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Season 1 – Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas

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HBO adds to its staple of late-night talk/comedy series with this entry starring Wyatt Cenac. The comic/writer explores a wide range of social and cultural issues facing Americans, using satire to tackle tough topics and investigate real-world solutions. Each episode features documentary-style field reports as its focal point. The segments allow Cenac to travel to suburban, downtown and rural parts of the country, where he talks with locals about systematic problems and offers comedic solutions to everyday inconveniences. In addition, the host engages an in-studio audience with commentary on current events. Cenac is a former writer and correspondent on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," where he earned three Emmy Awards.
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Troy Patterson The New Yorker 05/31/2018
Problem Areas instead provokes sighs of disgust. The show is acutely aware of its smallness and impotence. Notably, much of its non-law-enforcement material concerns, directly or otherwise, impending environmental disasters. Go to Full Review Steve Greene IndieWire 05/18/2018
What sets Problem Areas apart from many of its news/comedy counterparts is its ongoing look at a single issue: policing in America. Go to Full Review Soraya Nadia McDonald Andscape 05/17/2018
Most importantly, it's interested in answering questions that too often are ignored. Go to Full Review Alci Rengifo Entertainment Voice 08/28/2018
Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas gives a comic a platform to get serious about issues that concern him, but in essence should concern us all. Go to Full Review Mark Dolan Common Sense Media 04/26/2018
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Host's relaxed vibe is a welcome alternative in late night. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/14/2019 If you watch both seasons, you get a double major: a major in critical theory and major clinical depression. Look at the TOMATOMETER, then check "Sticks and Stones" See more 06/11/2018 i think this show is great... super funny and really well put together... i really hope it stays on the air... thanks HBO See more Read all reviews
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Wyatt Cenac

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Wyatt Cenac

Executive Producer

Ezra Edelman

Executive Producer

John Oliver

Executive Producer

David Martin

Executive Producer

James Taylor

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Apr 13, 2018 Space Problems, S... Problems, Minnesota Problems Wyatt explores space, alternative fuel and Minnesota policing. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 20, 2018 NRA Problems, Chicken Bone Problems, Birmingham Problems Wyatt explores National Rifle Association propaganda at the movies, ponders dogs eating chicken bones, and travels to Birmingham, Ala., to learn about police apologies. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 27, 2018 Energy Problems, Millennial Problems, Community Policing Problems Wyatt tries to make coal miners go solar, move millennials into battleships and understand community policing. Details Episode 4 Aired May 4, 2018 Food Problems, Rain Problems, Skid Row Problems Wyatt examines the various forms of sanctuary for undocumented laborers, suggests a better way for cities to handle rain, and looks at how community efforts in the skid row area of Los Angeles aim to decrease police presence in the area. Details Episode 5 Aired May 11, 2018 Bank Problems, Mosquito Problems, Mental Health Problems Wyatt Cenac discusses banking deserts, explores the unintended consequences of combating mosquitos, and examines the intersection of America's mental health crisis and policing. Details Episode 6 Aired May 18, 2018 Automation Problems, Beauty Problems, Gun Problems Wyatt Cenac discusses the threat of robots taking people's jobs, proposes an alternative to environmentally harmful beauty products, and learns about tools to arm police that are less lethal than guns. Details Episode 7 Aired May 25, 2018 Student Problems, Sidewalk Problems, Misconduct Problems America's student loan crisis; streamlining sidewalk traffic; the unsettling intersection of police and sexual misconduct. Details Episode 8 Aired Jun 1, 2018 Tech Waste Problems, Adhesive Problems, Drug Problems Wyatt Cenac explores why phones keep breaking down, the origins of a common stationery item, and how some city police departments are moving beyond the war on drugs. Details Episode 9 Aired Jun 8, 2018 Research Problems, Reef Problems, Punitive Problems Wyatt Cenac notes the historical exclusion of women in medical research, explores man-made reefs, and examines the process of restorative justice. Details Episode 10 Aired Jun 15, 2018 Teacher Problems, Burial Problems, Collaborative Problems Wyatt considers the lack of funding for America's teachers; he finds a new angle on the circle of life; concluding the season-long examination of policing with one community's unique approach. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Wyatt Cenac, Ezra Edelman, John Oliver, David Martin, James Taylor, Jon Thoday, Hallie Haglund, Diane Fitzgerald
Screenwriter
Hallie Haglund
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Documentary, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 13, 2018