Samantha Who?

Samantha Who? is an American sitcom that ran from 2007 to 2009 on the ABC network.

On 18 May 2009 ABC announced that no third season of Samantha Who? will produce.

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The sitcom is about Samantha Newly ( Christina Applegate ), the vice president of a real estate company in Chicago, the victim of an accident with a hit and run is. After eight days she wakes up from a coma. As a result, she has amnesia and must try their lives, their relationships, and to organize themselves new. After a while she begins to realize that she was an unbearable person in her previous life, had more enemies than friends. Now she is trying to change their lives.

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Broadcast

The first season was aired from 15 October 2007 until 12 May 2009 on ABC. The Swiss channel 3 sent the series between September 2, 2008, and December 3, 2009 as the German -speaking Original. ProSieben followed with the first showing a day later, ORF 1, three days later. The first season was released in the U.S. on 23 September 2008 on DVD.

The second season was broadcast in the United States between October 2008 and July 23, 2009 13.

On 18 May 2009 ABC announced that no third season of Samantha Who? will produce. On 23 July 2009, the final episode of the second season aired in the United States.

Episode List

Audience response

With 13.9 percent market share in the target group, the series began on 3 September 2008 quite successfully on German television. The series reached 1.49 million viewers in the Late Prime. However, the values ​​were already in the second week to 780,000 young viewers and 8.2 percent market share.

The first episode achieved 14.42 million viewers in the United States. On average, the first season saw 11.8 million people. The second season had significantly fewer viewers.

Criticism

The New York Times wrote: " Samantha Who? is what Mike Nichols ' Regarding Henry would be if it would have been funny. "

Awards

Samantha Who? won at the People's Choice Awards as best new comedy series. In addition, Christina Applegate was in 2008 for a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Television Actress in category " Musical or Comedy ".