The fifth season of '' Superstore'', the American television series, was ordered on March 4, 2019 and filming began in August 2019. The season premiered on September 26, 2019 on

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. The series continues to air on its Thursday at 8:00 PM timeslot. The season was set to contain 22 episodes, but production was shut down after the completion of the 21st episode due to the

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. ''Superstore'' follows a group of employees working at Cloud 9, a fictional

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. The ensemble and supporting cast feature

America Ferrera America Georgina Ferrera (; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress, director and television producer. She has received List of awards and nominations received by America Ferrera, numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golde ...

Ben Feldman Benjamin Feldman (born May 27, 1980) is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has undertaken roles on stage, including the Broadway play ''The Graduate'', along with more prominent roles in television series such as his role as Jonah S ...

Lauren Ash Lauren Elizabeth Ash (born February 4, 1983) is a Canadian actress, musician and comedian. Ash is best known among television audiences for her role as Dina Fox on the sitcom '' Superstore''. She is also an alumna of both Second City Toronto M ...

Colton Dunn Colton Dunn (born June 30, 1977) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Garrett McNeil on the NBC workplace comedy '' Superstore'' (2015–2021), his work on Comedy Central sketch comedy series '' Key & Peele ...

, Nico Santos,

Nichole Bloom Nichole Sakura (formerly credited as Nichole Bloom) is a Japanese-American actress best known for her roles as Cheyenne Thompson in the NBC sitcom '' Superstore'' (2015–2021), Amanda in '' Shameless'' (2014-2016), and as Emily Davis in the ho ...

Mark McKinney Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, which includes starring in the 1989 to 1995 TV series '' The Kids in the Hall'' and ...

, and

Kaliko Kauahi Kaliko Kauahi is a Hawaiian actress best known for her role as Sandra Kaluiokalani in NBC's comedy television series ''Superstore'' (2015–2021). Additionally, she played the recurring role of Principal Kwan in the Disney Channel series ''Rav ...

. Kauahi joins the regular cast after being credited as a recurring character in seasons 1–4.

Cast

Main

as Amy Sosa *

as Jonah Simms *

as Dina Fox *

as Garrett McNeil * Nico Santos as Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag *

as Cheyenne Thompson *

as Sandra Kaluiokalani *

as Glenn Sturgis

Recurring

Jon Barinholtz Jon Barinholtz is an American actor, comedian, and producer based in Los Angeles. He has appeared in film and television, and is best known for the role of Marcus White on the NBC sitcom '' Superstore'' and Wesley Payne on the NBC sitcom '' Amer ...

as Marcus White *

Kelly Stables Kelly Michelle Stables (born January 26, 1978) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles, such as Melissa on ''Two and a Half Men'' (2008–2010), Eden Konkler on '' The Exes'' (2011–2015), and Kelly Watson on '' Superstore' ...

as Kelly Watson * Kelly Schumann as Justine Sikowitz * Irene White as Carol * Amir M. Korangy as Sayid * Linda Porter as Myrtle Vartanian *

Michael Bunin Michael Louis Bunin (born January 14, 1970) is an American actor, known for playing the role of "Kenny" on the TBS sitcom ''My Boys''. He is a prolific commercial actor having starred in at least 50 national commercials. He has also guest sta ...

as Jeff Sutton * Chris Grace as Jerry *

Justina Machado Justina Milagros Machado (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress. She began her career playing secondary roles on television and film before starring as Vanessa Diaz in the HBO comedy-drama series, '' Six Feet Under'' (2001–05), for wh ...

as Maya Fonseca *

David Wain David Benjamin Wain (born August 1, 1969) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director. He has co-written and directed six feature films, including '' Wet Hot American Summer'' (2001), '' Role Models'' (2008), '' Wanderlust'' (2012), and ...

as Dan the Optometrist *

Rory Scovel Rory J. Scovel (born August 6, 1980) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He released his first stand-up comedy album ''Dilation'' in 2011. He has since released the stand-up specials ''The Charleston Special'' (2015), ''Rory Scovel Tries ...

as Dr. Brian Patterson, Dina's new boyfriend

Guest cast

Johnny Pemberton John DeJarnette Pemberton III (born June 1, 1981) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles as the titular ''Son of Zorn'' in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox sitcom, Thaddeus in the Amazon Prime Video, Prime Video drama ...

as Bo Derek Thompson *

Heidi Gardner Heidi Lynn Gardner (born July 27, 1983) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' since season 43 in 2017, when she debuted as a featured player. She was promo ...

as Colleen *

Kerri Kenney-Silver Kerri Kenney-Silver (born January 20, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and musician. She is best known for starring as Trudy Wiegel on the mockumentary series ''Reno 911!'', for which she has been nominated for four Prime ...

as Jerusha Sturgis *

Jerry Minor Jerome Charles Minor Jr. is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television programs such as '' Mr. Show'', ''Saturday Night Live'', '' Trigger Happy TV'', '' Delocated'', ''Brickleberry'', '' Unbreakable ...

as Richard *

Fred Armisen Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and writer. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, he co-created and co-starred in the IFC sketch comedy series '' Portlandia''. He also co-created ...

as Kyle *

George Salazar George Ernest Salazar (born March 7, 1986) is an American actor and singer. He is known for his work on and off-Broadway theatre, Broadway. He made his Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of Stephen Schwartz (composer), Stephen Schwartz's ''Godsp ...

as Eric Sosa *

Ian Gomez Ian Braque Gomez (born December 27, 1964) is an American actor known for his comedic TV work, which includes series-regular roles as Javier on '' Felicity'' and Andy on ''Cougar Town''. Early life He was born in New York City to a dancer mother ...

as Herb *

Dean Norris Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for playing Hank Schrader on the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), James "Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series '' Under the Dome'' (2013–2015), Clay "Uncle D ...

as Howard Fox *

Scott MacArthur Scott MacArthur (born August 6, 1979) is an American actor and writer. He is best known for playing Jimmy Shepherd, a main character on the Fox comedy series '' The Mick''. Career MacArthur starred in the Fox series '' The Mick'' from 2017 to 201 ...

as Benny *

Jason Ritter Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor. The son of actors John Ritter and Nancy Morgan, he is known for his work in television series such as ''Joan of Arcadia'' (2003–2005), ''Gravity Falls'' (2012–2016), '' Anot ...

as Josh Simms, Jonah's brother *

Fred Melamed Fred Melamed (born May 13, 1956) is an American actor. After spending most of his early career primarily as a renowned voice over artist, and occasionally playing small roles in films, notably in seven films directed by Woody Allen, he establish ...

as Richard Simms, Jonah's father *

Meagen Fay Meagen Fay is an American actress known for her work in television. She is best known as Roxy in '' Ohara'' (1987–1988), Principal Halloron in '' Life with Louie'' (1995–1998), Gretchen Mannkusser in ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2002–2004) a ...

as Marilyn Simms, Jonah's mother

Episodes

Production

Casting

In season 5, Kaliko Kauahi, who had portrayed Sandra Kaluiokalani since the first season, was promoted to series regular. Justina Machado joined the cast as a recurring character, playing the new district manager Maya. Heidi Gardner was cast as Dina's nemesis Colleen.

America Ferrera’s departure

After NBC had initially announced the sixth season renewal of the series, the network revealed on February 28, 2020, that series star America Ferrera would be departing at the end of the fifth season, citing she has new projects and wants to spend more time with her family. However, due to season 5 production being halted by the

, Ferrera returned to finish the story of Amy's departure in season 6.

Promotional consideration

Episode 17 contained promotional consideration which was furnished by

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Ratings

References

External links

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