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Dead to Me
2019–2022
· TV Show
· 30 min episodes
· 3 seasons
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #230
- IMDb #255
- Rotten Tomatoes #103
- Metacritic #199
- RatingGraph #244
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #146
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #125
- Metacritic Critics #207
- Metacritic Audience #197
- Criticker #222
- Trakt #276
Every rating
54–89
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 89.
See the most agreed on TV shows →A series about a powerful friendship that blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free spirit with a shocking secret.
Details
- Created by
- Liz Feldman
- Released
- 3 May 2019
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 30 across 3 seasons
- Awards
- 1 win, 31 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (43) →
Awards & nominations
See all 32 →1 major award won · 1 win from 32 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2020 | Television: Episodic Comedy | Liz Feldman (for "Pilot") | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards 2023 | Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards 2023 | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | James Marsden | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2023 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2023 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2021 | Excellence in Production Design for a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series | L.J. Houdyshell (for "You Don't Have to Go" and "It Had to Be You") | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards 2021 | Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2021 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
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Writers Guild of America Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Television: Episodic Comedy | Liz Feldman (for "Pilot") | Winner |
| Television: Episodic Comedy | Liz Feldman and Kelly Hutchinson (for "It's Not You, It's Me") | Nominee |
| Television: New Series | Rebecca Addelman, Njeri Brown, Liz Feldman, Kelly Hutchinson, Anthony King, Emma Rathbone, Kate Robin and Abe Sylvia | Nominee |
Primetime Emmy Awards
5 nominations
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Liz Feldman, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Jessica Elbaum, Christina Applegate, Christie Smith, Linda Cardellini, Cara DiPaolo, Jessi Klein, Elizabeth Benjamin, Dan Dietz, Joe Hardesty, Buddy Enright and Denise Pleune | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Linda Cardellini | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
5 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series | Linda Cardellini | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, Max Jenkins, James Marsden, Sam McCarthy, Natalie Morales, Diana Maria Riva and Luke Roessler | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Television Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | James Marsden | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series | L.J. Houdyshell (for "You Don't Have to Go" and "It Had to Be You") | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series | Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott and Sharon Bialy | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series | Linda Cardellini | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Dead to Me | Nominee |
TCA Awards
3 nominations
| Individual Achievement in Comedy | Christina Applegate | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Dead to Me | Nominee |
| Outstanding New Program | Dead to Me | Nominee |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination
| Television Pilot & First Season – Comedy | Sherry Thomas, Sharon Bialy and Russell Scott | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – Half Hour | Steven Michael Morantz, Brad Sherman, Alexander Gruzdev and Jason Oliver (for "You Know What You Did") | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Dead to Me | Nominee |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Best Contemporary Make-Up | Jacqueline Knowlton, Toryn Reed, Kim Greene and Liz Lash | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action Under 35 Minutes | Walter Newman, Darleen Stoker, Ron Salalses, Amber Funk, Peter Reynolds, Arno Stephanian, Sanaa Kelley and Matt Salib (for "If You Only Knew") | Nominee |