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?
Really, this is one of the few show that came out this year I stayed with for the season. The writing is great the actors pull it off super, what a shame.
Please dont cancel. I love my selfie!
Sometimes I have to wonder about who makes these kinds of decisions. This show made mereturn to your channel that I left years ago. Now no reason to stay. good job.
This is a crazy funny show. BUT, you have to listen and watch. People are too lazy to enjoy a truly quick witted, intelligent, funny show. America needs laugh tracks to tell them when to laugh. Junk like 2 1/2 men actually stayed on the air after Charlie left? That show is white hot MESS. Henry is hilarious! His boss (as Mili Vanili at the karoke party?) insanely funny!!!!! Charmonique, Brynn! When they had the fight!!! It is a great show and I am really getting sick of getting into a show only to have it yanked away. PLEASE keep… Read more »
So…how do we start a campaign to get it back?
Please don’t cancel this show. The basics of a long lasting comedy exists and the actors are what makes me search each Monday for my entertainment. I don’t know why the writers had to do the storyline of Eliza wanting Henry and blah blah ….why not continue in the fashion of Henry helping Eliza with acceptable social skills?
I love this show please please don’t cancel I love Karen
Renew the show atleast til the definitive 10th episode. This is just like Fox and Serenity, you cancel a show befor it can find its legs and once it has an occult following, too late you cancelled.
Please don’t cancel this show.why every time abc has to cancel a good show.
It’s not fair and they should give it a chance.This show has a lot of potential and if they cancel it it’s their lost.please don’t do this selfie made me happy when I was at the bad part of my life.I was looking for a show to give me that for a long time.
I really like this show, the plot is great and the actors are awesome. I think the show is special because there are very few on air that combine comedy, romance, and drama all in one. The chemistry between all of the characters, especially Henry n Eliza is also unique and fun to watch. I really hope ABC reconsiders its decision to cancel this show, it deserves a second chance!!!
Don’t cancel Selfie! It is such a good show! It is the only network show I will watch online if I miss it! The characters and storylines are great.
Please don’t cancel it! It’s a great show!! I look forward every week to see how their relationship develops. Please don’t cancel this great show!!!
I love this show
I love this show. My mother loves this show and my daughter also loves this show. Please, please, please don’t cancel the best new show on TV.
I love this show. Its very unique and it did get better progressively. Maybe that is the problem that people stop watching it after the first episode cause it really was not that good. Either way I think it would benefit any network to have it on its list of shows. Same thing happend to Party Down.. funny, great actors, smart writting.. cancelled. Its a shamed people in America have such bad taste in media.