United States of Al

United States of Al is an American television sitcom created by David Goetsch and Maria Ferrari. It stars Adhir Kalyan and Parker Young, with Elizabeth Alderfer, Kelli Goss, Dean Norris, and Farrah Mackenzie in supporting roles. The series follows Al (Kalyan), an interpreter from Afghanistan who moves to Columbus, Ohio, with his friend Riley (Young), a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Executive produced by Chuck Lorre, it is produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Television.

A television pilot for the series was announced in October 2019, with production beginning the following year. CBS gave United States of Al a series order in November 2020, and it aired from April 1, 2021, to May 19, 2022. Released to mixed reviews, United States of Al was criticized for its humor, use of antiquated tropes, and casting of an Indo-South African actor to play an Afghan lead with an inauthentic accent. However, the show was praised by some for its attempts to diversify television, and for the cultural representation of its main character. At the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, the show's pilot received a nomination for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program.^[2] In May 2021, the series was renewed for a second and final season which premiered on October 7, 2021. In May 2022, the series was canceled after two seasons.

Premise

The series follows the friendship between Riley, a combat veteran, and Awalmir (Al), an interpreter from Afghanistan who helped the former while he served in the Marines. As they readjust to their normal lives in Columbus, Ohio, Al moves in with Riley and meets his father Art. He later learns Riley is going through a divorce with his wife Vanessa, who has custody of their only daughter Hazel. Trying to help his friend, who is also dealing with PTSD, Al decides to make it his mission to get Riley and Vanessa back together.

Cast and characters

Main

Adhir Kalyan as Awalmir Karimi, an interpreter from Afghanistan (born in Kandahar and moved to Kabul) who also goes by Al
Parker Young as Riley Dugan, a Marine combat veteran trying to readjust to civilian life in Ohio
Elizabeth Alderfer as Lizzie Dugan, the daughter of Art and the younger sister of Riley
Kelli Goss as Vanessa, Riley's estranged wife and the mother of their daughter
Dean Norris as Art Dugan, a veteran and the father of Riley and Lizzie
Farrah Mackenzie as Hazel Dugan, Riley and Vanessa's daughter^[a] She is a tomboy, and rebellious like her father.

Recurring

Brian Thomas Smith as Freddy, Vanessa's Canadian boyfriend
Rachel Bay Jones as Lois, Art's new love interest
Azita Ghanizada as Ariana (season 2; guest season 1), Kasim's daughter and Al's love interest
Amanda Payton as Holly, Riley's girlfriend
Blake Clark as Wayne (season 2), Riley's therapist
John Ross Bowie as Professor Brett Williams (season 2), Al's university professor and Lizzie's love interest
Jayma Mays as Cindy (season 2)^[3]

Guest

Patrick Cage as Michael, Lizzie's late fiancé^[4]
Zarmina Hamidi as Gul Bashra, Al's strict mother^[5]
Wali Habib as Zubair, Al's cousin^[6]
Sitara Attaie as Hassina, Al's sister^[7]
Susan Ruttan as Mrs. Foster, Al's neighbor^[7]
Riki Lindhome as Chloe, a car dealership manager who sells Al a car^[8]
Zadran Wali as Kasim, the owner of a restaurant Al visits^[9]
Nikki Crawford as Barbara, Art's date^[10]
Patrick Fischler as Clint, a rude client^[11]
Fahim Anwar as Mo (season 2)^[12]
Clyde Kusatsu as Doctor Tanaka (season 2)^[13]
Myko Olivier as Todd (season 2)^[14]
Johnny Ray Gill as Badger (season 2)^[14]
Cameron Elie as Nate (season 2)^[14]
Jimmy Walker, Jr. as Walt (season 2)^[14]
Hermie Castillo as Derek (season 2)^[15]
Erica Hanrahan as Lyla (season 2)^[16]
Dayne Jarrah as Danny (season 2)^[17]
Angel Laketa Moore as Mrs. Ro (season 2)^[17]
Deniz Akdeniz as Dirk (season 2)^[18]
Artoun Nazareth as Luke (season 2)^[19]
Ahan Das Chowdhury as Sanjay (season 2)^[19]
George Sharperson as Gus (season 2)^[20]

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2021)

