04-05T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:01:35","slug":"its-not-reality-tv-its-hbo-jerrod-carmichael-reality-show-now-on-showmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/04\/05\/its-not-reality-tv-its-hbo-jerrod-carmichael-reality-show-now-on-showmax\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Not Reality TV. It&#8217;s HBO. &#8220;Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show&#8221; Now On Showmax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now streaming on Showmax, <em>Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show <\/em>is a darkly funny documentary series about the Emmy-winning comedian\u2019s tumultuous quest for love, sex, and truth. The HBO Original had its world premiere at SXSW in March 2024 and is now coming express from the US to Showmax on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/showmax.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/showmax.png?resize=450%2C159&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/showmax.png?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/showmax.png?resize=300%2C106&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The first episode kicks off in the build up to the 2022 Emmy Awards, where Jerrod was nominated for his guest appearance hosting <em>Saturday Night Live <\/em>for the first time, as well as for Writing for <em>Rothaniel, <\/em>his Bo Burnham-directed comedy special where he came out as gay publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since winning the Emmy for <em>Rothaniel<\/em>, Jerrod has gone on to host the Golden Globes, won a Writers Guild of America Award, and been nominated for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance for <em>Poor Things<\/em>, which went on to win four Oscars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the start of his reality show, Jerrod is trying to \u201cself <em>Truman Show<\/em> myself\u201d while aiming \u201cto remain being truthful on camera\u201d &#8211; which, as he jokes in the trailer, \u201cis cool until you have a reason to lie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As his experiment in radical honesty begins, he\u2019s scrambling to find a date to the Emmys, even auditioning options on Grindr, while grappling with two key relationships in his life: his disapproving mother and his crush, Grammy winner Tyler, The Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He decides to confront Tyler, The Creator, on camera, about why their friendship hasn\u2019t been the same since Jerrod admitted he\u2019d developed feelings for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jerrod Carmichael &amp; Tyler, the Creator Talk Feelings | Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show | HBO\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jf6OvFSmM_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, he\u2019s trying to avoid his mother, a conservative Christian struggling with her son\u2019s sexuality. Trigger warning: the trailer cuts straight from her trying to pray the gay away with her son to her telling him she loves him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KkTqP_prC8I\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show &#8211; trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Real Housewives <\/em>this is not; comparisons are being made instead to other genre-bending, meta reality shows like Nathan Fielder\u2019s <em>The Rehearsal<\/em>. To update that old tagline: \u201cIt\u2019s not reality TV. It\u2019s HBO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unusual reality show currently has a rare 100% critics\u2019 rating on <em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>. <em>Time <\/em>says, \u201c<em>Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show <\/em>makes reality TV &#8211; hilariously, painfully &#8211; real again,\u201d while <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> says, \u201cI laughed and covered my eyes in mortification in equal measure \u2014 and since I finished my screeners, I haven\u2019t stopped thinking about it.\u201d<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details of future episodes are still under wraps, although we know Jerrod confronts his problem with fidelity in episode 2, tries to make up for being a bad friend in episode 3, and attempts to reconcile with his father during a four-day road trip in episode 4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stream on Showmax:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/za\/stream\/shows\/jerrod-carmichael-reality-show\/abf36f11-139a-33b0-b558-db106e139858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.showmax.com\/za\/stream\/shows\/jerrod-carmichael-reality-show\/abf36f11-139a-33b0-b558-db106e139858<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now streaming on Showmax, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show is a darkly funny documentary series about the Emmy-winning comedian\u2019s tumultuous quest for love, sex, and truth. The HBO Original had its world premiere at SXSW in March 2024 and is now coming express from the US to Showmax on Wednesdays. The first episode kicks off in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/04\/05\/its-not-reality-tv-its-hbo-jerrod-carmichael-reality-show-now-on-showmax\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s Not Reality TV. It&#8217;s HBO. &#8220;Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show&#8221; Now On Showmax<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-21586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/JerrodCarmichaelRealityShow.jpg?fit=450%2C237&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}