Corporate (TV series)

Corporate is an American sitcom created by Pat Bishop, Matt Ingebretson, and Jake Weisman. A ten-episode first season premiered on Comedy Central on January 17, 2018.^[5] On February 26, 2018, the series was renewed for a second season.^[6] Corporate's third and final season^[7] premiered on July 22, 2020.

Corporate
Genre	Dark comedy Satire Tragicomedy[1][2][3]
Created by	Pat Bishop Matt Ingebretson Jake Weisman
Directed by	Pat Bishop Matt Ingebretson
Starring	Matt Ingebretson Jake Weisman Anne Dudek Adam Lustick Aparna Nancherla Lance Reddick
Composer	Ty Segall[4]
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Pat Bishop Matt Ingebretson Jake Weisman Jake Fogelnest
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Incredible Success! Comedy Partners
Original release
Network	Comedy Central
Release	January 17, 2018 (2018-01-17) – August 26, 2020 (2020-08-26)

Ingebretson and Weisman later guest starred as their Corporate characters in their subsequent Hulu series This Fool, of which the first season premiered on August 12, 2022.

Plot

Corporate is set in an office belonging to the fictional multinational corporation Hampton DeVille and follows the miserable lives of two downtrodden employees.

Cast

Main

• Matt Ingebretson as Matt Engelbertson
• Jake Weisman as Jake Levinson
• Anne Dudek as Kate Glass
• Adam Lustick as John Strickland
• Aparna Nancherla as Grace Ramaswamy
• Lance Reddick as Christian DeVille

Recurring

• Matt McCarthy as Richard
• Baron Vaughn as Baron
• Anna Akana as Paige
• Ron Lynch as Kevin
• Toni Trucks as Karen
• Sasheer Zamata as Jessica (season 2)

Guest

• Jon Daly as Jeff
• William Fichtner as Brett
• Chris Fleming as Todd
• Brian George as Zack the Butler
• Phillip Baker Hall as Arthur
• Lauren Lapkus as Peggy
• Natasha Lyonne as Gretchen
• Aimee Mann as Peg
• Norma Michaels as Grandma Dorothy
• Robert Morse as Terry Sales
• Arden Myrin as Courtney
• Bob Odenkirk as the voice of Black Dog
• Elizabeth Perkins as The Accountant
• Andy Richter as himself
• Richard Riehle as Hubert
• Kyra Sedgwick as Mrs. Cowboy
• Kristen Schaal as Sheena
• Nicole Sullivan as Linda Lee
• Paul F. Tompkins as Agent Roman
• Kate Walsh as Alyssa Armstrong
• Melora Walters as Nadine
• Brent Weinbach as Walter
• Fred Willard as Bill Hathaway

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	10		January 17, 2018 (2018-01-17)	March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14)
2	10		January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)	March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19)
3	6		July 22, 2020 (2020-07-22)	August 26, 2020 (2020-08-26)

Season 1 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Void"	Pat Bishop	Pat Bishop & Matt Ingebretson & Jake Weisman	December 4, 2017 (2017-12-04) (online) January 17, 2018 (2018-01-17) (Comedy Central)	101	0.404[8]
2	2	"The Powerpoint of Death"	Pat Bishop	Pat Bishop	December 19, 2017 (2017-12-19) (online) January 17, 2018 (2018-01-17) (Comedy Central)	102	0.333[8]
3	3	"The Pain of Being Alive"	Pat Bishop	Kate Thulin	December 20, 2017 (2017-12-20) (online) January 24, 2018 (2018-01-24) (Comedy Central)	103	0.275[9]
4	4	"Trademarq"	Pat Bishop	Heather Anne Campbell	December 21, 2017 (2017-12-21) (online) January 31, 2018 (2018-01-31) (Comedy Central)	104	0.280[10]
5	5	"Corporate Retreat"	Pat Bishop	Amelie Gillette	February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07)	105	0.235[11]
6	6	"Casual Friday"	Pat Bishop	Jake Weisman	February 14, 2018 (2018-02-14)	106	0.273[12]
7	7	"The Long Meeting"	Pat Bishop	Matt Ingebretson	February 21, 2018 (2018-02-21)	107	0.229[13]
8	8	"Society Tomorrow"	Pat Bishop	Jake Fogelnest	February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28)	108	0.202[14]
9	9	"Weekend"	Pat Bishop	Amelie Gillette	March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07)	109	0.307[15]
10	10	"Remember Day"	Pat Bishop	Heather Anne Campbell	March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14)	110	0.238[16]

