| Carpool Karaoke: The Series | |
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| Genre | Reality |
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| Based on | Carpool Karaoke by Ben Winston & James Corden |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 75 |
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| Running time | 12–23 minutes |
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| Network | Apple Music |
| Release | August 9, 2017 (2017-08-09) – May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) |
| Network | Apple TV app |
| Release | October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12) – May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) |
| Network | Apple TV+ |
| Release | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) – June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) |
Carpool Karaoke: The Series is an American television series that debuted onApple Music on August 9, 2017. Based on the recurring segment,Carpool Karaoke, fromThe Late Late Show with James Corden, the series pairs various celebrities with each other as they drive around together andsing along to popular music. On February 15, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season that debuted on October 12, 2018, onApple TV. On August 17, 2021, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a fifth and final season and would be moving toApple TV+. The fifth and final season debuted on May 27, 2022.[1] A Christmas special premiered on Apple TV+ and Apple Music on December 15, 2024.[2]
In each episode ofCarpool Karaoke: The Series, "celebrities will ride along and sing along...as they visit places meaningful to the celebrity, sing tunes from their personal playlists and surprise fans who don't expect to see big stars belting out tunes one lane over."[3]
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | |||
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| First released | Last released | Network | |||
| 1 | 21 | August 9, 2017 (2017-08-09) | June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22) | Apple Music | |
| 2 | 19 | October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12) | March 29, 2019 (2019-03-29) | Apple Music Apple TV app | |
| 3 | 9 | January 24, 2020 (2020-01-24) | March 20, 2020 (2020-03-20) | ||
| 4 | 4 | May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) | |||
| 5 | 22 | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) | June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | Apple TV+ | |
| No. overall | No. in season | Featured celebrities | Original release date | |
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| 50 | 1 | "Maya Rudolph &HAIM" | May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) | |
Songs used: "All That She Wants", "Want You Back", "Like a Prayer", "The Steps", "Little Red Corvette", "Summer Girl", and "1999" | ||||
| 51 | 2 | "Keegan-Michael Key &Rob Gronkowski" | May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) | |
Songs used: "Ice Ice Baby", "Y.M.C.A.", "Eye of the Tiger", "All Star", "We Are the Champions", and "Sweet Caroline" | ||||
| 52 | 3 | "Patricia Arquette &David Arquette" | May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) | |
| 53 | 4 | "Mark Cuban,Robert Herjavec,Daymond John, &Kevin O'Leary" | May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) | |
| No. overall | No. in season | Featured celebrities | Original release date | |
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| 54 | 1 | "Simu Liu &Jessica Henwick" | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) | |
Songs used: "All the Small Things", "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)", "A Thousand Miles", "Sexy and I Know It", "All of Me", and "Closing Time" | ||||
| 55 | 2 | "Murray Bartlett,Alexandra Daddario &Sydney Sweeney" | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) | |
Songs used: "Somebody to Love", "Hey, Soul Sister", "Once in a Lifetime", "Goodbye Stranger", and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" | ||||
| 56 | 3 | "Anitta &Saweetie" | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) | |
| 57 | 4 | "Zooey Deschanel &Jonathan Scott" | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) | |
| 58 | 5 | "CM Punk,Bryan Danielson,Christian Cage &Dr. Britt Baker DMD;Powerhouse Hobbs,Ruby Soho &MJF" | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) | |
| 59 | 6 | "Charli D'Amelio,Dixie D'Amelio, Heidi D'Amelio & Marc D'Amelio" | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) | |
| 60 | 7 | "Sandra Oh &Duran Duran" | December 9, 2022 (2022-12-09) | |
Songs used: "Rio" | ||||
| 61 | 8 | "Joel Kinnaman,Shantel VanSanten,Edi Gathegi &Cynthy Wu;Krys Marshall,Jodi Balfour &Coral Peña" | December 9, 2022 (2022-12-09) | |
| 62 | 9 | "Nikki Glaser &Wilco, with special guestMavis Staples" | December 9, 2022 (2022-12-09) | |
| 63 | 10 | "Hillary Clinton,Chelsea Clinton &Amber Ruffin, with special guestVanessa Williams" | December 9, 2022 (2022-12-09) | |
| 64 | 11 | "Kevin Bacon &Michael Bacon" | December 9, 2022 (2022-12-09) | |
| 65 | 12 | "Method Man &Chris Redd" | December 9, 2022 (2022-12-09) | |
| 66 | 13 | "Ciara &Russell Wilson" | December 9, 2022 (2022-12-09) | |
| 67 | 14 | "Alan Cumming &Brian Cox" | March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31) | |
| 68 | 15 | "John Cho,Anna Konkle,Zoë Chao,Jack Whitehall &Sam Richardson" | June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | |
