# NBC's "Whitney" starring Whitney Cummings: I'm giving up on you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368 "2011-11-18T17:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/1 "2011-11-18T17:58:00Z")
Has anyone been watching _Whitney_? I thought I’d give it a chance since it’s on the Thursday sitcom lineup and Whitney Cummings seemed so adorable in her interview with Marc Maron. But, yech, this show is horrible. And mostly it’s horrible because of Whitney and that Richard Lewis wannabe of a boyfriend. Actually, the supporting cast isn’t all that bad. I like the other four friends quite a bit. I just found out that Cummings is also the genius behind _Two Broke Girls_, which I haven’t seen yet. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/2 "2011-11-18T18:02:15Z")
> [@](#): > > I just found out that Cummings is also the genius behind Two Broke Girls, which I haven’t seen yet. You’re a lucky man. It’s the worst sitcom I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/3 "2011-11-18T18:02:43Z")
It’s a horrible PoS. It might as well have been on in the '80s right after _Alf_. Her horrible smirking reaction to every line said to her is as grating as Brett Butler’s was on the equally shitty _Grace Under Fire_. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/4 "2011-11-18T18:28:13Z")
I’m watching both of those sitcoms, and they’re both growing on me. They’re not as good as “Happy Endings” or “New Girl,” but they seem to be getting better. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/5 "2011-11-18T18:29:28Z")
As a woman who is constantly battling her weight, I automatically hated it because she’s so skinny. I’m sorry, but none of that character’s “quirks” would have been “lovable” if she was my size. Not only that, but she’s _grotesquely_ skinny. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/6 "2011-11-18T18:37:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You’re a lucky man. It’s the worst sitcom I’ve ever seen. It’s not as bad as _Kath & Kim_. Now you just made me remember _Kath & Kim_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/7 "2011-11-18T18:47:47Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’m watching both of those sitcoms, and they’re both growing on me. That’s just Stockholm Syndrome, dear. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/8 "2011-11-18T18:48:35Z")
I really do need to get off the couch once in a while. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/9 "2011-11-18T18:49:21Z")
Whitney Cummings: I was positive this was going to be a porn thread. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/10 "2011-11-18T18:54:51Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You’re a lucky man. It’s the worst sitcom I’ve ever seen. To damn it with faint praise, it’s better than “Whitney.” Actually, it’s better than a lot of things - there have been some awful sitcoms that made it to the airwaves in spite of themselves. But no, “Two Broke Girls” isn’t good. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/11 "2011-11-18T18:54:59Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > That’s just Stockholm Syndrome, dear. That’s a great line! I vote we kick this Whitney person off the air and give a show to Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/12 "2011-11-18T18:58:02Z")
I just wonder who Whitney slept with at NBC to get her show on the air. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/13 "2011-11-18T18:59:54Z")
I find it even more disconcerting that Whitney is following 3 quality, single camera sitcoms _Community_, _Parks and Recreation_ (Or Parks and Rec as I like to call it), and _The Office_. These three shows don’t stop to allow for a laugh track or pause for mugging (with the exception of reacting to the camera, which characters in _The Office_ like Jim often do. _Whitney_ feels out of place there and I agree with earlier statements about Whitney’s smirking and mugging. Right now the show is doing a little too much declaring and reacting to lines as opposed to building the scenes and generating the humor within the developed framework. I would also have a very difficult time just rolling my eyes and saying “Oh Whitney” if she purposely mixed the cremated remains of my beloved dog with another as a joke. A lot of that quirky stuff just doesn’t ring true to me. I like the boyfriend OK and I think he’s kind of charming. I don’t like the police character so much because I find it ridiculous that they’re mining such easy laughs out of him being supposedly the worst cop in Chicago. Eh, I don’t think the show is that good, but I don’t think it’s too awful either. If they figure out a way to improve it and Whitney gets a little more natural in front of the camera, I’d be happy, but if it crawls to a death and is cancelled after this season, I won’t gnash my clothes and rend my teeth about it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/14 "2011-11-18T19:01:45Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > I just wonder who Whitney slept with at NBC to get her show on the air. Not one, but two. Looking at her wikipedia page, I don’t see any particular reason for this except she is possibly rich and well-connected, and apparently quite intelligent. I don’t see any marriage to the head of NBC. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/15 "2011-11-18T19:02:02Z")
If this POS stays on and Prime Suspect is canceled it’ll be proof that, well I’m not sure what it’ll prove, but it’ll suck. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/16 "2011-11-18T19:03:35Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > If this POS stays on and Prime Suspect is canceled it’ll be proof that, well I’m not sure what it’ll prove, but it’ll suck. Sorry. [http://screenrant.com/prime-suspect-canceled-nbc-aco-140096/](http://screenrant.com/prime-suspect-canceled-nbc-aco-140096/) ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/17 "2011-11-18T19:06:58Z")
I actually like the leads (although Whitney Cummings transition to Skeletor is disconcerting but guaranteed to have been network mandated) but find the supporting characters to be the worst sitcom stock characters even imagined. I think the relationship between them seems more honest than the “wacky hijinks” she’s gets into. If the show were a single cam, I think we’d accept the lack of jokes. Presented as a classic three-camera set up… it seems lackluster. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/18 "2011-11-18T19:09:20Z")
I like Whitney, but I’m one of those crazy abnormal people. I would rather stick a fork in my eye than watch Seinfeld, and while I recognize the quality of The Office, on a personal level I would rather jump off a cliff than watch it. At least I can have BBT on as background noise. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/19 "2011-11-18T19:12:46Z")
She has the same agent as Dane Cook. That’s all you need to know. Also - My wife and I were probably the only people in the country that absolutely loved Kath & Kim. I was honestly bummed when it went off the air. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/20 "2011-11-18T19:16:27Z")
Ah, so what we need to know is what Dane Cook and Whitney Cummings’ agent has on network executives… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368.md?page=2)