My Name Is Earl 

A ne'er do well wins $100,000 in the lottery and decides to right all the wrongs from his past with his newfound realization.

Creator:

Gregory Thomas Garcia

Stars:

Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 15 wins & 70 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jason Lee	...	Earl Hickey 96 episodes, 2005-2009
Ethan Suplee	...	Randy Hickey 96 episodes, 2005-2009
Jaime Pressly	...	Joy Turner 96 episodes, 2005-2009
Nadine Velazquez	...	Catalina 96 episodes, 2005-2009
Eddie Steeples	...	Darnell Turner 96 episodes, 2005-2009

Storyline

Earl is a low-life who buys a winning lottery ticket, only to get hit by a car, losing the ticket in the process. He then realizes in the hospital that his bad luck is the result of karma in which fate punishes him for all the rotten things he's ever done in his life; therefore, he then decides to dedicate his life to making amends to all the people he has hurt in his life.

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Plot Keywords:

heavy metal | crab | karma | list | low life | 

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Taglines:

Karma is a funny thing!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

NBC [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

20 September 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

My Name Is Earl

Filming Locations:

Beaumont, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Amigos de Garcia Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

After helping Kenny James, and crossing his name off list in the first episode, Earl says he has 258 lines left.

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Goofs

When Joy is shown counterfeiting 20's in 1996, they are the bills that were redesigned in 2004.

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Quotes

[title sequence voiceover]
Earl: You know the kind of guy who does nothing but bad things, and then wonders why his life sucks? Well... that was me. Every time something good happened to me, something bad was always waiting around the corner. Karma. That's when I realised I had to change. So, I made a list of everything bad I've ever done and, one by one I'm going to make up for all my mistakes. I'm just trying to be a better person. My name is Earl.

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Crazy Credits

The "Amigos de Garcia" production company card in the closing credits features a different friend of Executive Producer 'Gregory Thomas Garcia' every week.

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Connections

Referenced in Raising Hope: Hogging All the Glory (2012)

User Reviews

Looks like this show is going to have a good run!

"My Name Is Earl" is one of the funniest new shows of 2005! "My Name Is Earl" is about this guy named Earl (Jason Lee) who is a redneck and one day he wins $100,000 off a lottery ticket and then decides to make a list of things that he did wrong from his past with his new realization about how much his life sucks. So I think this show will probably be a hit and go for a few seasons since I'm sure that every episode is going to be where he is checking off his list and making sure that his life gets better. This show premiered on NBC, September 2005.

User Rating: 9/10

BOTTOM LINE: SOUNDS LIKE THIS SHOW WILL HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF EPISODES!