| Work It | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Andrew Reich Ted Cohen |
| Starring | Ben Koldyke Amaury Nolasco Beth Lacke John Caparulo Rebecca Mader Rochelle Aytes Kate Reinders Kirstin Eggers Hannah Sullivan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1 (aired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Andrew Reich Ted Cohen |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Bonanza Productions Summer School Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | January 3, 2012 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Work It is an American television series that premiered on ABC on January 3, 2012 as a replacement for the now-cancelled sitcom Man Up.[1][2] It takes place in St Louis, MO, and is a situation comedy in which two men must dress as women in order to keep a job in a bad economy.
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Work It centers on two unemployed men who have believe that the current economic recession and job shortage affect men more than it does women. Lee Standish then decides to apply for a job at Coreco Pharmaceuticals dressed as woman and is hired. Character development, starting in the first episode, involves the guys learning how to be more "sensitive".
The series has garnered mixed to negative reviews. Metacritic gave it a score of 20/100 based on 21 "generally unfavorable" reviews.[3] IGN gave the pilot episode a score of "0", the first review since 1998 from the company to get a score of "0". USA Today also did not give it an enthusiastic review, giving it only one out of four stars. Most reviews compared the show unfavorably to Bosom Buddies, which had a similar premise. The AV Club gave the pilot an F, stating, "Let’s just get this out of the way first: Work It is awful. The grade should indicate that. But it’s fascinatingly awful, in that way where you wonder how the hell something like this got on TV in the year 2012." [4]
LGBT advocacy groups have expressed concerns about Work It, saying that it trivializes the obstacles faced by transgender people in the workplace. Groups that have expressed concern include Human Rights Campaign, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center's Transgender Economic Empowerment Program and the Transgender Law Center.[5] The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation released a statement that, while acknowledging that the series pilot "does not explicitly address transgender people", still concluded that "[d]uring a period in which the transgender community now routinely finds itself in the cultural crosshairs, the timing couldn’t be worse for a show based on the notion that men dressed as women is inherently funny."[6] Frequently cited is the print advertisement for the series, which features two men dressed as women, standing at mens' room urinals.
The pilot episode scored a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating and 6.144 million viewers.[7]
| Episode number Production number |
Title | Original airing | Rating | Share | Rating/share (18–49) |
Total viewers (in millions) | Rank per week | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1-01 |
Pilot | January 3, 2011 | TBA | TBA | 2.0 | 6.144 | TBA | [7] |
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