My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Greg Garcia
Showrunner	Greg Garcia
Starring	Jason Lee Ethan Suplee Jaime Pressly Nadine Velazquez Eddie Steeples
Narrated by	Jason Lee
Composers	Danny Lux Mark Leggett
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	96 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Greg Garcia Marc Buckland Bobby Bowman
Producers	Jason Lee Henry J. Lange Jr. Danielle Sanchez-kevinsito John Hoberg Michael Pennie Kat Likkel Mike Mariano Jessica Goldstein Hilary Winston Chrissy Pietrosh
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	19–24 minutes
Production companies	Amigos de Garcia Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20) – May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)
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My Name Is Earl is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia for NBC. It aired for four seasons from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, with a total of 96 episodes. It was produced by Amigos de Garcia Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television, and starred Jason Lee as the title character, Earl Hickey, a small-time thief with a messed-up life. The series also starred Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez, and Eddie Steeples.

Most episodes from the first season, then only a few from the rest, began 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 ends with a cliffhanger that was to be resolved in season 5. However, the series was cancelled unexpectedly and so it remains unresolved.

The series storyline is rounded out in the pilot episode of Greg Garcia's next sitcom, Raising Hope. The television playing in the background has a news reader stating "a small-time crook with a long list of wrongs he was making amends for has finally finished, and you'll never guess how it ended", however the television is turned off before he elaborates and no other mention is made. Also the green Ranchero that Earl bought for Randy was seen as the vehicle the newspaper was thrown from that hit the van.^[1]