Topic: whitney

Whitney Cummings (Nervously) Reminds Us That She’s Actually Funny on Love You, Mean It

Omg, Whitney Cummings has a new show and she is like totally taking over the TV world and, like, who gave her a new show anyway? She’s like, totally terrible! More »

Dear TV People: There Are Other Female Comedy Writers Besides Whitney Cummings

Whitney Cummings will not stop until every show on television is written by her. More »

It Hurts More To Be Disappointed In Shows Written By Women

Last night was the season finale of Whitney and Are You There, Chelsea? Thank God. They’re over. Let’s pretend those shows never happened. More »

Does TV’s ‘Year Of The Women’ Really Constitute Progress If All The Shows Suck?

This season is one of unprecedented visibility for shows created by and starring women. Unfortunately, most of those shows are extremely disappointing. More »

NBC Cancels The Playboy Club But Orders A Full Season For Whitney

Try as they might, the bunnies of NBC’s The Playboy Club couldn’t shake their cute little tails long enough to keep viewers interested. But what’s Whitney doing right, then? More »

Ladies Be Filmin’: NBC’s Whitney

First things first: while Whitney has a lot of problems, it is, blessedly, nowhere near as bad as the godawful advertising campaign (brilliantly discussed at Splitsider and parodied by Best Week Ever) indicated. Sure, there are a lot of hacky jokes about gender (it’s funny when people act like the opposite gender from what they are!) and sure, the laugh track is grating, but I didn’t hate it nearly as much as I thought I would. More »

5 Facts About Whitney Cummings

Comedian Whitney Cummings is most definitely the woman of the hour. Her eponymous half-hour comedy Whitney premieres tonight on NBC, just two days after the first ep of the show she co-created with Michael Patrick King, 2 Broke Girls. So, did this dark-haired funnylady come from nowhere, or what? Here are five things to know about Whitney: More »

Best Week Ever’s Fake Posters Sum Up Our Feelings On ‘Whitney’ Succinctly

As we have already spent time telling you, the promotional materials for NBC’s new show Whitney make it look like the whole of the show’s “humor” lies in reiterating sexist stereotypes about men and women. Women love to shop and cry! Men love to look at boobs and watch football! And so forth. Well, the cut-ups over at Best Week Ever seem to agree with us, and they took it one step further by making some awesome Photoshopped posters that capture the ad campaign’s true spirit. Click through for two more. More »

Gallery: 7 Actors from Last Season’s Failed TV Shows Trying Again This Year

There are a shocking number of familiar faces in this season’s batch of new pilots (plus Dexter, because they love their guest stars). And we say familiar because it was only just last season that many of these actors — from Colin Hanks to Brittany Robertson – were trying to make it work on other sitcoms, dramas, and thrillers. More »

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What We Think NBC’s Whitney Is About Based on the Publicity Photos

What We Think NBCâ��s Whitney Is About Based on the Publicity Photos

A few months ago I had barely even heard of Whitney Cummings, and now she has her own television show, made by and about her. First of all, since when did networks start naming shows after comedians again? I’m pretty sure when Seinfeld ended, everyone just sort of agreed “okay cool, no more eponyms.” And Louie doesn’t count here – it’s cable. So what the heck is Whitney, the program and the comedienne, about? Here’s what I think we can expect based on the publicity photos. More »

Bobby’s back in the picture — Does this mean Whitney’s NOT suffering from an “upper respiratory infection“?

Tackiest Couples of 2005 – Update

Thanks to MSN News – we have the list of couples and even the winner of this years Star Magazine Tackiest Couple Award. Tackiest Couples of 2005 1. Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown 2. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes 3. … More »