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The Mayor - Season 1
A struggling hip-hop artist runs for mayor to promote his mixtape and wins the election.
12 February 1956, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
9 August 1979, Inglewood, California, USA
14 December 1938, Columbus, Ohio, USA
14 March 1963, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
15 April 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
15 December 1979, Seattle, Washington, USA
22 July 1969, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
October 02, 2017
Hall evokes [a] Stewart classic, Jefferson Smith in Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. TV creators could do worse than look to the films of Frank Capra for inspiration.
October 02, 2017
... the comedy is a sweet political parody that celebrates the best in people.
October 03, 2017
The show has helped create a novel showcase for Hall's talent.
October 03, 2017
But from the first seconds of The Mayor it's apparent that [Brandon Michael] Hall is a star fully equipped to capture Courtney's casual charisma.
September 22, 2017
It's here to subtly remind viewers of what politicians are meant to do, while entertaining them with clever humor and human stories.
October 02, 2017
The Mayor might seem like a small-scale version of another duly elected leader, but it's among the fall TV season's more promising series, with the disclaimer that the protagonist's shtick might begin to get old before he completes a season.
October 03, 2017
Faintly charming and landing an occasional punchline like that one, The Mayor is somewhat more amusing than open-mic night at a college pub, but that's about as extravagant as the praise is going to get.
October 03, 2017
Rapper runs for mayor as a joke -- and wins in fun comedy.
October 01, 2017
This show needs to slow down, take a breath, develop the characters and most of all, make certain Hall is on screen most of the time. He's pure charisma. His show's a pure muddle.
October 03, 2017
A feel-good show about a political upstart... That's just one of several reasons to embrace The Mayor, among the new season's very few truly original comedies. Another reason to celebrate: the star-is-born arrival of Brandon Micheal Hall.