June 25, 2008
After a great performance on the series Weeds, ABC confirmed that Mary-Kate, one half of the super Olsen twins, will guest-star in this season of the drama series Samantha Who?.
Samantha Who? insiders confirmed that the 22-year old former child actress and business mogul will play a self-destructive bad girl whom Samantha, played by Christina Applegate, will try to save. She will supposedly remind the new Samantha of her pre-amnesia life and wants to prevent MK from taking the same destructive path she did.
May 29, 2008
Samantha Who?, the sitcom about a hit-and-run victim who develops full retrograde amnesia and has to rediscover her life after being in a coma for eight days, has delighted viewers with a cast of colorful characters for its first 15 episodes. Christina Applegate, who plays titular character Sam, has charmed viewers with her struggle with memory loss, while Barry Watson has entertained fans as Sam's ex-boyfriend Todd Deepler. Then there's also Jean Smart, who plays Sam's mom Regina, Jennifer Esposito as Sam's co-worker Andrea, Melissa McCarthy as Sam's childhood friend Dena, and Kevin Dunn Howard as Sam's dad.
While the current cast of Samantha Who? may be enough to keep viewers in tune for the upcoming second season, the producers of the ABC series have decided to add more characters in attempt to give more zest to the show.
Warning: May contain spoilers.
April 8, 2008
Samantha Who? was finally back last night with the first of its scheduled six remaining episodes for this current maiden season. The charming ABC comedy starring Christina Applegate returned with a curious dilemma for its titular character as well as the promise of more interesting developments in Samantha's life.
Applegate spoke to the New York Daily News about what viewers can look forward to in the coming new installments of the show, while co-star Barry Watson shared his thoughts on Samantha Who?'s post-strike return with E!
December 17, 2007
Actress Christina Applegate had planned to stay away from doing television series, but a series of unfortunate events led her to reconsider re-entering the small screen.
Just what were those unfortunate events?
“I broke my foot, lost my show, had my show, lost my marriage, came back home, and it was like nobody knew me,” Applegate, the star of ABC's new comedy series Samantha Who?, told the New York Times.
December 10, 2007
Amnesia is one of the most overused plot devices in television, but actress Christina Applegate saw no problem with it when she signed up for Samantha Who?, a new comedy series about an amnesiac woman who is trying her best to make up for her past wrongdoings.
“I wasn't afraid of it,” Applegate told Contra Costa Times, after explaining that at the time they were preparing to film the pilot, ABC's Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives were also dabbling with storylines that featured amnesia. “The way we've approached it is with sensitivity to the condition itself, while acknowledging that there is a slew of funny and interesting things you can pull out of it.”
December 4, 2007
Spending seven years on the highly-successful Gilmore Girls didn't exactly make Melissa McCarthy feel all that confident about her television career, and when she landed a starring role in the new ABC comedy series, Samantha Who?, it seems not a lot of people were sure she would succeed either.
“Everyone was saying, ‘Well, you'll never have [Gilmore Girls] again, you'll be lucky if [Samantha Who??]gets picked up,” McCarthy told TV Guide.