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Corporate (TV series) Corporate (TV series) Corporate is an American comedy television series created by Pat Bishop, Matt Ingebretson, and Jake Weisman. A ten-episode first season premiered on Comedy Central on January 17, 2018. On February 26, 2018, the series was renewed for a second season. "Corporate" is set in multinational corporation Hampton DeVille and follows the miserable lives of two downtrodden employees. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 78% based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 8.0/10. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the series has a score 75 out of 100,