(June 29 2011)               Whitney Cummings (Chelsea Lately), Chris D’Elia (Glory Daze), Zoe Lister-Jones (The Other Guys), Rhea Seehorn (The Starter Wife), Maulik Pancholy (30 Rock) and Dan O’Brien (How I Met Your Mother) star in the half hour comedy Whitney, debuting on NBC this fall on Thursday nights at 9:30pm.

A hilarious look at modern love, "Whitney" is a new multi-camera comedy series about Whitney (Cummings) and Alex (D’Elia), a happily unmarried couple. Together for five years, the duo is in no rush to get hitched. However, after attending yet another one of their friends’ weddings, Whitney realizes that she and Alex are dangerously close to relationship boredom. Determined not to let that happen, Whitney consults her close circle of opinionated girlfriends, including Lily (Lister-Jones) and Roxanne (Seehorn), and then snaps into action. A few awkward sexy costumes and one botched seductive evening later, the couple ends up in the emergency room. Even so, Whitney and Alex realize that while their relationship might not be perfect on paper, they really do love each other, and that works for them.

Every now and then, a personality emerges on television that is immediately right. Whitney Cummings has that personality. There is a strength to her that says that she could make it on her own, and she is searching for a slightly different version of a man than Prince Charming. But that strength is soon replaced by a venerable woman, who stills wants the safety and security of a long term relationship. There is plenty of good scripts to be written around that conflict.

We only just saw a hint of it, but I’m guessing there will be a lot more slapstick gags in future episodes. Co-star Chris D’Elia is a very good straight man, and he will get even better if he is allowed time to develop better timing with the star. If they play their cards right, they writers could have great fun by ending every season with the build-up to a wedding that ultimately does not happen. Of course the new season is a whole new negotiation that builds up all over again.

The more outrageous and more slapstick this comedy goes, the more the audience will find them. We don't want to watch ordinary people like ourselves on TV. We want to see people who are interesting and funny, or we want to see people who are so messed up that they make the viewer happy they are not the one in that situation. This comedy has a collection of all of that.

The reason you will, or won't, watch this show comes down to one thing, the star. If you like her, you will watch, if you don't, you won't. I like her, and I hope I get to see her around for a long time.

 

 - Editor

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