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Emily's Reasons Why Not

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Emily's Reasons Why Not
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Khary Payton as Josh, Heather Graham as Emily, and Nadia Dajani as Reilly in Emily's Reasons Why Not
Created byCarrie Gerlach
StarringHeather Graham
Nadia Dajani
Khary Payton
Smith Cho
Country of originUSA
No. of episodes6 made (1 aired)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseJanuary 9, 2006 –
January 9, 2006

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

The series centers on Emily, 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 stereoptypes. The show was widely considered a copycat of Sex and the City. [1] [2]

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 filming six episodes and it's not known if they will air at a later date. 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. 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 televison critic said there are "over a million 'reasons why not' for this sorry show."


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