| 69 | 16 | "Yungblud &Avril Lavigne" | June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | |
| 70 | 17 | "Lea Michele &Darren Criss with special guest Hila Kremer" | June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | |
| 71 | 18 | "Cedric the Entertainer &Sheryl Lee Ralph" | June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | |
| 72 | 19 | "Alanis Morissette &Cara Delevingne" | June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | |
| 73 | 20 | "Renee Elise Goldsberry,Busy Philipps,Sara Bareilles, &Paula Pell" | June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | |
| 74 | 21 | "Rose McIver,Utkarsh Ambudkar,Rebecca Wisocky, Devan Chandler Long & Roman Zaragoza" | June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | |
| 75 | 22 | "Alison Brie &Danny Pudi with special guestJoel Mchale" | June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | |
On July 26, 2016, Apple Music andCBS Television Studios announced that they had reached a deal for an exclusive first-window licensing agreement under which Apple Music would be the global home of a television series adaptation of the popular recurring segment,Carpool Karaoke from theLate Late Show with James Corden. It was further reported that production companies CBS Television Studios andFulwell 73 would produce the series. James Corden and Ben Winston are the creators and executive producers for the series. Before the deal was reached, CBS Studios International and Fulwell 73 had been shopping the series for an international home. It was also initially announced that the series would have a host that would appear in every episode.[3][4][5] On January 9, 2017, it was reported that the series would not feature a single host and instead would have a different host every episode.[6][7][8][9]
On February 15, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season.[10] On May 26, 2018, it was reported that an episode of season two would feature cast members fromStar Trek: Discovery includingSonequa Martin-Green,Mary Wiseman,Anthony Rapp, andDoug Jones.[11] On October 9, 2018, it was announced that season two would premiere on October 12, 2018. Episodes were set to feature guest stars includingJason Sudeikis withThe Muppets,The Lonely Island with"Weird Al" Yankovic,Snoop Dogg withMatthew McConaughey,Rashida Jones with her fatherQuincy Jones,Tyra Banks, andJamie Foxx with his daughterCorinne Foxx. It was then announced that beginning with season two, the series was expected to move to theApple TV app with new episodes being released on Fridays through December 2018 and then resuming again after the holidays.[12][13][14] On August 17, 2021, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a fifth and final season and would be moving toApple TV+.[15]
In March 2018, an episode featuringJames Marsden andEvan Rachel Wood, both of whom star on theHBO seriesWestworld, was filmed inAustin, Texas during the annualSouth by Southwest Film Festival.[16]
On February 13, 2017, Apple released the first teaser trailer for the series[17] and a few days later, the first full-length trailer was released.[18] On October 9, 2018, the official trailer for season two was released.[12][13]
| Country | Title | Network | Host | Premiere |
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 Israel | Carpool Karaoke[19] | KAN 11 | Shahar hason | May 15, 2017[19] |
 Italy | Carpool Karaoke[20] | Italia 1 | Jake La Furia | April 27, 2017[21] |
 United Arab Emirates | Carpool Karaoke Arabia[22] | Dubai TV | Hisham Al Howaish | February 18, 2018[22] |
 Saudi Arabia | Carpool Karaoke KSA | SBC | Hisham Al Howaish | January 26, 2020 |
 France | Plan C | TF1 | Camille Combal | June 14, 2019 |
After initially being set to premiere in April 2017, it was announced on April 25, 2017, that the series would be delayed to sometime later in the year.[23] On May 30, 2017, it was announced that the show's official premiere date would be August 8, 2017.[24]
The first season received a mixed to negative reception from critics upon its premiere.[25] Sonya Saralya ofVariety commented "For a segment that emphasized spontaneity and intimacy, Carpool Karaoke on Apple Music feels distancing--highlighting how dissimilar the guests are from the audience, instead of the other way around."[26] Rebecca Nicholson ofThe Guardian was also negative in her review saying, "Apple has supersized [Corden's] formula but, in doing so, has managed to misunderstand entirely what it is that made it charming. Judging by the first episode and what's teased later in the series, this is less about getting a revealing interview out of someone who may otherwise seem distant, and more about bowing down to the power of celebrity."[27]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Won | [28][29] |
2019 | Producers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Short-Form Program | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Nominated | [30] |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Won | [31] | |
2020 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Won | [32] |
2021 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Won | [33] |
2022 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Won | [34] |
2023 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Nominated | [35] |
Il 27 aprile, su Italia 1, andrà in onda la prima puntata della versione italiana di "Carpool Karaoke", uno dei più famosi programmi televisivi statunitensi del momento.