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The first season of My Name Is Earl, an American sitcom television series created by Greg Garcia, premiered on September 20, 2005, and ended on May 11, 2006, on NBC. The DVD set was released on Region 2 on September 25, 2006, and on Region 1 on September 19, 2006.[1] Its bonus material included: commentary for each episode, bloopers and deleted scenes.[2] The show is broadcast in English, however in other countries it will be in other languages, there are also English subtitles. Season 1 of My Name Is Earl runs for about 526 minutes and about 20 minutes for each episode.[3] The season 1 DVD is produced by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.[2]

My Name Is Earl
Season 1

DVD cover

No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 20, 2005 –
May 11, 2006
Season chronology

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Season 2

List of episodes

Most episodes from the first season begin with Earl presenting the premise of the series:

You know the kind of guy who does nothing but bad things and then wonders why his life sucks? Well, that was me. Every time something good happened to me, something bad was always waiting around the corner: karma. That's when I realized that I had to change, so I made a list of everything bad I've ever done and one by one I'm gonna make up for all my mistakes. I'm just trying to be a better person. My name is Earl.

The series premiered on September 20, 2005, at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT), and drew in 14.9 million viewers in the United States, earning a 6.6 rating. By the airing of the third episode it was apparent that My Name Is Earl was the highest rated of NBC's new fall offerings, and a full season (22 episodes) was ordered. In its first month, it was also the highest rated new sitcom of the season to air on any network and was the highest rated sitcom on any network in the 18–49-year-old demographic.

Metacritic gave the first season a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on 30 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[28] Other reviews were mainly good.

Awards and nominations

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Jason Lee was nominated for the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild award both for best actor in a comedy television series. The series was nominated for the 2006 Golden Globes for best comedy television series. Gregory Thomas Garcia won the 2005/06 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.[29][30]

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  3. ^ "My Name is Earl: Season 1". October 6, 2009 – via Amazon.
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  12. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Nov. 21-27)". ABC Medianet. November 29, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  13. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Dec. 5-11)". ABC Medianet. December 13, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  14. ^ "National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 2-8)". The Los Angeles Times. January 11, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. 
  15. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Jan. 9-15)". ABC Medianet. January 18, 2006. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  16. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Jan. 16-22)". ABC Medianet. January 24, 2006. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  17. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Jan. 23-29)". ABC Medianet. January 31, 2006. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  18. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Jan. 30-Feb. 5)". ABC Medianet. February 7, 2006. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  19. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Feb. 6-12)". ABC Medianet. February 14, 2006. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  20. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Feb. 27-Mar. 5)". ABC Medianet. March 7, 2006. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  21. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Mar. 13-19)". ABC Medianet. March 21, 2006. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  22. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Mar. 19-26)". ABC Medianet. March 28, 2006. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  23. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Mar. 26-Apr. 2)". ABC Medianet. April 4, 2006. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  24. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Apr. 3-9)". ABC Medianet. April 11, 2006. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  25. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Apr. 24-30)". ABC Medianet. May 2, 2006. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  26. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (May 1–7)". ABC Medianet. May 9, 2006. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  27. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (May 8–14)". ABC Medianet. May 16, 2006. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  28. ^ "My Name Is Earl". Metacritic.
  29. ^ My Name Is Earl#Awards and nominations[broken anchor]
  30. ^ "My Name Is Earl". IMDb.