‘Whitney’, the show NBC hoped to pull in the big –time ratings didn’t, so she’s now going back to her roots and heading home to E! to do a weekly talk show “Love You, Mean It With Whitney Cummings.”
Beginning later this year, the show will air on Wednesday’s and be paired with the popular series “The Soup” Hosted by Joel McHale.
Said Ms. Cummings; “I’m really excited to be able to say (almost) whatever I’d like on TV again. So thanks, E!”
Sounds like the edgy and raunchy comic felt a bit stifled about what she was able to say on major network TV.
When I spoke to Whitney last September this is what I asked her.
Known for her edgy stand-up and filthy roasts, will Whitney be pushing the envelope the way we want her to?
“I mean, we don’t sit around and go how can we be edgy, you know? I am really, really lucky to be at NBC under Bob Greenblatt because this new head of NBC is so supportive. I mean, it’s not like were sitting around trying to get, you know dick jokes through. We’re really just trying to tell an honest sort of story about this relationship and, you know between these two people and their struggles and their sex life and that sort of thing. It’s about good TV not safe TV.”
I guess it’s still network TV and there are strict guidelines.
Cummings made a name for herself as a regular round table guest on E!’s ‘Chelsea Lately’, and still has a show on a major network CBS that she created called ‘Two Broke Girls’.
Whitney Cummings is here to stay.