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Superstore
Season 1
DVD cover
Starring
No. of episodes11
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseNovember 30, 2015 (2015-11-30) –
February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2
List of episodes

The first season of Superstore, the U.S. television series, was ordered on January 14, 2015.[1] The series was picked up by NBC on May 7, 2015.[2] It debuted on November 30, 2015, with a two-episode premiere.[3] The series was created by Justin Spitzer, who also serves as an executive producer.[4] The season ended on February 22, 2016. The first season originally had an episode order of 13 episodes, but it was later trimmed by NBC to 11 episodes due to scheduling, and The Voice returning to schedule.[5]

Superstore follows a group of employees working at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box store in St. Louis, Missouri. The ensemble and supporting cast features America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Bloom and Mark McKinney.

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

Guest cast

Episodes

See also: List of Superstore episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Pilot"Ruben FleischerJustin SpitzerNovember 30, 2015 (2015-11-30)7.21[6]
22"Magazine Profile"Michael Patrick JannMatt HubbardNovember 30, 2015 (2015-11-30)5.35[6]
33"Shots and Salsa"Ruben FleischerJustin SpitzerNovember 30, 2015 (2015-11-30) (Online)
December 28, 2015 (NBC)		2.62[7]
44"Mannequin"Victor Nelli, Jr.Jonathan Green & Gabe MillerJanuary 4, 2016 (2016-01-04)6.04[8]
55"Shoplifter"Ruben FleischerJackie ClarkeJanuary 11, 2016 (2016-01-11)5.38[9]
66"Secret Shopper"Alex HardcastleLon ZimmetJanuary 18, 2016 (2016-01-18)5.66[10]
77"Color Wars"Andy AckermanJack KukodaJanuary 25, 2016 (2016-01-25)4.93[11]
88"Wedding Day Sale"Victor Nelli, Jr.Sierra Teller OrnelasFebruary 1, 2016 (2016-02-01)4.89[12]
99"All-Nighter"Christine GernonEric LedginFebruary 8, 2016 (2016-02-08)5.19[13]
1010"Demotion"Linda MendozaMatt Hubbard & Lon ZimmetFebruary 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)3.89[14]
1111"Labor"Beth McCarthy-MillerOwen EllicksonFebruary 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)4.68[15]

Production

Development

The series was one of three pilots picked up by NBC on January 14, 2015, along with the sitcom Crowded; both were green lighted to series status the same day (May 7, 2015).[1] The series was the first project for Ruben Fleischer's newly formed company The District as part of a two-year deal with Universal, as he directed the pilot episode.[16] Superstore was officially picked up as a series on May 7, 2015, by NBC.[2] The first season consisted of eleven episodes, after the episode order was reduced from thirteen on October 19, 2015.[17] It was announced on November 2, 2015, that the show would air the premiere on January 4, 2016, but would be airing two back-to-back episodes on November 30, 2015, following The Voice.[18] A promotional poster was released on November 2, 2015.[19]

Casting

It was announced on February 20, 2015, that Lauren Ash had been cast as a series regular, and would be playing Dina, the store’s assistant manager.[20] On March 2, 2015, Deadline reported that Superstore had added three other cast members, which was Colton Dunn, Mark McKinney and Nico Santos. The website reported that Dunn would be playing Garrett, the often-sarcastic narrator of the piece, McKinney would be playing Glenn, the intensely religious store manager, and Santos would be playing Mateo, another new employee and a brown-noser from an impoverished background.[21] On March 12, 2015, Nichole Bloom was announced to have joined the show as Cheyenne, a very pregnant teenage employee.[22][23]

Deadline announced on March 13, 2015, that Ben Feldman had landed the male lead in Superstore, as Jonah, a new employee in the superstore Cloud 9.[24] Three days later, TVLine announced on March 16, 2015, that America Ferrera had landed the female lead as the floor supervisor Amy in the Cloud 9 store. It was also reported that Ferrera was also a producer for the show.[25]

Reception

Critical reception

On Metacritic, the first season has a score of 58 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews" based on reviews from 21 critics.[26] On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a 54% rating, based on reviews from 24 critics, with an average rating of 4.4/10. The site's consensus is: "Superstore's talented cast and obvious potential are slightly overshadowed by a tonally jumbled presentation and thin, formulaic writing."[27]

As the first season went along, reviews started to become more positive. Following the finale "Labor", the Los Angeles Times called it one of TV's best new comedies."[28] Pilot Viruet of The A.V. Club wrote that the "first season ... got better and more confident as it moved on", and that the first-season finale "is a nice little cap to a nice little sitcom that could’ve used a little more attention."[29] After the series aired its Olympics special, Variety wrote that the show was "a funny, pointed and essential workplace comedy", and that "there are no weak links in [the] ensemble".[30]

Ratings

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Episode Air date Time slot (EST) Rating/Share (18–49) Viewers (m) Timeslot rank
1 1 "Pilot" November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30) Monday 10:00 p.m. 2.0/6[6] 7.21[6] 1
2 2 "Magazine Profile" November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30) Monday 10:30 p.m. 1.6/5[6] 5.35[6] 1
3 3 "Shots and Salsa" December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28) Monday 9:00 p.m. 0.8/3[7] 2.62[7] 2
4 4 "Mannequin" January 4, 2016 (2016-01-04) Monday
8:00 p.m. 		1.8/6[8] 6.04[8] 3
5 5 "Shoplifter" January 11, 2016 (2016-01-11) 1.5/4[9] 5.38[9] 3
6 6 "Secret Shopper" January 18, 2016 (2016-01-18) 1.7/5[10] 5.66[10] 3
7 7 "Color Wars" January 25, 2016 (2016-01-25) 1.5/4[11] 4.93[11] 4
8 8 "Wedding Day Sale" February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01) 1.4/5[12] 4.89[12] 4
9 9 "All-Nighter" February 8, 2016 (2016-02-08) 1.4/5[13] 5.19[13] 4
10 10 "Demotion" February 15, 2016 (2016-02-15) 1.2/4[14] 3.89[14] 4
11 11 "Labor" February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22) 1.4/5[15] 4.68[15] 4

Home media

The Complete First Season[31]
Set details Special features
  • 11 episodes
  • 2-disc set
  • 237 minutes
  • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
  • English SDH, Spanish and French subtitles
  • Deleted scenes
  • Gag reel & Bloopers
Release dates
Region 1 Region 4
August 23, 2016 September 5, 2018

References

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  2. ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (May 7, 2015). "Suzanne Martin Comedy 'Crowded', Justin Spitzer's 'Superstore' Get NBC Pickups". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Porter, Rick (November 2, 2015). "'Superstore' and 'Telenovela' get post-'Voice' launches before regular premieres". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 7, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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  8. ^ a b c Porter, Rick (January 6, 2016). "Monday final ratings: 'Supergirl,' 'Scorpion' and 'Superstore' adjust up". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
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  18. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (November 2, 2015). "'Superstore' & 'Telenovela' NBC Comedies Get Premiere Date, 'The Voice' Previews". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
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  22. ^ Lee, Ben (March 13, 2015). "Shameless actress Nichole Bloom joins NBC's Superstore". Digital Spy. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
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  31. ^ "Superstore: Season One". Amazon.com. May 31, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
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