The Shop
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![]() Governor Gavin Newsom on The Shop with LeBron James and Maverick Carter in 2019 | |
Genre | Talk show |
Created by | Paul Rivera |
Starring | LeBron James Maverick Carter |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 30 |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Frehand |
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Release | August 28, 2018 present | –
The Shop: Uninterrupted, or simply The Shop, is an American television talk show created by Paul Rivera. It stars professional basketball star LeBron James and businessman Maverick Carter, who alongside guests have conversations and debates in a barbershop. The series premiered on HBO in the United States on August 28, 2018.[1] On February 28, 2022, the series was renewed for a fifth season and moved to YouTube.[2] In 2021, the series won a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Edited Sports Series.
Production
Conception and development for Uninterrupted
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In December 2014, James' longtime friend and business partner
James spoke on how The Shop became an idea saying, "when I was a kid, being in barbershops meant listening to adults talk about sports, clothing, politics, music, everything happened in the shop. It was so real and so candid — no one had a sense of, well I can't be myself here."[6] Randy Mims and Paul Rivera, both business partners of James' and Carter's, first proposed The Shop.[6]
In
HBO iteration
Following the New Orleans episode, talks with
The second season of The Shop premiered on March 1, 2019,[15] with the premiere episode being filmed in Charlotte, North Carolina, during the NBA's 2019 All-Star Weekend.[16]
The fourth season premiered on May 28, 2021.[17]
Episodes
Season 1 (2018)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | August 28, 2018 | |
2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | October 12, 2018 | |
Guests: | ||||
3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | December 21, 2018 | |
Season 2 (2019–20)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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4 | 1 | "Episode 1" | March 1, 2019 | |
5 | 2 | "Episode 2" | May 5, 2019 | |
Guests: Lonzo Ball, Don Cheadle, DeAndre Hopkins, Jimmy Iovine, Seth Rogen, Travis Scott, and Pharrell Williams.[20] | ||||
6 | 3 | "Episode 3 (New York)" | September 3, 2019 | |
Guests: Kevin Hart, Rob Gronkowski, Kevin Love, CJ McCollum, Charlamagne tha God, Lil Nas X, and Paul Rivera. | ||||
7 | 4 | "Episode 4 (L.A.)" | October 25, 2019 | |
Guests: Gavin Newsom, Jerrod Carmichael, Rick Rubin, Bill Hader, Sean Combs, Paul Rivera, DeMar DeRozan, Rich Paul, Ed O'Bannon, Katelyn Ohashi, Diana Taurasi | ||||
8 | 5 | "Episode 5" | December 14, 2019 | |
9 | 6 | "Episode 6" | February 7, 2020 | |
Season 3 (2020)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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10 | 1 | "Episode 1" | March 8, 2020 | |
Guests: Patrick Mahomes, Chadwick Boseman, Trae Young, Roddy Ricch, Tiffany Haddish, Steve Stoute and Paul Rivera | ||||
11 | 2 | "Episode 2" | October 30, 2020 | |
Guests: Former President Barack Obama |
Season 4 (2021)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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12 | 1 | "Episode 1" | May 28, 2021 | |
13 | 2 | "Episode 2" | June 25, 2021 | |
14 | 3 | "Episode 3" | July 30, 2021 | |
15 | 4 | "Episode 4" | August 27, 2021 | |
16 | 5 | "Episode 5" | September 24, 2021 | |
17 | 6 | "Episode 6" | October 29, 2021 | |
Season 5 (2022)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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18 | 1 | "Episode 1" | March 4, 2022 | |
Guests: Donald Glover, Quinta Brunson, J Balvin, Lamar Jackson Hosts: LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Paul Rivera | ||||
19 | 2 | "Episode 2" | April 4, 2022 | |
20 | 3 | "Episode 3" | May 6, 2022 | |
21 | 4 | "Episode 4" | June 10, 2022 | |
22 | 5 | "Episode 5" | July 15, 2022 | |
Guests: Daniel Kaluuya, Marcus Rashford, Rashid Johnson Hosts: LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Paul Rivera | ||||
23 | 6 | "Episode 6" | September 2, 2022 | |
24 | 7 | "Episode 7" | October 7, 2022 | |
Guests: P.J. Tucker Hosts: LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Paul Rivera | ||||
25 | 8 | "Episode 8" | December 20, 2022 | |
Season 6 (2023)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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26 | 1 | "Episode 1" | March 9, 2023 | |
27 | 2 | "Episode 2" | March 23, 2023 | |
28 | 3 | "Episode 3" | April 6, 2023 | |
Guests: | ||||
29 | 4 | "Episode 4" | April 20, 2023 | |
30 | 5 | "Episode 5" | May 4, 2023 | |
31 | 6 | "Episode 6" | May 18, 2023 | |
32 | 7 | "Episode 7" | June 1, 2023 | |
Guests: J.B. Smoove, Shenseea, Dominique Fishback | ||||
33 | 8 | "Episode 8" | June 15, 2023 | |
Guests: Ty Lue, LaKeith Stanfield, Killer Mike |
Reception
Following the series' HBO premiere, Haley O'Shaughnessy of The Ringer wrote: "The setting creates a very personal facade, an opportunity to speak on fame and kids and race openly. The viewer is in on the conversation, but isn't in the conversation. Opinions on hot-topic issues that LeBron's addressed before aren’t delivered like a sermon, which are more likely to fall flat. He’s chatting with people he respects. And you feel like part of that group."[18] O'Shaughnessy added that, "The Shop is another platform, but it isn't a pedestal. It's not a postgame press conference, where power dynamics are heavily skewed. It's an HBO show that attempts to keep a level playing field for everyone involved."[18] Following the second episode, The Ringer's Micah Peters opined, "[The Shop is] really good TV––they sip wine, they offer a side of themselves rarely seen in public, and LeBron James says swear words. Even the color palette is spare and direct. This, like most barbershops, is a space reserved strictly for real talk."[21] Rashad Grove of The Source wrote on the series' authenticity of the Black barbershop experience, "LeBron on The Shop is showing the world what really goes down at the Black barbershop. The conversations are raw and authentic over many glasses of wine."[22]
