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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(list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 12–23 minutes |
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| Release | August 9, 2017 (2017-08-09) – present |
Carpool Karaoke: The Series is an American television series that premiered on Apple Music on August 9, 2017. Based on the recurring segment, Carpool Karaoke, from The Late Late Show with James Corden, the series pairs various celebrities with each other as they drive around together and sing along to popular music. On February 15, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season which premiered on October 12, 2018, on Apple TV. On August 17, 2021, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a fifth season and would be moving to Apple TV+. The fifth season premiered on May 27, 2022.[1]
In each episode of Carpool 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."[2]
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| 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) | ||
| 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) | |
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Songs used: "All That She Wants", "Want You Back", "Like a Prayer", "The Steps", "Little Red Corvette", "Summer Girl", and "1999"
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| 51 | 2 | "Keegan-Michael Key & Rob Gronkowski" | May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) | |
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Songs used: "Ice Ice Baby", "Y.M.C.A.", "Eye of the Tiger", "All Star", "We Are the Champions", and "Sweet Caroline"
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| 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) | |
| 55 | 2 | "Murray Bartlett, Alexandra Daddario & Sydney Sweeney" | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) | |
| 56 | 3 | "Anitta & Saweetie" | May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27) | |
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Songs used: "Faking Love"
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| 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) | |
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Songs used: ”Rio”
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| 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 guest Mavis Staples" | December 9, 2022 (2022-12-09) | |
| 63 | 10 | "Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton & Amber Ruffin, with special guest Vanessa 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 guest Joel Mchale" | June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | |
On July 26, 2016, Apple Music and CBS 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 the Late Late Show with James Corden. It was further reported that production companies CBS Television Studios and Fulwell 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.[2][3][4] 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.[5][6][7][8]
On February 15, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season.[9] On May 26, 2018, it was reported that an episode of season two would feature cast members from Star Trek: Discovery including Sonequa Martin-Green, Mary Wiseman, Anthony Rapp, and Doug Jones.[10] On October 9, 2018, it was announced that season two would premiere on October 12, 2018. Episodes were set to feature guest stars including Jason Sudeikis with The Muppets, The Lonely Island with "Weird Al" Yankovic, Snoop Dogg with Matthew McConaughey, Rashida Jones with her father Quincy Jones, Tyra Banks, and Jamie Foxx with his daughter Corinne Foxx. It was then announced that beginning with season two, the series was expected to move to the Apple TV app with new episodes being released on Fridays through December 2018 and then resuming again after the holidays.[11][12][13] On August 17, 2021, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a fifth season and would be moving to Apple TV+.[14]
In March 2018, an episode featuring James Marsden and Evan Rachel Wood, both of whom star on the HBO series Westworld, was filmed in Austin, Texas during the annual South by Southwest Film Festival.[15]
On February 13, 2017, Apple released the first teaser trailer for the series[16] and a few days later, the first full-length trailer was released.[17] On October 9, 2018, the official trailer for season two was released.[11][12]
| Country | Title | Network | Host | Premiere |
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 Israel |
Carpool Karaoke[18] | KAN 11 | Nicky Goldstein | May 15, 2017[18] |
 Italy |
Carpool Karaoke[19] | Italia 1 | Jake La Furia | April 27, 2017[20] |
 United Arab Emirates |
Carpool Karaoke Arabia[21] | Dubai TV | Hisham Al Howaish | February 18, 2018[21] |
 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.[22] On May 30, 2017, it was announced that the show's official premiere date would be August 8, 2017.[23]
The first season received a mixed to negative reception from critics upon its premiere.[24] Sonya Saralya of Variety 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."[25] Rebecca Nicholson of The 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."[26]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2018
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Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Won | [27][28] |
2019
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Producers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Short-Form Program | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Nominated | [29] |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Won | [30] | |
2020
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Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Won | [31] |
2021
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Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Won | [32] |
2022
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Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Won | [33] |
2023
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Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Nominated | [34] |
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.
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