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[glow=red,2,300]Samantha Who?[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]Samantha Who?[/glow] is an American television comedy series starring Emmy Award winner Christina Applegate and created by Cecelia Ahern and Don Todd. Todd also serves as executive producer alongside Peter Traugott, with Ahern and Applegate producing. The show is about Samantha Newly, a 30-year-old vice president of a real estate company who, after becoming the victim of a hit-and-run accident, develops full retrograde amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships and herself, despite the fact that she doesn't like the person that she was.
Samantha Who? was, for its first seven episodes, the highest-rated freshman sitcom of the 2007-2008 TV season. In Australia, Channel 7 began airing Samantha Who on 3 February at 8.00pm.
On February 11, 2008, ABC picked up Samantha Who? for the 2008-09 television season.
[glow=red,2,300]Plot[/glow]
When Samantha Newly gets hit by a car she falls into a coma for eight days. However, upon waking, she finds she has retrograde amnesia; she has retained all general knowledge but hasn't a clue as to who she is or what she's done with her life. Soon, Sam finds out she's been very, very cruel to those around her. Taking her Amnesia as a sign that it's time for change, Sam sets about making up for what the old, evil Sam did, and tries to change her life and herself for the better.
[glow=red,2,300]Cast[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]Production History[/glow]
Produced by ABC Studios and Brillstein-Grey Television, the series was officially greenlit and given a thirteen-episode order on May 11, 2007.
The show was originally named Sam I Am until ABC renamed it Samantha Be Good due to conflicts with the estate of Dr. Seuss. TV Guide later reported that ABC had changed the title of the series once more to Samantha Who?. Early television promotions for the series, playing off of the concept of its lead character's amnesia, appeared without stating any specific title. The lack of stated title (with a question mark shown instead) was attributed in promotions to Applegate's character not remembering the name of the series.
The series premiered on October 15, 2007 at 9:30PM Eastern/8:30PM Central and moved to 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central on Mondays on November 26, 2007.
On October 25, 2007, ABC ordered 6 additional scripts for Samantha Who?. At this point, 19 episodes of Samantha Who? had been ordered.
On October 30, 2007, ABC ordered a further 3 episodes giving Samantha Who? a full season pick-up.
On February 11, 2008, ABC picked up Samantha Who? for the 2008-09 television season.
[glow=red,2,300]Awards & Nominations[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]Samantha Who?[/glow] is an American television comedy series starring Emmy Award winner Christina Applegate and created by Cecelia Ahern and Don Todd. Todd also serves as executive producer alongside Peter Traugott, with Ahern and Applegate producing. The show is about Samantha Newly, a 30-year-old vice president of a real estate company who, after becoming the victim of a hit-and-run accident, develops full retrograde amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships and herself, despite the fact that she doesn't like the person that she was.
Samantha Who? was, for its first seven episodes, the highest-rated freshman sitcom of the 2007-2008 TV season. In Australia, Channel 7 began airing Samantha Who on 3 February at 8.00pm.
On February 11, 2008, ABC picked up Samantha Who? for the 2008-09 television season.
[glow=red,2,300]Plot[/glow]
When Samantha Newly gets hit by a car she falls into a coma for eight days. However, upon waking, she finds she has retrograde amnesia; she has retained all general knowledge but hasn't a clue as to who she is or what she's done with her life. Soon, Sam finds out she's been very, very cruel to those around her. Taking her Amnesia as a sign that it's time for change, Sam sets about making up for what the old, evil Sam did, and tries to change her life and herself for the better.
[glow=red,2,300]Cast[/glow]
- Christina Applegate as Samantha "Sam" Newly - A hit-and-run accident leaves her in a coma for eight days; when she wakes up she has retrograde amnesia. As the series progresses, Sam begins to remember bits and pieces of her lost memory but she still needs her friends and family to remind her of key events in her life that she has forgotten. She works as a Vice President at a realtor's.
- Barry Watson as Todd - Samantha's ex-boyfriend, whom she lived with until they broke up. He still lives in the apartment Samantha owns.
- Jean Smart as Regina Newly - ; Samantha's mom; she wants to have a relationship with her daughter but prior to her coma they hadn't spoken to each other for two years. She, like Samantha, has a 'bad' side, and has commented that the 'bad' side improves in every generation (episode The Car).
- Kevin Dunn as Howard Newly - Samantha's dad; he's happy he has his daughter back and loves to go hunting.
- Jennifer Esposito as Andrea - Samantha's best friend and co-worker. She's a party girl and wishes Samantha would go back to who she was before the accident. Regina thinks Andrea is a bad influence on Sam, and regularly chastizes her for being a drunk.
- Melissa McCarthy as Dena - Samantha's childhood best friend whom Samantha hasn't seen since seventh grade. When Samantha wakes up from her coma she convinces Samantha that they have always been best friends. While Andrea eventually forces her to reveal the truth, Samantha still remains friends with her. She lives alone with her two dogs.
- Tim Russ as Frank - Todd and Samantha's doorman. He is observant and sarcastic, and gives advice to Samantha. She considers him a friend, though he insists that they are not.
[glow=red,2,300]Production History[/glow]
Produced by ABC Studios and Brillstein-Grey Television, the series was officially greenlit and given a thirteen-episode order on May 11, 2007.
The show was originally named Sam I Am until ABC renamed it Samantha Be Good due to conflicts with the estate of Dr. Seuss. TV Guide later reported that ABC had changed the title of the series once more to Samantha Who?. Early television promotions for the series, playing off of the concept of its lead character's amnesia, appeared without stating any specific title. The lack of stated title (with a question mark shown instead) was attributed in promotions to Applegate's character not remembering the name of the series.
The series premiered on October 15, 2007 at 9:30PM Eastern/8:30PM Central and moved to 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central on Mondays on November 26, 2007.
On October 25, 2007, ABC ordered 6 additional scripts for Samantha Who?. At this point, 19 episodes of Samantha Who? had been ordered.
On October 30, 2007, ABC ordered a further 3 episodes giving Samantha Who? a full season pick-up.
On February 11, 2008, ABC picked up Samantha Who? for the 2008-09 television season.
[glow=red,2,300]Awards & Nominations[/glow]
- 2007 - Won People's Choice Awards - Favorite New Television Comedy.
- 2008 - Nominated - Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical /Christina Applegate.
- 2008 - Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series / Christina Applegate.