Meredith Blake of the Los Angeles Times published a lukewarm review of the first episode, writing, "Though the effort to capture the vibrance and tell-it-like-it-is spirit of the African American barbershop met with slightly mixed results in the first episode, The Shop is more than worth a return visit," and adding "stylish black-and-white photographs of guests arriving at the shop serve as act breaks and enhance the show’s documentary feel. But the choppy editing sometimes removes context from the conversation, offering little sense of how one subject flows to the next."[23]
Billy Haisley of
Battan wrote a positive review of The Shop, following its first season, as she opined positively on the series' setting "designed to generate the sense of candor, camaraderie, and intimacy that happens inside African-American barbershops." Battan conceded "[she does] not operate under the delusion that this show is a purely unfiltered, candid, and unprecedentedly revealing look at the assembled stars. There are plenty of platitudes and generalities being proffered here," but opined that The Shop "does exactly what the best celebrity profiles have always aspired to do: delight, surprise, inform."[25]
Due to the series airing during James' basketball career, sports media outlets naturally covered The Shop, focusing on segments that dealt with James' presence in basketball. The ongoings of James' first season as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers lent themselves to discussion topics on the series, which led to further coverage by sports media. For example, Anthony Davis was the subject of rumors regarding an attempt to trade him to the Lakers at the time of his appearance on The Shop.[15] The series also chronicled James' and fellow Lakers teammate Lonzo Ball's reactions to Magic Johnson stepping down from his Lakers front office role during the 2019 offseason; this was also noted by sports media outlets.[26][27]
References
- ^ a b Gundersen, Erik García (August 21, 2018). "LeBron James' show 'The Shop' to air on HBO Tuesday Aug. 28". USA Today. LeBron Wire. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ White, Peter (February 28, 2022). "LeBron James' 'The Shop' Moves From HBO To YouTube". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ Cleveland.com. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Abbruzzese, Jason (December 3, 2015). "LeBron James's confessional video website for athletes gets investment from Turner and Warner Bros". Mashable. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Guthrie, Marisa (July 26, 2018). "HBO Picks Up LeBron James Barbershop-Set Talk Show (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ a b c Johnson, Derreck (June 9, 2017). "This Video of Draymond Green, LeBron James, and 2 Chainz Is the Barbershop Experience Personified". Slate. Ring Don't Lie. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Cleveland.com. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Bella, Timothy (August 29, 2018). "LeBron talks about fatherhood, double standards and the n-word in HBO premiere". The Washington Post. Morning Mix. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Caron, Emily (October 10, 2018). "Drake, Ben Simmons and Others Join LeBron James for Episode Two of 'The Shop' on HBO". Sports Illustrated. The Crossover. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Heil, Emily (September 11, 2018). "LeBron James and Drake spotted after filming at a Washington hair salon". The Washington Post. Reliable Source. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Drake Opens Up About Feud with 'Manipulative' Kanye West: 'This Guy's Trolling Me'". PEOPLE.com.
- ^ Gundersen, Erik García (December 12, 2018). "LeBron's 'The Shop' to return to HBO on Dec. 21". USA Today. LeBron Wire. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Antonio Brown goes public with his desire to leave Pittsburgh: 'Time to move on'". CBSSports.com. 12 February 2019.
- ^ a b c Curtis, Charles (February 21, 2019). "Anthony Davis will appear on LeBron's 'The Shop,' so everyone made tampering jokes". USA Today. For the Win. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Shapiro, Michael (February 21, 2019). "Anthony Davis, Antonio Brown to Appear on LeBron James' HBO Show 'The Shop'". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (May 24, 2021). "LeBron James, Jay-Z & Bad Bunny Set For New Season Of HBO's 'The Shop: Uninterrupted'". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ a b c O'Shaughnessy, Haley (August 29, 2018). "LeBron James Finds His Voice on 'The Shop'". The Ringer. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Caron, Emily (December 21, 2018). "LeBron James Praises Adam Silver, Says NFL Owners Have 'Slave Mentality'". Sports Illustrated. The Crossover. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- Complex. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ Peters, Micah (October 13, 2018). "Drake Aired Out Kanye West to LeBron James on 'The Shop'". The Ringer. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Grove, Rashad (December 21, 2018). "Episode Three of 'The Shop' Will Feature Mary J. Blige, Chris Bosh, and More". The Source. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Blake, Meredith (August 29, 2018). "Review: With 'The Shop,' LeBron James brings frank talk of race, politics and fame to HBO". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Haisley, Billy (August 31, 2018). "There's Nothing Candid About LeBron's The Shop". Deadspin. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Battan, Carrie (December 22, 2018). "LeBron James's Show "The Shop" Reinvigorates the Celebrity Interview". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ Conway, Tyler (May 4, 2019). "Lonzo Ball, LeBron James Talk Zion Williamson, Magic Johnson on HBO's The Shop". Bleacher Report. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ Zillgit, Jeff (May 5, 2019). "LeBron James left stunned, disappointed by Magic Johnson's resignation with Lakers". USA Today. Retrieved May 7, 2019.