''Mr. Mayor'' is an American

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television series created by

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and

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for

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. The series stars

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Bobby Moynihan Bobby Moynihan (born January 31, 1977) is an American actor, comedian and writer who was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2008 until 2017. He also voiced Louie Duck on Disney's ''DuckTales'' from 2017 to 2021, Panda in ''We Bare Be ...

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, Mike Cabellon, and

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and premiered on January 7, 2021. In March 2021, the series was renewed for a second season. A holiday special episode aired on December 15, 2021, and the second season premiered on March 15, 2022. In May 2022, the series was canceled after two seasons.

Premise

Neil Bremer (

) is a wealthy businessman who runs for mayor of

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"for all the wrong reasons." Once he wins he has to figure out what he stands for, gain the respect of his staff, and connect with his teenage daughter, all while controlling the coyote population."

Cast

Main

as Neil Bremer, a retired billboard ad executive who runs for, and becomes,

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to earn his daughter's respect. *

as Arpi Meskimen, the deputy mayor of Los Angeles and a former city councilwoman of thirty years with her no-nonsense attitude. *

as Mikaela Shaw, Neil's chief of staff and a social media influencer, who is the good friend of Tommy. * Mike Cabellon as Tommy Tomás, Neil's chief strategist, who is the good friend of Mikaela. *

as Orly Bremer, Neil's daughter who enjoys embarrassing him. *

as Jayden Kwapis, Neil's communications director whose bumbling personality hides his street smarts and political instincts. * Yedoye Travis as James, a strategist hired by Neil to modernize Los Angeles (Season 2)

Recurring

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as Titi B, a popular social media influencer and Mayor Bremer's nemesis * Benito Martinez as Mayor Victor Delgado *

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as Ms. Adams * Jennifer DeFilippo as Valerie *

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as Leslie, an employee in the Mayor's office *

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as Natalie, Neil's deceased wife and Orly's deceased mother

Guest

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2021)

Special (2021)

Season 2 (2022)

Production

Development

On July 18, 2019, it was reported that

had given a 13-episode straight-to-series order to an untitled

and

comedy starring

, who is set to play a wealthy businessman running for mayor of

. Originally meant to be a spin-off/continuation of Fey's series ''

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'', the series was to star

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reprising his ''30 Rock'' role of

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, following his political career in

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. After around a year of negotiations, Baldwin dropped out of the project and was replaced with Danson. Danson refused to move from

to New York, so the series was rewritten to take place there. On May 11, 2020, it was announced that the series would be called ''Mr. Mayor''. The series would be executive produced by

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and David Miner. Production companies involved with the series include Little Stranger, Bevel Gears,

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and

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. A first-look tease of the series was included as an end tag on the

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stream of " ''30 Rock'': A One-Time Special" uploaded on July 16, 2020. The first season began airing on

on January 7, 2021, and concluded after nine episodes on February 25, 2021. On March 22, 2021, the series was renewed for a second season. On May 12, 2022, NBC canceled the series after two seasons, causing the show to end on a

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Casting

In 2019'', Deadline'' reported

had joined the cast as Jayden and later that

had also joined the cast as Arpi. In early 2020

joined the cast as Mikaela, Mike Cabellon joined the cast as Tommy, and

joined the cast as Orly Bremer.

Filming

On March 12, 2020,

suspended the production of the series amid the emergence of COVID-19 in the United States. Filming for the first season commenced shortly after, but was put on hold once again on December 14, 2020, after several crew members tested positive for COVID-19. The following day, it was reported that production would be suspended for the rest of 2020 and was scheduled to resume in January 2021. However, filming for the first season did not resume and the season was cut four episodes short due to the pandemic.

Broadcast

The first season of the show premiered on

with two episodes on January 7, 2021. In July 2020, an end tag of "''

'': A One Time Special" on its post-broadcast stream on Peacock included a teaser trailer of the series and later that year in November 2020, a trailer was released. The nine-episode season concluded with the episode "#PalmTreeReform" on February 25, 2021. The series was acquired by

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in Canada. A holiday special episode titled "Mr. Mayor's Magical L.A. Christmas" aired on December 15, 2021, as the second season premiere, ahead of the second season time slot premiere which is March 15, 2022.

Reception

Critical response

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, the series holds an approval rating of 44% based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 4.79/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "''Mr. Mayor'' first term suffers from a lack of specificity, leading to broad jokes and wayward plots—still, a reliably winsome Ted Danson and a silly sensibility may be enough for some viewers." On

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, it has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". LaToya Ferguson of

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gave the fifth and sixth episodes better grades mentioning the lack of Orly in them, noting "these past two episodes have solidified just how superfluous the Orly character and the family sitcom aspect of the series really are."

Ratings

Season 1

Special

Season 2

Notes

References

External links

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