This is Whitney's Week: Whitney Vs. 2 Broke Girls

Whitney Cummings is definitely on a roll these days.

Both her sitcoms “Whitney” and “2 Broke Girls” have been picked up for full seasons. Now that I've had time to see both pilots and their follow up episodes I decided to review my thoughts on them.

Whitney

I was very skeptical about seeing Whitney since the commercials were really annoying, and more annoying was the advertising on “America's Got Talent”. I decided to give it a chance since it was on demand and I've found Cummings to be entertaining on her stand up.

I was immediately relieved that the laughter I heard was coming from a live audience and not an irritating laugh track. The pilot was not the best pilot I've seen but it definitely wasn't the worst. In fact there were some things that were kind of funny.

I felt like I had seen most of the show through the commercials so it almost felt like watching a re-run. The pilot was really just a backstory on the relationship between Whitney and her live in boyfriend, Alex (We get it! They're not married!). The supporting characters are kind of useless and quite frankly pretty annoying, but hopefully they will not be featured as much in the future.

Although I thought some of the comedy was semi funny, the bit of Whitney dressed as a sexy nurse getting her boyfriend Alex to fill out paperwork to "turn him on"  was one of the funnier things I've seen in a while.

This down side of the show is that most of the jokes in the episode felt like they should be in a stand up and not a sitcom. Additonally, Whitney might be in Jerry Seinfeld territory in terms of acting. But overall it was semi enjoyable.

Grade:  B-

2 Broke Girls

I was originally very excited to see 2 Broke Girls, mainly because it was co-produced by Michael Patrick King and co-starred Kat Dennings. Then I saw the reviews and I was a little scared off since some of them were great and others we're very mean.

Although I didn't exactly love the pilot and 2nd episode(masturbation jokes, really?) I did think the show was kind of humorous. However the laugh track was not my favorite.

Despite the fact that there's a horse and an annoying socialite character with two babies named Brad and Angelina, I think the second episode was a lot stronger. Although I don't think it's as funny as some other CBS sitcoms, I think the show has some potential once they stop going for cheap laughs.

Grade:  B

So in conclusuon both shows rank kind of average, but 2 Broke Girls might have more potential.

 I'll keep watching...for now.