The fifth season of ''
Superstore'', the U.S. television series, was ordered on March 4, 2019
and filming began in August 2019. The season premiered on September 26, 2019 on
NBC
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. The series continues to air in its Thursday at 8:00 PM timeslot.
The season was set to contain 22 episodes, however production was shut down after the completion of the 21st episode due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
''Superstore'' follows a group of employees working at Cloud 9, a fictional
big-box store
A big-box store (also hyperstore, supercenter, superstore, or megastore) is a physically large retail establishment, usually part of a chain of stores. The term sometimes also refers, by extension, to the company that operates the store. The t ...
in
St. Louis
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...
,
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
. The ensemble and supporting cast features
America Ferrera
America Georgina Ferrera (; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles to Honduran parents, Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in several stage productions at her school. She made her featur ...
,
Ben Feldman
Ben Feldman (born May 27, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Throughout his career, Feldman has undertaken roles on stage, including the Broadway play ''The Graduate'' along with more prominent roles in television series such as his role ...
,
Lauren Ash
Lauren Elizabeth Ash (born February 4, 1983) is a Canadian actress and comedian based in Los Angeles, but originally from Belleville, Ontario. Ash is best known among television audiences for her role as Dina Fox on the sitcom '' Superstore''. ...
,
Colton Dunn
Colton Dunn (born June 30, 1977) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Garrett McNeil on the NBC workplace comedy '' Superstore'' (2015–2021) and for his work on Comedy Central sketch co ...
,
Nico Santos Nico Santos may refer to:
*Nico Santos (actor) (born 1979), American actor
*Nico Santos (singer) (born 1993), German-Spanish singer, songwriter, producer
*Niccolo "Nico" Santos, a character in the Philippine romantic fantasy drama television series ...
,
Nichole Bloom
Nichole Sakura O'Connor (born December 15, 1989), formerly credited as Nichole Bloom, is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Cheyenne in the NBC sitcom '' Superstore.''
Career
She had the recurring role of Amanda o ...
,
Mark McKinney
Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, which includes starring in the 1989 to 1995 TV series ''The Kids in the Hall'' and 1 ...
, and
Kaliko Kauahi
Kaliko Kauahi (born January 11, 1974) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sandra Kaluiokalani in NBC's comedy television series ''Superstore'' (2015–2021). Additionally, she played the recurring role of Principal Kwan in the ...
. Kauahi joins the regular cast after being credited as a recurring character in seasons 1–4.
Cast
Main
*
America Ferrera
America Georgina Ferrera (; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles to Honduran parents, Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in several stage productions at her school. She made her featur ...
as Amy Sosa
*
Ben Feldman
Ben Feldman (born May 27, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Throughout his career, Feldman has undertaken roles on stage, including the Broadway play ''The Graduate'' along with more prominent roles in television series such as his role ...
as Jonah Simms
*
Lauren Ash
Lauren Elizabeth Ash (born February 4, 1983) is a Canadian actress and comedian based in Los Angeles, but originally from Belleville, Ontario. Ash is best known among television audiences for her role as Dina Fox on the sitcom '' Superstore''. ...
as Dina Fox
*
Colton Dunn
Colton Dunn (born June 30, 1977) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Garrett McNeil on the NBC workplace comedy '' Superstore'' (2015–2021) and for his work on Comedy Central sketch co ...
as Garrett McNeil
*
Nico Santos Nico Santos may refer to:
*Nico Santos (actor) (born 1979), American actor
*Nico Santos (singer) (born 1993), German-Spanish singer, songwriter, producer
*Niccolo "Nico" Santos, a character in the Philippine romantic fantasy drama television series ...
as Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag
*
Nichole Bloom
Nichole Sakura O'Connor (born December 15, 1989), formerly credited as Nichole Bloom, is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Cheyenne in the NBC sitcom '' Superstore.''
Career
She had the recurring role of Amanda o ...
as Cheyenne Thompson
*
Kaliko Kauahi
Kaliko Kauahi (born January 11, 1974) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sandra Kaluiokalani in NBC's comedy television series ''Superstore'' (2015–2021). Additionally, she played the recurring role of Principal Kwan in the ...
as Sandra Kaluiokalani
*
Mark McKinney
Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, which includes starring in the 1989 to 1995 TV series ''The Kids in the Hall'' and 1 ...
as Glenn Sturgis
Recurring
* Jon Barinholtz as Marcus White
*
Kelly Stables
Kelly Stables is an American actress who has appeared on stage, as well as in film and television. She is known for her television roles, such as Melissa on ''Two and a Half Men'', Eden Konkler on ''The Exes'', and Kelly on '' Superstore''.
