Showtime has released the first trailer for its upcoming comedy drama Kidding which stars Jim Carrey, who also serves as an executive producer for the series, as Jeff, aka Mr Pickles – a children’s television icon who struggles to cope with life as his family begins to implode. The half-hour show also stars Catherine Keener, Judy Greer, Frank Langella, and Justin Kirk; watch it here…
In his first series regular role in over two decades, Jim Carrey stars as Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, an icon of children’s television, a beacon of kindness and wisdom to America’s impressionable young minds, who also anchors a multimillion-dollar branding empire. But when Jeff’s family begins to implode, he finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through the crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.
Kidding premieres on September 9th on Showtime.