TMC
10-28-2024, 02:55 AM
https://jacksonupperco.com/2024/10/23/short-lived-sitcom-potpourri-pop-out-samantha-who/
Thoughts: This two-season single-camera sitcom (https://web.archive.org/web/20140407134705/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3173105-samantha-who/?view=getnewpost) starring Christina Applegate and a strong ensemble of excellent talents like Jean Smart, Melissa McCarthy, and Jennifer Esposito feels very much in the My Name Is Earl vein. Its premise similarly revolves around a former jerk who’s recently committed to doing good — only the high concept here is a bit different, for its lead, Samantha, is an amnesiac who was in a car accident and now only has occasional flashes of her past as a mean, bitter person. This chance to start over allows her to redefine herself, and with an eye on being better than she was before. In this regard, there’s no list or procedural “person I’ve wronged” of-the-week format — which means the show can theoretically be more about her and the other regulars, and how she’s attempting to do better by them within her own personal life, where there are more intrinsic, situation-rooted character stakes.
Thoughts: This two-season single-camera sitcom (https://web.archive.org/web/20140407134705/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3173105-samantha-who/?view=getnewpost) starring Christina Applegate and a strong ensemble of excellent talents like Jean Smart, Melissa McCarthy, and Jennifer Esposito feels very much in the My Name Is Earl vein. Its premise similarly revolves around a former jerk who’s recently committed to doing good — only the high concept here is a bit different, for its lead, Samantha, is an amnesiac who was in a car accident and now only has occasional flashes of her past as a mean, bitter person. This chance to start over allows her to redefine herself, and with an eye on being better than she was before. In this regard, there’s no list or procedural “person I’ve wronged” of-the-week format — which means the show can theoretically be more about her and the other regulars, and how she’s attempting to do better by them within her own personal life, where there are more intrinsic, situation-rooted character stakes.