Emily's Reasons Why Not

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Emily's Reasons Why Not

Khary Payton as Josh, Heather Graham as Emily, and Nadia Dajani as Reilly
Format Sitcom
Created by Carrie Gerlach
Starring Heather Graham
Nadia Dajani
Khary Payton
Smith Cho
Country of origin USA
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 7 (6 unaired)
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original airing January 9, 2006
External links
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TV.com summary

Emily's Reasons Why Not is a television series starring Heather Graham. The show, which was based on the novel of the same name, was cancelled by its broadcaster, ABC, after airing only one episode on January 9, 2006.

The series centered on Emily (Graham), an author of self-help books who is unable to find success in romance. In the premiere episode she ends a bad relationship and adopts a new rule for her romances: if she can list five reasons to break up with a guy then she does so. Emily gets help from her friends, among them Josh whose character is strongly based on gay stereotypes. The show was widely considered a less risqué copycat of Sex and the City.[1][2]

In the first episode, she is convinced that the man she was dating was gay when he was actually a devout Mormon practicing chastity. His open virginity is presented through gay stereotypes, and his preferred sport, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is described as "the gayest sport there is" by one of Emily's male co-workers (and ex)[1]. The show drew fire from pro-abstinence groups for its inability to portray an abstinent person and relying on stereotypes of homosexuality to portray an intentional virgin.

Despite heavy promotion by both Sony and ABC, the show was pulled after the first episode due to drawing only 6.2 million viewers. Production was stopped after taping six episodes. ABC was said to have spent millions on promotion, including airtime, billboards and radio ads, and considered Emily to be the 'linchpin' of their post-football Monday night schedule. The promotion was so heavy and the cancellation so abrupt that some magazines found themselves carrying cover stories about a cancelled show. It was reported that ABC committed to the show and its promotion before seeing a script. After viewing it, ABC's entertainment president suggested that they considered the show lackluster and unlikely to improve.[3][4]

Emily is one of the few primetime TV shows to last only one episode. One television critic said there are "over a million 'reasons why not' for this sorry show." Another, writing in the New York Times, said the cancellation was due in part to the extremely unappealing nature of the main character and the portrayal by Heather Graham.[5]

In 2006, the show aired, in full, on Spain's pay-TV channel Cosmopolitan [6], on Sony Entertainment Television (Latin America)[7], and on ORF1 in Austria.

There are currently no plans to release Emily's Reasons Why Not on DVD.

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[edit] Episodes

Episode # Title Date Aired
1 Pilot January 9, 2006
2 Why Not to Date Your Gynecologist Unaired
3 Why Not to Cheat on Your Best Friend Unaired
4 Why Not to Date a Twin Unaired
5 Why Not to Hire a Cute Male Assistant Unaired
6 Why Not to Look at Bridal Magazines Unaired
7 Why Not to Invite Your Vacation Date Home Unaired

[edit] References

  1. ^ Heather Report - By Dana Stevens - Slate Magazine

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