Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas
TV Show · Comedy · Documentary

Using documentary-style field reports and in-studio commentary, comic and writer Wyatt Cenac examines a wide range of social and cultural problems facing Americans.

2018 · 28m
Starring Wyatt Cenac

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Space Problems, Minnesota Problems
    Wyatt explores space and alternative fuel sources, and goes to Minnesota to find out what the problem is with their police force.
    27m
  • EPISODE 2
    Nra Problems, Chicken Bone Problems, Birmingham Problems
    Wyatt explores National Rifle Association propaganda at the movies, ponders dogs eating chicken bones, and travels to Birmingham, Alabama, to learn about police apologies.
    25m
  • EPISODE 3
    Energy Problems, Millennial Problems, Community Policing Problems
    Wyatt tries to make coal miners go solar, move millennials into battleships, and understand community policing.
    27m
  • EPISODE 4
    Food Problems, Rain Problems, Skid Row Problems
    Wyatt examines the various forms of sanctuary for undocumented labourers, suggests a better way for cities to handle rain, and looks at how community efforts in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles aim to decrease police presence in the area.
    25m
  • EPISODE 5
    Bank Problems, Mosquito Problems, Mental Health Problems
    Wyatt Cenac discusses banking deserts, explores the unintended consequences of combating mosquitoes, and examines the intersection of America's mental health crisis and policing.
    27m
  • EPISODE 6
    Automation Problems, Beauty Problems, Gun Problems
    Wyatt Cenac discusses the threat of robots taking people's jobs, proposes an alternative to environmentally harmful beauty products, and learns about tools to arm police that are less lethal than guns.
    26m

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Cast & Crew

  • Wyatt Cenac
    Host
  • Wyatt Cenac
    Producer
  • Ezra Edelman
    Producer
  • John Oliver
    Producer
  • D‌M
    David Martin
    Producer
  • J‌T
    James Taylor
    Producer
  • J‌T
    Jon Thoday
    Producer
  • Hallie Haglund
    Producer
  • Hallie Haglund
    Writer

About

Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas

Comedy

Using documentary-style field reports and in-studio commentary, comic and writer Wyatt Cenac examines a wide range of social and cultural problems facing Americans.

Information

Studio
HBO
Released
2018
Rated
MA15+
© 2018 Home Box Office, Inc.

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Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Vietnam

Europe

  • Armenia
  • Österreich
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (Français)
  • Deutschland
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg (English)
  • Malta
  • Moldova, Republic Of
  • Nederland
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal (Português)
  • Россия
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
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  • Sverige
  • Schweiz
  • Türkiye (English)
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom

Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina (Español)
  • Bahamas
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Bolivia (Español)
  • Brasil
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
  • Dominica
  • República Dominicana
  • Ecuador (Español)
  • El Salvador (Español)
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala (Español)
  • Honduras (Español)
  • México
  • Nicaragua (Español)
  • Panamá
  • Paraguay (Español)
  • Perú
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Venezuela (Español)

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