Season 2 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"The One Who's There"	Pat Bishop	Pat Bishop & Matt Ingebretson & Jake Weisman	January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)	201	0.262[17]
12	2	"The Concert"	Pat Bishop	Matt Ingebretson & Jake Weisman	January 22, 2019 (2019-01-22)	203	0.244[18]
13	3	"Natural Beauty"	Pat Bishop	Langan Kingsley	January 29, 2019 (2019-01-29)	204	0.281[19]
14	4	"Thanks!"	Matt Ingebretson	Pat Bishop	February 5, 2019 (2019-02-05)	202	0.215[20]
15	5	"The Expense Report"	Pat Bishop	Jessica Gao	February 12, 2019 (2019-02-12)	205	0.246[21]
16	6	"Mattchiavelli and the Piss Detective"	Pat Bishop	Pat Bishop	February 19, 2019 (2019-02-19)	206	0.221[22]
17	7	"Labor Day"	Pat Bishop	Matt Ingebretson & Jake Weisman	February 26, 2019 (2019-02-26)	207	0.187[23]
18	8	"The Tragedy"	Pat Bishop	Bridger Winegar	March 5, 2019 (2019-03-05)	208	0.208[24]
19	9	"Vacation"	Pat Bishop	Matt Ingebretson & Jake Weisman	March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12)	209	0.237[25]
20	10	"The Fall"	Pat Bishop	Jessica Gao	March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12)	210	0.171[25]

Season 3 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by [26]	Original release date [27]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
21	1	"Pickles 4 Breakfast"	Pat Bishop	Pat Bishop & Matt Ingebretson	July 22, 2020 (2020-07-22)	301	0.258[28]
22	2	"Black Dog"	Pat Bishop	Jake Weisman	July 29, 2020 (2020-07-29)	302	0.260[29]
23	3	"The Importance of Talking Shit by Oscar Wilde"	Matt Ingebretson	Paige Weldon	August 5, 2020 (2020-08-05)	303	0.270[30]
24	4	"Good Job"	Pat Bishop	Bridger Winegar	August 12, 2020 (2020-08-12)	304	0.239[31]
25	5	"Fuck You Money"	Pat Bishop	Caroline Anderson	August 19, 2020 (2020-08-19)	305	0.238[32]
26	6	"The Wind of God"	Pat Bishop	Pat Bishop & Matt Ingebretson	August 26, 2020 (2020-08-26)	306	0.246[33]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 87% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Corporate takes a bleak, absurdist look at corporate life to deliver a clever show with a more nihilistic bent than your typical workplace comedy."^[34] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the first season has a score 75 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[35] On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has a 100% approval rating based on 7 reviews with an average rating of 9/10, and the third season has a 100% approval rating based on 6 reviews with an average rating of 8.5/10.^[36][37]

Variety reviewed the series, calling it, “Deliciously dark and hilariously ruthless…a scathing satire of contemporary office culture that feels long, long overdue."^[38] Adweek also lauded the show saying, “It’s the kind of universe building that’s usually reserved for prestige dramas…or big-budget sci-fi feature films.”^[39]

Ratings

Season 1

Viewership and ratings per episode of Corporate

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"The Void"	January 17, 2018	0.21[8]	0.404
2	"The Powerpoint of Death"	January 17, 2018	0.17[8]	0.333
3	"The Pain of Being Alive"	January 24, 2018	0.16[9]	0.275
4	"Trademarq"	January 31, 2018	0.16[10]	0.28
5	"Corporate Retreat"	February 7, 2018	0.14[11]	0.235
6	"Casual Friday"	February 14, 2018	0.15[12]	0.273
7	"The Long Meeting"	February 21, 2018	0.13[13]	0.229
8	"Society Tomorrow"	February 28, 2018	0.09[14]	0.202
9	"Weekend"	March 7, 2018	0.17[15]	0.307
10	"Remember Day"	March 14, 2018	0.13[16]	0.238

Season 2

Viewership and ratings per episode of Corporate

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"The One Who's There"	January 15, 2019	0.14[17]	0.262
2	"The Concert"	January 22, 2019	0.13[18]	0.244
3	"Natural Beauty"	January 29, 2019	0.17[19]	0.281
4	"Thanks!"	February 5, 2019	0.11[20]	0.215
5	"The Expense Report"	February 12, 2019	0.15[21]	0.246
6	"Mattchiavelli and the Piss Detective"	February 19, 2019	0.11[22]	0.221
7	"Labor Day"	February 26, 2019	0.09[23]	0.187
8	"The Tragedy"	March 5, 2019	0.11[24]	0.208
9	"Vacation"	March 12, 2019	0.12[25]	0.237
10	"The Fall"	March 19, 2019	0.09[25]	0.171

Season 3

Viewership and ratings per episode of Corporate

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Pickles 4 Breakfast"	July 22, 2020	0.13[28]	0.258
2	"Black Dog"	July 29, 2020	0.15[29]	0.260
3	"The Importance of Talking Shit by Oscar Wilde"	August 5, 2020	0.14[30]	0.270
4	"Good Job"	August 12, 2020	0.11[31]	0.239
5	"Fuck You Money"	August 19, 2020	0.13[32]	0.238
6	"The Wind of God"	August 26, 2020	0.15[33]	0.246