January SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE
NEW SERIES!
PIVOTING
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NEW SERIES!
Pivoting showrunner Liz Astrof had a profound moment at age 40 when her childhood friend died of cancer. “At the funeral, I was struck by the realization that not only am I mortal, I am also not 22 anymore! I don’t have my whole life ahead of me!” Astrof says. “Is this where I dreamed I’d be at ... 40? Am I happy? Is anyone happy? What is happy? And is it too late to do it all differently? To press the ‘reset’ button?” Out of that experience, Astrof crafted this comedy about three longtime friends — Sarah (Maggie Q), Jodie (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Amy (Eliza Coupe) — who cope with the death of the fourth member of their group by radically changing their lives. Careerdriven Amy pivots toward being a present mom. Stressedout physician Sarah pivots toward a grocery store job. And neglected housewife Jodie pivots toward her hot personal trainer. Together, the ladies discover that the journey toward happiness can be a sometimes rough, often awkward ride. Premieres on FOX Sunday, Jan. 9; Airs on FOX Thursdays beginning Feb. 13
“I had one bad day that turned into a Class A misdemeanor [aka reckless assault],” tells 28-year-old alcoholic Samantha “Sam” Fink (Sofia Black-D’Elia) to her probation officer. That drunken workplace meltdown almost blinded her coworker and definitely solidified her termination from a New York media company. In this heartfelt 30-minute dramedy, Sam is forced to return to her Boston home and sober up to avoid jail time. “I felt like I knew her. I felt like she was in my life already, and very familiar to me, and grounded but funny,” Black-D’Elia tells us. “I felt like this was a girl who really takes it too far, and you should feel that when you watch it.” And you do. Her character’s story is based on writer Simone Finch’s real life. Challenging Sam’s every attempt at sobriety are remnants of her old life, including her “smother” Carol (Ally Sheedy, in a very quirky and welcome return to TV). “Simone did such a beautiful job of exploring the mother/daughter dynamic in a really real way with all of its complexities. We often think of these addiction stories as, as soon as you say you have a problem, everybody comes running to your aid,” Black-D’Elia adds. “But the truth is that a lot of people who suffer from addiction have been @#$%heads to a lot of the people in their lives for a long time, and forgiveness isn’t always that easy.” At its core, the series gives an honest yet lighthearted look at the struggles of alcoholism, dysfunctional families and friendship. Premieres on Freeform Thursdays beginning Jan. 20
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