"Whitney": Miss

"Whitney" is a show about happily committed unmarrieds Whitney (Whitney Cummings) and Alex (Chris D'Elia) who cohabitate and tout the idea that you don't have to be married to be happy. But the two stand-up comedians almost try too hard to make their generally premium cable-geared humor work on a scripted sitcom on a basic network. The show has been slipping in the ratings since it aired and has been increasingly compared with Cummings other raunchy sitcom "2 Broke Girls" on <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORCRP002841" title="CBS Corp." href="/topic/economy-business-finance/cbs-corp.-ORCRP002841.topic">CBS</a>, which, unlike "Whitney" has become a runaway hit.

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"Whitney" is a show about happily committed unmarrieds Whitney (Whitney Cummings) and Alex (Chris D'Elia) who cohabitate and tout the idea that you don't have to be married to be happy. But the two stand-up comedians almost try too hard to make their generally premium cable-geared humor work on a scripted sitcom on a basic network. The show has been slipping in the ratings since it aired and has been increasingly compared with Cummings other raunchy sitcom "2 Broke Girls" on CBS, which, unlike "Whitney" has become a runaway hit.

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