Superstore (season 2)
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| Country of origin | United States |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 22, 2016 – present |
The second season of Superstore, the U.S. television series, was ordered on February 23, 2016.[1] On May 15, 2016, NBC announced that Superstore would be moving to Thursdays in the 8:00 p.m. time slot, leading off NBC's Thursday night primetime programming in the 2016–17 season.[2] The season premiered on September 22, 2016.[2] On September 23, 2016, NBC gave the series a full season order of 22 episodes.[3]
Superstore follows a group of employees working at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box store in St. Louis, Missouri. The ensemble and supporting cast features America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Bloom and Mark McKinney.
Cast
Main cast
- America Ferrera as Floor Supervisor, Amy Dubanowski
- Ben Feldman as Jonah
- Lauren Ash as Assistant Manager, Dina Fox
- Colton Dunn as Garrett McNeal
- Nico Santos as Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag
- Nichole Bloom as Cheyenne Tyler Lee
- Mark McKinney as Store Manager, Glenn Sturgis
Recurring cast
- Johnny Pemberton as Bo Derek Thompson
- Kaliko Kauahi as Sandra
- Sean Whalen as Sal
- Linda Porter as Myrtle
- Josh Lawson as Tate
- Jon Barinholtz as Marcus
- Michael Bunin as Jeff Sutin, District Manager who oversees the St. Louis Cloud 9
- Ryan Gaul as Adam Dubanowski
Episodes
See also: List of Superstore episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "Strike" | Victor Nelli, Jr. | Jackie Clarke | September 22, 2016 | 5.45[4] |
| The employee walkout in protest of Glenn's firing prompts District Manager Jeff Sutin to visit the store. He meets with Amy and Jonah, offering everyone's job back including Glenn's, but on the condition that they sign a written apology and have everything go back to normal. This doesn't sit well with Amy and Jonah, so they create a full-fledged strike. Meanwhile, Garrett hits it off with a woman who showed up to support the strike, but is dismayed when he learns her real beef is against transgender restrooms. Dina tries hard to get on Jeff's good side, unsuccessfully attempting to break the strike. Eventually, Jeff convinces most of the striking employees to return to work, leaving only Amy and Jonah on the picket line. The two ultimately also decide to go back to work, resolving to fight Cloud 9 from within. | ||||||
| 14 | 2 | "Back to Work" | Michael McDonald | Eric Ledgin | September 29, 2016 | 4.39[5] |
| The employees at Cloud 9 return to work following the strike and do everything possible to impress Jeff. Amy seeks the help of employee Marcus to run the deli, and asks him to run the meat slicer despite not being trained to do so. Marcus cuts off his own thumb, and Amy tries to get him to the hospital while simultaneously trying to hide the incident from Jeff. Jonah works with Dina to help her write an apology letter and win back the employees she betrayed in the strike, but Dina insists she isn't sorry. Glenn tries his best to prove to Jeff he is a tough, strict boss, while Mateo just wants Jeff to notice his hard work. Meanwhile, Cheyenne returns to Cloud 9 during her maternity leave as a customer, but becomes an unwilling employee again. | ||||||
| 15 | 3 | "Guns, Pills and Birds" | Matt Sohn | Matt Hubbard | October 6, 2016 | 5.18[6] |
| Jonah gets assigned to the gun department despite his protests that he is morally opposed to guns. After learning he can refuse to sell a gun to a suspicious person, Jonah starts refusing sales to everyone, causing a gun rights group to protest at Cloud 9. When a crow flies into the store, Dina, Mateo and a freaked-out Garrett team up to get it out. Glenn learns the Cloud 9 pharmacy sells the morning after pill and tries to prevent customers from buying them. Meanwhile, Amy's husband Adam is taking their daughter camping, and Amy is looking forward to a weekend lounging alone at home. But Adam has to back out when he gets tickets to a conference, causing Amy to take out her frustrations on Jonah and the staff. | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | "Spokesman Scandal" | Ken Whittingham | Gabe Miller | October 13, 2016 | 4.39[7] |
| A scandal erupts at Cloud 9 when their advertising spokesman Kyle (Nate Torrence) is accused of murdering people and eating their flesh. Glenn learns that marijuana was found in Kyle's possession and thinks he only murdered people because he was high, prompting him to order drug tests for all employees. Dina is more than willing to administer the urine tests. Amy and Jonah have a fun day daring each other to perform various pranks, while Mateo tries to confirm that Jeff is interested in him romantically. When Jeff finally invites him to dinner, however, Mateo is more excited about being right than he is in dating Jeff. Elsewhere, Cheyenne returns to work following her maternity leave and begins to annoy Garrett and Sandra with her baby photos. | ||||||
| 17 | 5 | "Dog Adoption Day" | Betsy Thomas | Josh Malmuth | October 20, 2016 | 4.18[8] |
