Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

2008

Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

6.6 | en | Comedy

Tracey Ullman's State of the Union is an American sketch-comedy series starring comedian Tracey Ullman. The series was written by Ullman along with Hollywood satirist Bruce Wagner. Gail Parent and Craig DiGregorio acted as contributing writers to the series' first season. On May 17, 2010, it was announced that State of the Union would not be returning for a fourth season. Producers stated that they felt that the show had "run its course."

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Seasons & Episodes

EP7 Episode 7

Mar. 08,2010

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EP6 Episode 6

Mar. 01,2010

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EP5 Episode 5

Feb. 22,2010

Impersonations include Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who is engaged in secret talks to conquer America; first lady of France Carla Bruni as she arrives in Washington, D.C., to present the Obamas with gifts, including a special song for the U.S. first lady; an Idaho meth cooker whose plans go up in smoke; a woman who was kidnapped as a child and held hostage for almost 40 years by her father; and an airport-security screener on her way to be feted at a Homeland Security gala.

EP4 Antiques Roadshow

Feb. 15,2010

In this episode, Tracey plays a gun seller attending a gun show, a woman on a job interview, an antiques appraiser, and a neo-hippie.

EP3 Wilderness Boot Camp

Feb. 08,2010

In this episode, Tracey plays an architectural commission representative, a vocal coach, an angry driver, an environmental activist, and actress Kate Winslet.

EP2 Slumdog

Feb. 01,2010

In this episode, Tracey plays the Octomom, a single woman on a date, a woman who lost her job and house, a special agent looking for work, and movie star Matthew McConaughey.

EP1 Downsized

Jan. 25,2010

In the third season premiere, Tracey plays Ruth Madoff, who has recently downsized to a 700 square foot apartment on the edge of Harlem.

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Released: 2008-03-30 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.sho.com/site/tracey/home.do

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Tracey Ullman , Peter Strauss

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Reviews

Rogue88 It is incredible that this mindless junk has gone on for three seasons. I keep giving it another chance for Tracey's sake, but it is always terrible. There is absolutely nothing good to say about it.It is possibly the worst show I've ever seen, and that's up against some pretty stiff competition. Ullman can do so much better. This show is pathetic.Does she even watch the show herself? If she is actually approving this soulless crap then she has apparently lost her mind. I may never watch anything else she ever does.Let this travesty die.

mukava991 T. Ullman is a prodigiously talented and intelligent performer but even she can't redeem strained, one-joke sketches, reminiscent of the worst of Saturday Night Live. When she hits the mark, she is gut-bustingly funny and simultaneously moving. That is her great characteristic: compassionate and piercing insight combined with equal-opportunity-offender humor and a gift for mimicry. But in the 2010 season of her Showtime series, like the 2009 season, too many sketches fall flat. She's just so good a performer that one keeps watching, hoping the material can rise to her level. Even one or two successes out of eight or nine tries per night makes her game worth watching, but just barely. And she isn't helping by padding out the shows with extended, repetitious and uninspired musical numbers.P.S. - Yes, I know Ullman is one of the writers. But she still needs help in that department if she wants to get laughs.

Equivoco Watching some of Tracey Ullman's previous shows, I was impressed by her range of characterisation but rarely found myself laughing. I blamed poor writing. I was hoping for better with this series. Maybe it is unfair to judge after one episode, but here goes anyway. Not only did I not laugh at all, the closest I came to smiling was when I thought about how bad this was. The "best" segment were of Renee Zelwegger and David Beckham, but as they are both caricatures in real life, comic interpretation is unnecessary. What is more disappointing (and which will dissuade me from watching another episode) is Ullman's rather hesitant performances (maybe a better director was needed.) Too often I felt that I was watching a rehearsal rather than a finished product. With a bit more polish I may even have raised a hesitant grin.

boatista24 From the "Bloggies" awards, to Angelina Jolie being attacked by an angry mob of her own children, to Renee Zelwiger's chronic narcissistic squint, to Hindu pharmacists calculating the effects of Viagra on septuagenarians in musical "bollywood" form, this is more classic humor from one of the most talented women in the world. Having been a big fan in the mid-eighties and beyond, I haven't missed a single series/episode of the magical Miss Tracey Ullman since she arrived from "across the pond". One of the funniest series she has created to date, in "State of the Union" she pokes fun at just about every conceivable nonsense the USA is known for.