Lemaire (TV series)

For the Magisterian actress, see Marie-Christine Lemaire

Lemaire is a Magisterian mockumentary sitcom television series that depicts the everyday life of Marie-Christine Lemaire in Mathias, Little Belgium. The series premiered on September 28, 2013 on MTV. The series stars Marie-Christine Lemaire as a fictionalized version of herself, a voice actress with a 21 year old daughter Kathlyn (Mindy Kemper) and a 19 year old Evan (Matt Ewart) who stars as a character in an animated sitcom.

on April 11, 2021, MTV announced that it was renewed for a ninth and final season with the show ending after the 2021-2022 season.

Premise
The series follows a fictionalized version of Marie-Christine Lemaire, a widowed voice actress and a mother of Kathlyn (Mindy Kemper) and Evan (Matt Ewart), living in Mathias, Little Belgium. Marie works as a voice actress of a animated sitcom, executive produced by Ashton (Denver Sanford). He lives with his best friends since her kindergarten days Phillip (Wade Lee) and Christal (Sonia Delphine).

Cast

 * Marie-Christine Lemaire as Marie-Christine Lemaire – a fictionalized version of herself. A widowed voice actress of Kathlyn and Evan
 * Mindy Kemper as Kathlyn Lemaire – one of Marie's children. Kathlyn is very smart but ditzy
 * Matt Ewart as Evan Lemaire – one of Marie's children. Evan is unpredictable but introverted
 * Denver Sanford as Ashton Strickland – executive producer of the animated sitcom Marie stars
 * Nathalie Charisse as Dionne Strickland – Ashton's sister, and long time best friend of Marie
 * Humbert Millhouse as Martin Eason – fellow voice actor in the animated sitcom Marie stars
 * Wade Lee as Phillip Lee – one of Marie's friends during her kindergarten days
 * Sonia Delphine as Christal Delphine – one of Marie's friends during her kindergarten days

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 67% based on 12 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.62/10. On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on eight critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Season 7 was considered most of the fanbase as the "most abrupt season of the show" with the season ending on March 28, 2020 with no announcements that the season was done. The season still recieved positive reviews despite being it so abrupt.