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88Finally, a "Sex and the City" clone comes through.
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75Like "Sex and the City" with its clothes on.
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60You hope the show doesn't get stuck in sexual shenanigans week after week. Even 30-year-olds think about other things sometimes. But for now, it seems fair to follow Emily's lead and see what develops.
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60It's painfully derivative, but we've seen worse.
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60Breezy and fun, there are several reasons to sample "Emily," but also plenty of room for skepticism over whether this witty half-hour has the depth to survive a highly competitive timeslot.
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60Despite the limitations, and there are a bundle, "Emily's Reasons Why Not" logs a happy high on the delightful meter -- fresh and frisky much of the time.
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60Despite her position as editor, Emily lives in a world with high school values, where the ultimate achievements are being popular, fitting in, looking good and finding a hot date.
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60Lightweight and unaffecting.
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50No matter how obvious the wardrobe might be, the scripts are even more so.
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50Actually, "Emily's Reasons Why Not" does have its funny moments. The problem is twofold. The show tweaks and contorts itself so hard to get those laughs that the whole thing feels forced and unmanageable for two consecutive episodes, much less a season. And secondly, the premise is unlikely to hold up for any length of time.
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50Even at her worst, when she's contorting her face to match the coy, thought-revealing voice-over, you tend to root for [Graham]. Unfortunately for ABC, by the end of Emily's Reasons Why Not, you're rooting for her to find a better vehicle.
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50Breezily prefabricated sitcom humor that lacks the fresh zing of anything remotely original.
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Emily comes off as a regressed teenager. [13 Jan 2006, p.70]
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50It also helps that Heather Graham as Emily is so appealing that it often distracts from the fanciful idiocy of what she's saying or doing.
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50It's not half bad, but then it's not even a quarter original.
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40This ABC sitcom strives for edgy sophistication, but the characters come off as superficial and mean.
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40It's just too bad the shopworn material on "Emily" is just a tad too weak to support Graham's talents, even though she tries (a bit too hard, truth be told) to give viewers a reason to watch.
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40The notion of Graham as a TV star is an enticing one, but she's starring in a show that's not big enough for her.
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30Based on the pilot of Emily's Reasons Why Not, there's no worry that this half hour from ABC... will be honest, or real, or even funny.
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30A tepid knockoff of "Sex and the City."
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30Judging from the first episode, "Emily" needs not only a new boyfriend, but also some more grownup material.
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20The show seems to have no point, rendering it agony how hard the proceedings work at making one.
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10There's so much not to like about Emily's Reasons Why Not.
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MatíasH10
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dougt8I thought it was really funny. I think they should have given it a few episodes before cancelling it.
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KyleighH2