'Kidding' showrunner explains how a half-hour comedy became the most devastating show on TV

Kidding is making a splash that should be a tsunami.

The dark comedy — perhaps the pinnacle of dark comedies — from creator Dave Holstein premiered in 2018, starring Jim Carrey as a Mr. Rogers-esque children's TV host mourning the recent loss of his teenage son.

"If you ask me in an elevator ‘What’s the show about?’ I really don’t know how to answer that question," Holstein tells Mashable in a phone interview after Season 2's debut. "It’s hard to explain, because the tone doesn’t come across in a pitch about a guy who loses his son."

That tone is everything from crushing loss to unfiltered rage, punctuated strategically with magical realism and cathartic humor.  Read more...

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