Season 2 (2021–22)

Production

Development and casting

On October 10, 2019, it was reported that a television pilot titled United States of Al from Chuck Lorre, David Goetsch, and Maria Ferrari had received a large production commitment from CBS.^[56]^[57] In December, Adhir Kalyan and Parker Young were cast as the leading characters on the show,^[58]^[59] with Dean Norris, Kelli Goss, and Elizabeth Alderfer joining the series the following year,^[60]^[61] and Farrah Mackenzie being cast soon after.^[57] On joining the comedy series after his main role in the drama series Breaking Bad, Norris explained that he had met Lorre while working on six episodes for The Big Bang Theory.^[62] In November 2020, on Veterans Day, CBS gave the project a series order, scheduling it to premiere on April 1, 2021, for the 2020–21 United States network television season.^[63]^[64] On creating the show, executive producer Reza Aslan said:

"The dream for us has always been to get a Muslim protagonist on network television, someone who could really reframe the perceptions of so many Americans about Muslims or people from this broad region. We knew that Dave and Maria would be the perfect shepherds for this and that Chuck would be the kind of person who could take very heavy topics like immigration xenophobia and transform them into something entertaining and palatable, but without necessarily taking the edge away."^[65]

In May 2021, Brian Thomas Smith was cast in the first recurring role confirmed for the series.^[66] That same month, Deadline Hollywood predicted that the chances of the show being renewed depended on the status of B Positive, another CBS series from Lorre.^[67] On May 15, 2021, CBS renewed both B Positive and United States of Al for second and final seasons.^[68]^[69] In June, it was announced that Rachel Bay Jones would star in a recurring role.^[70] In October, it was reported that Azita Ghanizada had been promoted to recurring.^[71] The second season premiered on October 7, 2021.^[72]^[73] On May 11, 2022, CBS canceled the series after two seasons.^[74]

Filming

United States of Al was filmed at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, but it is set in Columbus, Ohio.

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 31% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4/10. The website's critical consensus states, "United States of Al is well-meaning in its ambitions, but its limp humor and the one-dimensionality of its titular character proves that the road to dud sitcom can be paved with good intentions."^[75] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[76]

In initial contemporary reviews, United States of Al received mostly negative feedback.^[77] However, the Los Angeles Times journalist Lorraine Ali examined reviews from several critics, and summarized them as illustrating "the minefield that exists around good-intentioned efforts to diversify scripted television" due to their ignoring of the cultural representation of the main character and the show's attempts to diversify television, calling the reviews "damaging to future representations of Muslims".^[78]

Daniel Fienberg, writing for The Hollywood Reporter, shared his dislike for "the writers' choices for Al", referring to it as "a bad mixture".^[79] From TV Guide, Diane Gordon gave the show only 2 out of 5 stars; her criticism leaned toward the show's fish out of water attempts at comedy she found to be "cheap and half-hearted".^[80]Roxana Hadadi from RogerEbert.com criticized the series and its creators' in using antiquated tropes in attempting to be comedic.^[81] Caroline Framke from Variety also gave remarks to the show's writing, stating that the show "works so hard to make its Afghan protagonist palatable that it neglects to give him any complexity."^[82]

Afghan journalist Ali Latifi shared his criticism of the show in an op-ed for Business Insider and said "it's all flat characters, and cheap, uninspired jokes."^[83] While giving praise to Lorre's television series The Big Bang Theory, he also shared a quote from a conversation with Afghan-American social rights activist Mariam Wardak, who he quoted as saying "rather than showing Afghan interpreters as brave men who are putting their lives on the line and are risking being ostracized in their community, we have a short, scrawny awkward brown man standing next to this GI Joe."^[83] The Afghan-American Foundation criticized the show's casting of the lead role while they also applauded the show's inclusion of Afghan-American writers as "commendable and unprecedented," hoping the show leads to further thoughtful representations of Afghan-Americans.^[84]

Ratings

Overall

Season 1

Season 2

Notes

^ Mackenzie does not appear in the first two episodes, but she is credited as main cast from the third episode on.
^ The fifteenth episode of the second season aired out of its regular timeslot at Thursday 9:30 pm.
^ Live +7 ratings were not available, so Live +3 ratings have been used instead.

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