White Famous is an American comedy television series starring Jay Pharoah, based on the life of Jamie Foxx, which premiered on Showtime on October 15, 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.
On December 29, 2017, the series was canceled after one season.
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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."
The series is set in the same universe as Kapinos's previous show, Californication, and features some secondary characters from that series.
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Cast
- 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
Episodes
Reception
The first season of White Famous has been met with a mixed to negative response from critics. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 58% approval rating with an average rating of 5.64 out of 10 based on 26 reviews. 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".
References
External links
- Official website
- White Famous on IMDb
Source of article : Wikipedia
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