Whitney was a good comedy series with a good cast and characters and enough funny scenes to make it a watchable series.There was certainly nothing fantastic about Whitney,and it definitely will be forgotten very shortly,but I watched every episode every week with my mother and we both really enjoyed.Whitney Cummings is a very funny and attractive actress and she definitely made this show what it is.It is over now after only two seasons,and it is probably better left at that ,because it certainly isn't as show like Friends of the Office,where the characters where string enough to make it go on for a long time.I liked Whitney,it was a enjoyable show while it lasted and is would recommend to people that aren't very fussy to check it out,you don't need to watch the episodes in order because they don't have any connection,also the second season is much better than the first.Revolves around the lives of Whitney (Whitney Cummings) and Alex (Chris D'Elia),a very much in love couple that aren't quite ready to make a commitment.

When this series started, I was quick to hate it and assume it sooner be cancelled, I felt the characters of Roxanne and Alex were the only characters interesting enough to survive (Even then, Roxanne was a rehash of Mary Ann from "Cybill"). The Jokes were vulgar and I coined the shorter name for the series "Whitey" . . . as it was the whitest show on TV.And then the characters started to fight.Last week we met Whitney's sister, who started treatment for a gender reassignment. this topic has been handled very poorly in the past, to the point of being outright disrespectful. there were a few lowbrow jokes in the episode, however they were all targeted at the antagonists misunderstanding of the situation. this was followed by genuine conversation on the subject.This was not the first time conversation like this was held on the show.Whitney chooses to focus on genuine feelings and concerns facing the "slightly-starting-to-age" Gen-Y crowd, something that is risky in today's television market, but seems to keep a small but consistent fan base to suggest that it may be worthy of holding on for yet another year.

I read that this show wasn't getting canceled because Whitney is a friend of Chelsea Lately. This really disappointed me, as I love Chelsea Lately, she is hilarious. If that is true, I cannot believe she stuck her neck out for this show. I personally have never seen Whitney Cummings stand up comedy so I cannot comment on how this show compares to that, but I will tell you that this show is disappointing all around. The characters display the most classic narcissistic behaviors which are always unattractive but this is especially so in these characters because they are in their late thirties and forties and still haven't figured out how to stop being annoying, whiny, a-holes. I don't know who this show was written for, because people in their teens or twenties or even thirties surely don't aspire to be these people. They are more a cautionary tale if anything, but their situations are overdone and predictable. It makes me sad to think about people wasting their lives watching this crap so much so that I felt like it was a kind act to write this review to prevent anyone else from suffering through this show. Another thing is I cannot stand Whitney's voice, as soon as I hear it on a commercial or the show comes on I turn the mute on immediately. Its also really annoying because its in the middle of a good night of line up, luckily using the remote or buttons on the TV require minimal effort to click to another channel while I wait for actually good show (30 Rock, New Girl, Apartment 23, Parks & Rec) to come back on. The star I gave for the show goes to the man Chris Elia? not sure if that is his name, but he gets a star for suffering through this terrible chick flick psycho drama of the ironic girl who turned out to be not ironic...nor that funny. This last point is pretty harsh but it has to be said, a lot of shows on television are terrible, but at least there is some eye candy (think Kim K) so people will watch it, there is absolutely no eye candy on this show so you can't even mute the show and enjoy. Please do your good deed and warn people about this show and let's hope NBC can try to pull something better out of its ass, there are so many better comedians about whom to try to base a show....

To all the haters, maybe you just don't get it. Before this sitcom I had never heard of Whitney or Chris, but I find their chemistry undeniable, and the show fresh, entertaining, and believable with its subject matter. Whitney makes her character annoying yet lovable, and Chris makes his character believable as her big, goofy yet kind of a genius boyfriend. I like the supporting characters in the ensemble as well because each one is distinctively different yet equally quirky. The crush Mark has on Roxanne adds spice to the mix and Roxanne's periodic lean toward giving in to Mark provides a titillating sexual tension in the show to keep things interesting. Lily is like a beautiful exotic butterfly coming in and out of scenes so lightly yet leaving the scene with more color than before she entered. Whitney Cummings herself manages to deliver her comedic lines with just enough camp while letting the audience know she knows it is camp. I like that Whitney and her boyfriend Alex laugh at each other because they are funny people, and that just seems natural. I too find the constant audience laughter distracting, but at the same time, it is reminiscent of the early sitcoms like I Love Lucy, which challenges the actors to do it right the first time as in theater instead of shooting every scene over and over until it's perfect. So maybe Whitney is an acquired taste, like scotch. Oddly, at first I didn't think I would like it, but I found myself captivated by how many levels Whitney Cummings has as a comedic actress, and have found the sitcom to be high quality and unpredictable. That's entertainment.