| It's Dog Adoption Day at Cloud 9 and Jonah and Mateo volunteer to help run it. They later find out that some of the unadopted dogs would get put down, so they compete with each other to find homes for all of them. Meanwhile, Amy and Glenn see Cheyenne and Bo fighting about their relationship, and try to help them in different ways. Glenn offers to have the two get married in his church, encouraging Bo to move out of Cheyenne's parents' basement and rent a house. Amy tries to encourage Cheyenne to date more mature guys, but that backfires. Also, after being told by Dina he will lose two hours of pay because he forgot to punch in for work, Garrett follows Dina's every move to make sure she is doing everything by the book. | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | "Halloween Theft" | Alisa Statman | Karey Dornetto | October 27, 2016 | 4.21[9] |
| The Halloween festivities at Cloud 9 are put on hold when Dina launches a full scale investigation into who stole fruit from a backroom storage area. Amy is determined to help find the person responsible so she can get home for trick-or-treating with her daughter, Emma. Garrett is flustered over Dina's scandalous Halloween costume, and hates himself for it. Jonah and Cheyenne bond over store gossip, with Cheyenne eventually telling Jonah that everyone thinks he has a crush on Amy. Meanwhile, Mateo tries to prepare a secret date with Jeff. | ||||||
| 19 | 7 | "Election Day" | Tristram Shapeero | Bridget Kyle & Vicky Luu | November 3, 2016 | 3.58[10] |
| It is Election Day and Cloud 9 becomes an official polling place. Amy and Jonah are not happy with the candidate recommendations in Cloud 9's official voting guide, so they work together to encourage shoppers and co-workers to vote for a candidate that is more labor-friendly. Meanwhile, Dina and Glenn accidentally ruin some ballots and try to cover it up by throwing them out, which causes stress when they learn they could go to jail. Mateo tries to cover his undocumented status by stealing an "I voted" sticker and telling everyone that he did vote. Also, Amy meets Jonah's new girlfriend Naomi (Azie Tesfai). | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | "Seasonal Help" | Geeta V. Patel | Jackie Clarke | November 10, 2016 | 4.01[11] |
| It's the holiday season at Cloud 9 and Glenn and Dina hire a bunch of seasonal workers including Adam, Amy's husband. Meanwhile, Garrett and Dina reveal to Jonah that they make an annual wager on which seasonal employee will quit or be fired first, which stokes Jonah's old gambling addiction. Jonah bands all the employees together for a pool and tries to make his choice quit, but it backfires when he learns the employees are all from a "last chance" program at Glenn's church. Multiple employees hint that Amy's marriage to Adam might be in trouble, which leads Amy to prove otherwise. Also, Glenn conducts interviews to hire the perfect store Santa. | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | "Black Friday" | Victor Nelli Jr. | Eric Ledgin | November 10, 2016 | 3.79[11] |
| The Cloud 9 crew deals with the rush of the Black Friday sale. Amy begins to feel that she has morning sickness and might be pregnant, causing her to re-evaluate her marriage to Adam. Jonah uses a video camera to document his first Black Friday sale as an employee. Meanwhile, Garrett begins to get annoyed with Dina suggesting he work harder, but Dina later kisses him and Garrett doesn't back away. Also, Glenn takes his wife's muscle relaxers to deal with the stress of Black Friday and gets hooked, while Mateo and Cheyenne take bribes from customers who want sought-after gift items. | ||||||
| 22 | 10 | "Lost and Found"[12] | TBA | TBA | January 5, 2017 | TBD |
| 23 | 11 | "Rebranding"[12] | TBA | TBA | January 12, 2017 | TBD |
| 24 | 12 | "Ladies' Lunch"[12] | TBA | TBA | February 2, 2017 | TBD |
| 25 | 13 | "Valentine's Day"[12] | TBA | TBA | February 9, 2017 | TBD |
Special
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 12 | 1 | "Olympics" | Ruben Fleischer | Jonathan Green | August 19, 2016 | 9.67[13] |
| Set in the middle of Season 1, Cloud 9 celebrates the Summer Olympic Games with an Olympic themed promotion. After Glenn organizes the store's Opening Ceremony, with disastrous results, Dina suggests that she be the one to come up with an over-the-top Closing Ceremony. Meanwhile, Glenn struggles with what the games are truly about, and Jonah discovers a secret about Mateo. Also, Amy learns that her childhood Olympic hero Missy Jones (guest star Cecily Strong) is stopping by Cloud 9 to promote her new book, and Cheyenne gets down on herself for not being as successful as Missy was at her age. | ||||||
Production
Development
The day after the first season finale had aired, Superstore was renewed for a second season on NBC.[1] The second season will contain 13 episodes, but on September 21, 2016, the day before the second season premiere, NBC ordered 9 additional scripts, possibly making the episode-count up to 22 episodes.[14] NBC announced on May 15, 2016, that the show had been moved, and would be airing on Thursdays in the time slot 8:00 p.m. The show will be leading off NBC's Thursday night primetime programming in the 2016–17 season.[2] It was announced the same day that the second season would begin airing on September 22, 2016.[2] On August 3, 2016, it was announced that Michael Bunin would be playing a recurring role in the second season as Jeff, Cloud 9's district manager.[15] A trailer for the new season was released on September 8, 2016.[16] A promotional poster was released on August 5, 2016.[17] On September 23, 2016, NBC gave the series a full season order of 22 episodes.[3]
Olympics-themed episode
