''Rel'' is an American television
sitcom
A sitcom, a Portmanteau, portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troup ...
created by
Lil Rel Howery
Milton "Lil Rel" Howery Jr. (born December 17, 1979) is an American actor and comedian. Howery is known for playing Robert Carmichael in NBC's television comedy series '' The Carmichael Show'' (2015–2017) and Transportation Security Administra ...
and Kevin Barnett for the
Fox Broadcasting Company
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. The series also stars Jordan L. Jones,
Jess Hilarious
Jess is a unisex given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Jessica, Jesse, Jessie, etc., and a surname. It may refer to:
Given name
* Jess Atkinson (born 1961), American football player
* Jess Cain (1926–2008), American radio host
* Jes ...
and
Sinbad. Loosely based on Howery's own life, it follows a
Chicago
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man trying to rebuild his life after his ex-wife slept with his barber.
''Rel'' is a joint production by Morningside Entertainment, REL Event Productions, Scully Productions, JMMLG, Bird Luger, and
20th Century Fox Television
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and syndicated by
20th Television
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. On April 17, 2019, Fox canceled the series after one season.
Plot summary
The series centers on Rel, a
nurse
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living on the West Side of
Chicago
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, whose life is soon disrupted when his wife is having an affair with his own barber and divorces him.
Cast
*
Lil Rel Howery
Milton "Lil Rel" Howery Jr. (born December 17, 1979) is an American actor and comedian. Howery is known for playing Robert Carmichael in NBC's television comedy series '' The Carmichael Show'' (2015–2017) and Transportation Security Administra ...
as Rel, a nurse who tries to rebuild his life after the divorce
*Jordan L. Jones as Nat, Rel's younger brother who just got out of jail
*
Jess Hilarious
Jess is a unisex given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Jessica, Jesse, Jessie, etc., and a surname. It may refer to:
Given name
* Jess Atkinson (born 1961), American football player
* Jess Cain (1926–2008), American radio host
* Jes ...
as Brittany, Rel's best friend
*
Sinbad as Milton, Rel's and Nat's widowed father.
Episodes
Kevin Barnett
Co-creator Kevin Barnett, who also worked on the show ''
Broad City
''Broad City'' is an American television sitcom created by and starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. It was developed from their independent web series of the same name, which was produced between 2009 and 2011. The sitcom, like the web seri ...
'' died at the age of 32 on January 22, 2019. His death in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, while he was on vacation, was caused by pancreatitis. Barnett co-hosted a podcast, ''Roundtable of Gentlemen''.
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregation website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the series holds a 44% approval rating with an average rating of 4.36 out of 10, based on 16 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Rel'' has a talented star supported by a solid ensemble, but none of it's enough to disguise an ordinary sitcom that hits a series of generic beats."
Metacritic
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, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 46 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Ratings
Notes
References
External links
Official Site*
Relon
Instagram
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2010s American black sitcoms
2018 American television series debuts
2019 American television series endings
English-language television shows
Fox Broadcasting Company original programming
Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
Television shows set in Chicago