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The timeline of My Name is Earl has been loosely established. The series is supposed to progress one year per season, with the first season taking place in 2005.

1910s[]

1913[]

1930s[]

1936[]

1940s[]

1942[]

1950s[]

1954[]

1960s[]

1963[]

1967[]

  • Joy's father has an affair with a black woman ("B.L.O.W.").

1970s[]

1970[]

1973[]

  • Joy's father has an affair with a black woman ("B.L.O.W.").
  • Baby Earl ruins his fathers blueberry crumble with help from Kay, by not pointing his dingle the other way ("Cost Dad the Election")

1977[]

Unknown[]

1980s[]

  • During the 1980s Warden Jerry Hazelwood (then known as Richard Jammer) filmed an adult movie in Darnell's (then known as Harry Monroe) apartment for $500 to split between Harry and his roommate, who doubled as sound man for the shoot ("Early Release").

1980[]

1981[]

1982[]

1983[]

  • While Carl was sleeping, Earl cut a lock of his fathers hair and glued a Hitler mustache to Carl's face, just before the Goldbergs rang the doorbell for dinner ("Cost Dad the Election").

1984[]

1985[]

1989[]

  • March 14: Earl moved out of his parent's house ("Dad's Car").

1990s[]

  • At some point in the 1990s Warden Jerry Hazelwood, (formally known as Richard Jammer,) made a small comeback in his career as a porn star from the 1980s.

1992[]

1999[]

  • Sweet Johnny fell and hit his head, causing him brain damage and loss of the ability to make new memories. He's stuck in a loop of the day before his big stunt. ("Sweet Johnny")
  • June: Joy Darville sleeps with an unknown man (Earl Hickey) and becomes pregnant.
  • December: Joy cons Earl Hickey into marrying her. ("The Bounty Hunter")
  • December 31: Earl, Joy, Darnell, Randy and Donny think the world has ended and they are the last survivors of humanity, and decide to take over a Bargain Bag store. ("Y2K")

2000s[]

2000[]

2001[]

2002[]

  • Earl Jr. is born.
  • Earl bought Joy batteries for Christmas. ("White Lie Christmas")
  • Earl, Randy, Joy and Darnell and the Crab Shack regulars appear on another episode of Cops, as police respond to events occurring on the first Fourth of July after 9/11.  Is stated to have occurred after the events of the previous episode of Cop's. ("Our Other 'Cops' is On! (Part 1)")

2003[]

2004[]

  • Catalina begins her job at the Motel.
  • Earl found Joy's keys and gave them to her for Christmas. ("White Lie Christmas")
  • While playing a game of Uno Joy accuses Earl of cheating, they argue and she throws a lamp through the trailer wall ("BB")

2005[]

2006[]

2007[]

  • Season 3 begins.
    • Earl Hickey spends time in prison, working for the Warden to reduce his sentence.
    • Earl looses faith in karma, but is run down by a car and falls into a coma.

2008[]

2009[]

  • Season 4 continues.
    • The Turners are enrolled in the Witness Protection Program after Darnell's cover is blown.
    • They are allowed back to their old life after Darnell undertakes one final mission.
    • The Camden episode of Inside Probe finally airs.
    • Earl discovers he is the true father of Dodge, and Darnell is not Earl Jr.'s father

2010[]

  • On the series premiere of Garcia's next TV show, Raising Hope, a newscaster in the background refers to a "local man" who "finally finished" going through his list of wrongs that he had committed, saying "You'll never believe how it ends."
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