SummaryUp and coming comedian Floyd Mooney (Jay Pharoah) tries to keep his integrity as he gains mainstream fame in this comedy from Jamie Foxx and Tom Kapinos.
Created By:Tom Kapinos, Buddy Lewis, Chris Spencer
❮ White Famous
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Oct 15, 2017
Metascore
Mixed or Average
54
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.5
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
54
35% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
45% Mixed
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9 Reviews
20% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Oct 16, 2017
80
The writing of White Famous is light and scathingly funny, a remarkable trait in what may be the most comfortable uncomfortable portrayal of fame and racism on television this season. Pharaoh, who famously departed “Saturday Night Live” to take this role, exercises a dramatic flexibility that shines through in Floyd.
Oct 12, 2017
75
Pharaoh was an underrated and underutilized player on “Saturday Night Live” and he finally gets to shine here. With great comedic timing, strong acting chops and charisma to spare, Pharaoh elevates White Famous, making it a series well worth your time.
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.5
29% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
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54% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
Feb 16, 2018
7
The most brilliant performances are by the visiting players: Tobolowsky, Foxx &, funniest of all, Jack Davenport. I agree with the NYTimes reviewer with regard to the facile plot resolution. The star doesnt have the chops to keep up with his supporting cast. The child is not directed effectively, and his role comes off as false. Likewise the idealized parents. Fantastic soundtrack.
May 11, 2018
2
tried to watch this show it is just not funny like most comedians trying to do a comedy they try way to hard. I don't know if this guy has funny stand up or what but his acting skills are terrible. I see why this show got canceled after 1 season. how is Jamie Foxx in this and it still ****? I think this guy is on Saturday night live. a show that just **** badly and needs to be put out to pasture.
Oct 12, 2017
67
While White Famous proves he [Jay Pharoah] can lead a series, it doesn’t give him many opportunities to show how funny he is. It does make a great argument that everyone in Hollywood is criminally unhinged.
Oct 4, 2017
60
Consistently watchable due to a versatile and charismatic lead performance by Jay Pharoah, White Famous still feels like an impersonal relic of television past.
Oct 6, 2017
42
White Famous is the oldest trick in Hollywood's book, a phony Horatio Alger story that's really a vanity project struggling to validate its own vanity. [13 Oct 2017, p.48]
Oct 13, 2017
37
White Famous is a jumble of hyper-masculine yucks designed to titillate and amusemale viewers, but its viewpoint feels outdated and in poor taste.
Oct 16, 2017
12
White Famous is so corrosive that it ends up fighting itself. The self-loathing here is the type that’s common to so many Hollywood satires, filled with the requisite pythons and soul crushers who keep the sausage factory conveyor belt moving. But much of this goes beyond loathing to self-lacerating. ... Awful.
