The first season of My Name Is Earl, an American sitcom television series created by Greg Garcia, premiered on September 20, 2005, and ended on May 11, 2006, on NBC.

[2] Most episodes from the first season begin with Earl presenting the premise of the series: You know the kind of guy who does nothing but bad things and then wonders why his life sucks?

That's when I realized that I had to change, so I made a list of everything bad I've ever done and one by one I'm gonna make up for all my mistakes.

My name is Earl.The series premiered on September 20, 2005, at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT), and drew in 14.9 million viewers in the United States, earning a 6.6 rating.

Gregory Thomas Garcia won the 2005/06 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.