Pers ...
as Kelly Watson
* Kelly Schumann as Justine Sikowitz
* Irene White as Carol
* Amir M. Korangy as Sayid
*
Michael Bunin
Michael Louis Bunin (born January 14, 1970) is an American actor, known for playing the role of "Kenny" on the TBS (U.S. TV channel), TBS sitcom ''My Boys''.
He is a prolific commercial actor having starred in at least 50 national commercials. H ...
as Jeff Sutton
*
Chris Grace as Jerry
*
Justina Machado
Justina Milagros Machado (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress, known for her roles as Penelope Alvarez on the Netflix and Pop TV sitcom '' One Day at a Time'', Darci Factor in The CW dramedy ''Jane the Virgin'', Vanessa Diaz on the HBO ...
as Maya Fonseca
*
David Wain as Dan the Optometrist
*
Rory Scovel
Rory J. Scovel (born August 6, 1980) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He released his first stand-up comedy album ''Dilation'' in 2011. He has since released the stand-up specials ''The Charleston Special'' (2015), ''Rory Scovel Tries ...
as Dr. Brian Patterson, Dina's new boyfriend
Guest cast
*
Johnny Pemberton
John deJarnette Pemberton III (born June 1, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, podcast host and streamer from Rochester, Minnesota. He is best known for his role as the titular '' Son of Zorn'' in the short-lived Fox sitcom, and has also ...
as Bo Derek Thompson
*
Heidi Gardner
Heidi Lynn Gardner (born July 27, 1983) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She has been a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' since 2017, beginning in season 43.
Early life
Gardner was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. S ...
as Colleen
*
Kerri Kenney-Silver
Kerri Kenney-Silver (born January 20, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and musician. She is best known for starring as Trudy Wiegel on the mockumentary series ''Reno 911!'' and previously for her sketch comedy work on MTV ...
as Jerusha Sturgis
*
Jerry Minor
Jerome Charles Minor Jr. (born October 4, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television programs such as ''Mr. Show'', ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Trigger Happy TV'', ''Delocated'', ''Brickleber ...
as Richard
*
Fred Armisen
Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, Armisen was the co-creator and co-star of the IFC sketch comedy series ''Portlandia''. He ...
as Kyle
*
George Salazar
George Ernest Salazar (born March 7, 1986) is an American actor, singer, and musician known for his work on and off-Broadway. He made his Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of Stephen Schwartz's ''Godspell''. Salazar originated the role of as ...
as Eric Sosa
*
Ian Gomez
Ian Braque Gomez (born December 27, 1964) is an American actor known for his comedic TV work, which include series-regular roles as Javier on '' Felicity'' and Andy on ''Cougar Town''.
Early life
He was born in New York City, New York, to an ar ...
as Herb
*
Dean Norris
Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for playing DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series '' Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and its spin-off ''Better Call Saul'' (2020). He also portrayed town councilm ...
as Howard Fox
*
Scott MacArthur
Scott MacArthur (born August 6, 1979) is an American actor and writer. He is best known for playing Jimmy Shepherd, a main character on the Fox comedy series '' The Mick''.
Early life
MacArthur was born in Chicago. He is an alumnus of The Second ...
as Benny
*
Jason Ritter
Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Kevin Girardi in the television series '' Joan of Arcadia'', Ethan Haas in '' The Class'', Sean Walker in the NBC series ''The Event'', ...
as Josh Simms, Jonah's brother
*
Fred Melamed
Fred Melamed (born May 13, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for portraying Sy Ableman in the Coen Brothers' ''A Serious Man'' (2009). He is also known for his collaborations with Woody Allen appearing in seven of ...
as Richard Simms, Jonah's father
*
Meagen Fay
Meagen Fay is an American actress known for her work in television. Best known as Roxy in '' Ohara'' (1987-1988), Principal Halloron in ''Life With Louie'' (1995-1998), and Gretchen Mannkusser in ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2002-2004) and Loot on ...
as Marilyn Simms, Jonah's mother
Episodes
Production
Casting
It was announced on May 22, 2019 that Kaliko Kauahi, who portrays Sandra Kaluiokalani since the first season, has been promoted to series regular. On August 28, 2019 it was announced that Justina Machado joined the cast as a recurring character, playing the new district manager Maya. Heidi Gardner was cast as Dina's nemesis Colleen.
America Ferrera’s departure
After NBC had initially announced the sixth season renewal of the series, the network revealed on February 28, 2020, that series star America Ferrera would be departing at the end of the fifth season, citing she has new projects and wants to spend more time with her family. However, due to season 5 production being halted by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, Ferrera returned to finish the story of Amy's departure in season 6.
Promotional Consideration
Episode 17 contained
promotional consideration which was furnished by
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
.
Ratings
References
External links
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