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Comedy fans are over the moon after the release of a new sitcom series.
Thursday, May 23, marked the debut of a new Netflix streaming series starring a comedian whose stature has risen dramatically in recent years.
But the funnyman's career almost ended as soon as it started to take off after he was fired from Saturday Night Live just days after being announced as a new cast member in 2019 when racial caricatures and anti-gay slurs that he had used on a 2018 podcast resurfaced.
Since then, the infamy from his firing and his polarizing stand-up routines have helped him become a major comedy star, leading to the new six-episode series.
Although the series has so far received mixed to negative reviews from television critics, it appears to be a hit with his diehard fans, who rushed to social media to praise the buzzy new show.
Comedy fans are over the moon after the release of a new sitcom series on Thursday, May 23
The Netflix series was stars and was co-created by a controversial comedian whose career almost ended after he was fired by SNL days after being hired due to allegedly offensive jokes that resurfaced from a 2018 podcast
Shane Gillis — whose return to SNL as guest host in February earned mixed reviews — stars in the new series Tires as a mechanic who shares his first name and works at an auto shop.
Much of the comedy derives from Shane tormenting his coworker — and cousin — Will (Steve Gerben), the overly anxious son of the owner of the repair shop chain who takes over the failing location in hopes of keeping it above water.
The shop is also populated by the unmotivated receptionist Kilah (Kilah Fox), the tight-lipped mechanic Cal (played by Chris O’Connor) and the manager (played by comedian and controversial podcaster Stavros Halkias).
Gillis co-created the series along with Gerben and the show's director, John McKeever, who is only credited by his last name.
Although Rotten Tomatoes has not yet assembled a rating based on reviews of Tires' first season, it appears to have won over few critics. Conversely, fan reviews on the site were universally positive, with a 100% fresh rating, though only a handful had been entered so far.
Metacritic, which offers a more detailed rating based on how strongly critics dole out praise or pans, currently gives Tires a score of 45, indicating 'mixed or average' reviews.
But Gillis' die-hard fans appeared to love the show, and several jumped to X (formerly Twitter) to