To promote the second season, NBC announced on May 15, 2016, that it would be airing a special Olympics-themed episode of Superstore during the network's coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[18] On June 30, 2016, it was announced that the episode would be airing on August 19, 2016, in one of the last days in the Olympics.[19] Executive producer Justin Spitzer revealed in an interview during NBC's TCA Press Tour that the plot in the episode would occur in the middle of the first season, not after the first season finale.[20] The episode included guest appearances from real-life Olympic medalists Tara Lipinski, Apolo Ohno and McKayla Maroney, in addition to Cecily Strong who played the fictional Olympic medalist Missy Jones. The episode received a series high of 9.67 million total viewers, up 34 percent from the previous high of 7.21 million, which was achieved in the series premiere. The special episode also achieved a 3.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic, a full point up from the premiere episode's 2.0.[13][21]
Ratings
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Episode | Air date | Time slot (EST) | Rating/Share (18–49) | Viewers (m) | Timeslot rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "Strike" | September 22, 2016 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. |
1.5/6[4] | 5.45[4] | 3 |
| 14 | 2 | "Back to Work" | September 29, 2016 | 1.3/5[5] | 4.39[5] | 3 | |
| 15 | 3 | "Guns, Pills and Birds" | October 6, 2016 | 1.4/5[6] | 5.18[6] | 3 | |
| 16 | 4 | "Spokesman Scandal" | October 13, 2016 | 1.2/5[7] | 4.39[7] | 3 | |
| 17 | 5 | "Dog Adoption Day" | October 20, 2016 | 1.0/4[8] | 4.18[8] | 4 | |
| 18 | 6 | "Halloween Theft" | October 27, 2016 | 1.3/5[9] | 4.21[9] | 3 | |
| 19 | 7 | "Election Day" | November 3, 2016 | 1.1/4[10] | 3.58[10] | 3 | |
| 20 | 8 | "Seasonal Help" | November 10, 2016 | 1.2/5[11] | 4.01[11] | 3 | |
| 21 | 9 | "Black Friday" | November 10, 2016 | 1.3/4[11] | 3.79[11] | 2 | |
| 22 | 10 | "Lost and Found" | January 5, 2017 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 23 | 11 | "Rebranding" | January 12, 2017 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 24 | 12 | "Ladies' Lunch" | February 2, 2017 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 25 | 13 | "Valentine's Day" | February 9, 2017 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
References
- 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (February 23, 2016). "'Superstore' Renewed For Season 2 By NBC". Deadline. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Andreeva, Nellie (June 15, 2016). "NBC Sets Fall 2016 Premiere Dates, 'The Good Place' Gets Post-'The Voice' Preview". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
- 1 2 Littleton, Cynthia (September 23, 2016). "'Superstore' Gets Full-Season Pickup at NBC". Variety. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Porter, Rick (September 23, 2016). "Thursday final ratings: 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Superstore' and 'Good Place' adjust up, 'Notorious' adjusts down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Porter, Rick (September 30, 2016). "Thursday final ratings: 'Superstore' and 'The Good Place' adjust up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Porter, Rick (October 7, 2016). "'Superstore' adjusts up, 'Grey's' and ABC adjust down: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Porter, Rick (October 14, 2016). "'Notorious' adjusts down, final NFL numbers: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Porter, Rick (October 21, 2016). "'The Good Place' and 'Legends of Tomorrow' adjust up: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Porter, Rick (October 28, 2016). "'The Good Place' and 'Chicago Med' adjust up, 'Pure Genius,' other CBS shows adjust down: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Porter, Rick (November 4, 2016). "'Big Bang Theory,' 'How to Get Away' adjust up, 'Great Indoors' and NBC adjust down: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Porter, Rick (November 11, 2016). "'Chicago Med' and NBC adjust down with NFL pre-emptions: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Superstore: Episode Guide". Zap2It. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- 1 2 Porter, Rick (August 22, 2016). "Friday final ratings: Olympics adjust up, 'Superstore' adjusts down but still at series high". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ↑ Ge, Linda (September 21, 2016). "NBC Orders Additional 'Superstore' Scripts (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ↑ Roffman, Marisa (August 3, 2016). "My Boys Vet Books Recurring Role on Superstore". TV Insider. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ↑ Smith, Zipporah (September 8, 2016). "'Superstore' Season 2 Trailer: Cloud 9 Employees Unite to Strike". IndieWire. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Superstore - Season 2 - Promos, Poster & Banner". August 5, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ↑ Porter, Rick (May 15, 2016). "'Superstore' gets an Olympics promo push at NBC". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (June 30, 2016). "'The Voice' joins 'Superstore' in getting Olympic preview on NBC". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ↑ de Moraes, Lisa (August 2, 2016). "'Superstore' Olympics Episode To Skip Back In Time – TCA". Deadline. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ↑ Pattern, Dominic (August 20, 2016). "Olympics Ratings Hit New Rio Low For NBC, 'Superstore' Gets Big Bounce". Deadline. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- List of Superstore episodes at the Internet Movie Database
- Superstore at TV Guide
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