White Famous
American television comedy series
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White Famous is an American sitcom starring Jay Pharoah, based on the life of Jamie Foxx, which aired on Showtime from October 15, 2017, until December 10, 2017.[1]
Chris Spencer
Buddy Lewis
Paul Hicks
| White Famous | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Tom Kapinos Chris Spencer Buddy Lewis |
| Starring | Jay Pharoah |
| Composers | Dhani Harrison Paul Hicks |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jamie Foxx Jamie King Tom Kapinos |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Aggressive Mediocrity, Inc. Foxxhole Productions Lionsgate Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime |
| Release | October 15 – December 10, 2017 |
It is co-created by Tom Kapinos, Chris Spencer and Buddy Lewis, directed by Tim Story and Foxx, who will also be a recurring guest star.[1]
On December 29, 2017, the series was canceled after one season.[2]
Premise
White Famous follows a talented, young African-American comedian, Floyd Mooney, whose star is rising, forcing him to navigate the treacherous waters of maintaining his credibility as he begins to cross-over toward becoming “'white famous.'”[3]
The series is set in the same universe as Kapinos's previous show, Californication, and features some secondary characters from that series.
Cast and characters
- Jay Pharoah as Floyd Mooney
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Malcolm
- Cleopatra Coleman as Sadie Lewis
- Jacob Ming-Trent as Ron Balls
- Lonnie Chavis as Trevor Mooney
- Meagan Good as Kali
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Stu Beggs
- Natalie Zea as Amy Von Getz
- Michael Rapaport as Teddy Snow
- Jack Davenport as Peter King
- Lyndon Smith as Gwen
- Jamie Foxx as himself
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Tim Story | Teleplay by : Tom Kapinos Story by : Tom Kapinos, Chris Spencer & Buddy Lewis | September 29, 2017 (online) October 15, 2017 (Showtime) | 0.154[4] |
| 2 | "Heat" | Tim Story | Tom Kapinos | October 15, 2017 | 0.129[4] |
| 3 | "Woo" | Tim Story | Tom Kapinos | October 22, 2017 | 0.196[5] |
| 4 | "Appetites" | Ken Whittingham | Tom Kapinos | October 29, 2017 | 0.266[6] |
| 5 | "Life on Mars" | Millicent Shelton | Tom Kapinos | November 5, 2017 | 0.339[7] |
| 6 | "Wolves" | Michael Lehmann | Tom Kapinos | November 12, 2017 | 0.297[8] |
| 7 | "Duality" | Seith Mann | Tom Kapinos | November 19, 2017 | 0.271[9] |
| 8 | "Make Believe" | Michael Lehmann | Tom Kapinos | November 26, 2017 | 0.222[10] |
| 9 | "Scandal" | Seith Mann | Tom Kapinos | December 3, 2017 | 0.287[11] |
| 10 | "Zero F**ks Given" | Tim Story | Tom Kapinos | December 10, 2017 | 0.333[12] |
Reception
The first season of White Famous was met with a mixed to negative response from critics. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, as of January 2018, the first season held a 58% approval rating with an average rating of 5.64 out of 10 based on 26 reviews.[13] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 54 out of 100 based on 20 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[14]