Category Archives: Whitney

WHITNEY and UP ALL NIGHT score full season orders from NBC; PLAYBOY CLUB not so lucky

File this under: What? and Ok, I guess so? and Yeah that makes sense – NBC has given full season pickups to WHITNEY and UP ALL NIGHT.  The Whitney Cummings sitcom has been a moderate hit.  I can only hope that it meets the same fate that last season’s surprise full season pickup OUTSOURCED got at the end of Season 1.  As for UP ALL NIGHT, I will continue watching, and hoping that it gets better, but even if it’s

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Quick Take: WHITNEY and CHARLIE’S ANGELS are skippable, at best

Here’s a quick look at what NOT to watch tonight – At 8PM on ABC, a reboot of the classic series CHARLIE’S ANGELS premieres.  This version (which tries to combine the more big-action-movie-Drew-Barrymore-Angel with the Farrah-Fawcett-70s-Angel), stars FRIDAY NIGHT ALUM Minka Kelly, Rachael Taylor (Lucy from GREY’S, who should be using her real accent for like, 10% more interest), and soap-opera star Annie Ilonzeh.  The ANGELS are beyond gorgeous; there’s no hiding that.  But their beauty is simply not enough

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