Whitney: TV Review

Whitney Cummings' finest mistake here may have been letting NBC make her show a multi-camera affair, full of (another) excessively generous live audience.our editor recommends'Whitney': 10 Things to learn about the NBC ComedyFall TV Dying Pool: Will 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Whitney' or 'How to become Gentleman' Be Axed First? Cumming's stock in trade is sass that traffics in smart banter and low-brow crowd-pleasing. Meaning a couple of from the lines she written for Whitney work while others appear all-too-easy. It's tough to see simply how much NBC really trusts Cummings (who also co-created 2 Broke Women on CBS). She's a brand new plus it seems such as the reins continue being on. For example, the pilot really features a clever scene that follows on the concept that Whitney and her live-in boyfriend Alex (Chris D'Elia) have grown to be sexually stagnant over their years together. So she buys a slutty nurse costume to surprise him after which it, while vamping, helps it be very real by asking for his insurance card and asking him to accomplish forms. The scene works until Alex does a typical sitcom pratfall taking his pants off and knocks themselves out. Ugh. PHOTOS: NBC's Year Tv Shows Most of the success of Whitney may hinge on whether people uncover her likeable or else. But you will discover fundamental issues holding back the show too -- beyond the multi-camera fakeness from this all. First, the premise seems being that Whitney and Alex aren't married plus they are happy by doing this. Yes, and? Apparently there is no and. Include stock figures (happy new fanatics the bitter divorcee the super horny single guy) that make an effort to play up Whitney and Alex's shocking dismissal of convention (ahem), along with rapport demonstrate that's hung round the "we're not married" nail. Maybe that's why they might require that audience cackling without anyone's understanding? Hopefully, future episodes will improve. Whitney Cummings NBC Whitney