Friends of the People

This article is about the American television series. For the British political group, see Society of the Friends of the People.

Friends of the People is an American sketch comedy television series. It was slated to premiere on TruTV in summer 2014, but was pushed to October 28, 2014, as part of the network's shift in their programming direction.^[2] Many of the cast members (Jennifer Bartels, Jermaine Fowler, and Lil Rel Howery) were originally reported to be cast members of a planned revival of In Living Color which never materialized. The show's first season consisted of 10 episodes.^[2] This made it the network's first sketch comedy show. The series held a TV-14 rating, though select episodes were rated TV-MA — also a first for the truTV network.

Friends of the People
Genre	Sketch comedy
Created by	Kevin Barnett
Developed by	Kevin Barnett Josh Rabinowitz
Starring	Kevin Barnett Jennifer Bartels Jermaine Fowler Lil Rel Howery Keith Lucas Kenny Lucas Josh Rabinowitz
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Neil Punsalan Michael Rotenberg Michele Armour Avi Gilbert Kevin Barnett Josh Rabinowitz Jermaine Fowler Jennifer Bartels Lil Rel Howery Keith Lucas Kenny Lucas
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	C-Moose Productions 3 Arts Entertainment Marobru Productions
Original release
Network	TruTV
Release	October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28) – September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24)[1]

Cast

• Kevin Barnett^[2]
• Jennifer Bartels^[2]
• Jermaine Fowler^[2]
• Lil Rel Howery^[2]
• Keith Lucas^[2]
• Kenny Lucas^[2]
• Josh Rabinowitz^[2]