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Kidding

★ 8.0 22K votes 2018–2020 2 seasons · 20 episodes Canceled Showtime
MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 9/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 9/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Mental healthPsychological struggle treated with real seriousness.This show: 7/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 7/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jim CarreyFrank LangellaJudy GreerCole AllenJuliet MorrisCatherine Keener
Written by
Dave Holstein
Starring
Jim CarreyFrank LangellaJudy GreerCole AllenJuliet MorrisCatherine Keener
Written by
Dave Holstein
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03757501k2k

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About

"Wholesome children's TV host, quietly falling apart"

A beloved children's TV host, adored for his gentle wisdom, is quietly unraveling after a devastating family loss while the world still expects him to be endlessly kind on camera. The show lives in that gap between public sweetness and private grief, mixing whimsical, almost surreal visuals with genuinely heavy emotional material. It's slow-building and melancholic rather than jokey, anchored by a remarkable lead performance that swings from tenderness to quiet menace. Watching it feels unsettling and moving at once, like a children's show slowly curdling into something much sadder and stranger.

Watch it for

the lead performance turning childlike gentleness into something genuinely heartbreaking and unnerving.

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you want straightforward comedy rather than slow, melancholic grief wrapped in whimsy.

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All Seasons

Season 12018
8.110K104h 53m
In season 1, Jeff begins to push back against the limits of the well-oiled machine that is Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time. Seb begins preparing the show for a life after Jeff. Deirdre grapples with her own personal and professional life issues.
Season 22020
8.26K104h 52m
Season two picks up moments after season one’s cliffhanger, and with his beloved Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time off the air for the first time in 30 years, Jeff Pickles must find a way to communicate with his many fans who still need him. Jeff creates a new and controversial method to talk directly to children across the world only to become the target of animosity for the first time in his career. As Jeff navigates the most complicated moral gray areas of his life, he discovers a new side of himself in a season full of music, magic, puppets and pathos.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jim Carrey Jeff Pickles
Frank Langella Seb, Sebestian
Judy Greer Jill
Cole Allen Will Pickles, Phil Pickels, Phil Pickles
Juliet Morris Maddy, Maddy Perera
Catherine Keener Deirdre
Justin Kirk Peter
Bernard White Scott Perera
Alex Raul Barrios Derrell
Coda Boesel B.D.

Crew

Dave Holstein

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