We’re only halfway through the first season of SMILF, the awkwardly named series created by and starring Frankie Shaw, but Showtime has already decided it wants more bleakly comic single-mom adventures. The pay-cable channel announced today that it was picking up the half-hour show for another year, and the crew plans…
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Not since Cougar Town has there been such a repellant title doing a disservice to the show contained within. But whereas Cougar Town at least let you know you were watching absurd comedy, the name SMILF conjures visions of an outrageous sex farce miles away from the dark and incisive dramedy on display here. MASLA…
Having sorted out what the “S” in SMILF stands for, we’re now trying to grasp Connie Britton’s involvement in the Showtime comedy. The press release describes Britton’s—late of Nashville, but who will always be Tami Taylor to us—role in the series as your garden variety overbearing boss, who makes frequent inordinate…
According to Deadline, Showtime has given a series order to Frankie Shaw’s SMILF, a “raw” and “honest” half-hour comedy show about a single mom living in Boston and juggling her hopes for “relationships, sex, and a career.” The series is based on Shaw’s own award-winning short film, and she’ll write, direct, produce,…
