Network: ABC
Episodes: 13 (half-hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: September 30, 2014 — December 30, 2014
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Karen Gillan, John Cho, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Allyn Rachel, and David Harewood.
TV show description:
This comedy series is based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. It follows Eliza Dooley (Karen Gillan) — a “social media superstar.” She has 263,000 followers who hang on to her every post, tweet, and selfie. However, after a mishap on a worktrip goes viral, she realizes that being “instafamous” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Being friended is not the same as having real friends.
Frantic, Eliza enlists her co-worker, marketing guru Henry Higgs (John Cho), to help ‘rebrand’ her self-obsessed reputation and teach her how to connect with people in the real world. At first, Henry wants nothing to do with her but he ultimately takes pity on Eliza.
With a few expert tweaks — and some help from the bubbly office receptionist Charmonique Whitaker (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) and Eliza’s quirky neighbor Brynn (Allyn Rachel) — Henry can tone down her palette, teach her a few social graces, and help break Eliza of her instinct to put Internet connection above personal connection.
What Henry doesn’t anticipate, however, is how much he’ll learn. As a workaholic who rarely makes time for socializing. Even Henry’s boss, Sam Saperstein (David Harewood), knows he is disconnected from personal relationships. Henry eventually begins to realize that his little “project” just might have something to teach him.
Episode #13 — Woke Up Like This
Eliza gets a confidence boost when she learns that her new female role model/former middle school bully used Eliza’s life as an inspiration forr her success. Henry is determined to rid himself of his childhood poser status by finally teaching himself how to ride a skateboard.
First aired: December 30, 2014 (online).
What do you think? Do you like the Selfie TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
I love this show. Please do not cancel it 🙁
I love this show. Super sad it’s not been on since Nov 11th. I wish they wouldn’t cancel this show. The comedy in this is brilliant and the characters are so lovable.
I like the show funny
I love this show. Likeable characters. Clever take on Pygmalion idea. Hopefully Netflix of Hulu will get smart and save this show. One of the only new shows I truly look forward to! Great well cast ensemble. So much room for many seasons.
Absolutely LOVED this show! It was lighthearted and “clean”! The characters we’re perfectly played and I want to know what happens next. It needs to come back!
Love this show don’t cancel it.
Loved it, in spite of its ridiculous premise and lifestyle I want nothing to do with in my own life. But the leads are adorable and I enjoy the two steps forward, one step back pace of this little cutie of a show.
I started watching this on Hulu and I thought it was pretty funny. I really like the actor John Cho. He’s a perfect Henry.
Pilot sucked. Show’s title sucks. I make a point of watching this show–on line, because I like John Cho. Show got better with each successive episode. Started watching this show through word of mouth from other Asians, twenty year old college students Again, word of mouth is making this show known Please put the remaining episodes online, because we want to see what happens. There are definitely tons of young Asians out there watching, but not on mainstream TV.
It has been cancelled, hopefully another network picks it up.
Noooooooooooooooo don’t cancel this show. It’s completely different from other shows. And I look forward to watching it every week .
Please don’t cancel this show. I looked forward to it each week.
I love, love selfie, please keep it on air! It is an awesome cute show!
Don’t cancel this show. We look forward to it every week.
I love Selfie! I can think of other abc shows that should have gone long ago.
We liked this show for it’s originality. It deserved a full run.
Patrick