Critic Reviews

The show's core relationship is appealingly relaxed. It dares to suggest successful coupledom lies less in heated passion than in being able to dress down and screw up and know you're still loved.

It all makes for a promising start on a network whose best comedies invariably wind up on Thursday nights. Whitney is already there, and looks as though it just might belong.

Whitney is funnier than "2 Broke Girls," probably because the humor seems more idiosyncratic.

Eventually the mood relaxes, even as the slapstick amps up, and what may prove to be a charming comedy begins to emerge.

It's really one lonnnnng sex joke. That said, some of the punch lines are pretty funny.

It's D'Elia and the other cast members who rescue the show from a wretched Whitney overload.

Other than Cummings' slightly off-kilter view of relationships as writer and star, Whitney as a construct is more spindly than her legs.

The sitcom, premiering Thursday night, is perfectly adequate, but only that, and it doesn't compare well to the show Cummings co-created, "2 Broke Girls," which premiered Monday on CBS.

D'Elia sparks well off Cummings, but this show demonstrates her true talents lie offscreen.

The relationship jokes come off stale and cliched (men can't be monogamous!), and you're left feeling like you watched a raunchier--and less funny--version of "Friends."