Overcompensating (2025)

Name: Overcompensating
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Benito Skinner, Wally Baram, Mary Beth Barone, Adam DiMarco, Rish Shah

Comedy

Closeted former football player and homecoming king Benny becomes fast friends with Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. With guidance from Benny's older sister and her campus-legend boyfriend, Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, flavored vodka, and fake IDs.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (17,115 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2025)

7.93 avg 8 episodes 7.4 → 8.2 35 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lucky	7.4	950
2	Who's That Girl?	7.5	839
3	Black and Yellow	7.7	798
4	Boom Clap	8.0	821
5	Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites	8.3	866
6	The Edge of Glory	7.8	763
7	Welcome to the Black Parade	8.5	845
8	Crown on the Ground	8.2	801