Kidding (2018) Is an upcoming American comedy-drama television series created by Dave Holstein, directed by Michel Gondry, and starring Jim Carrey and Catherine Keener that is set to premiere on September 9, 2018 on Showtime. The series marks the second collaboration between Gondry and Carrey, who previously worked together on the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
"Kidding" follows Jeff Pickles, a man who is iconic in children's television. Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is a pillar of kindness and wisdom to the impressionable minds of America's youth and to the parents who grew up with him. When Mr. Pickles' family begins to implode, his life starts to take a downward spiral. He must put the fables and puppets aside to get through this newest crisis in life. As the slow leak of sanity advances faster than he can cope with it, the cruel world breaks his heart.