‘Whitney’ TV Series Preview: Trailer, Plot and Cast Info

Whitney Cummings stars as the Whitney in the show’s title and Chris D’Elia plays her hubby, Alex, in the new NBC comedy debuting September 22, 2011. Cummings created the series and also serves as a writer and executive producer on the half-hour show.

Season one also features Zoe Lister-Jones is Lily, Rhea Seehorn is Roxanne, Dan O’Brien is Mark, and Maulik Pancholy plays Neal.

The Cast of Whitney
Maulik Pancholy as Neal, Rhea Seehorn as Roxanne, Zoe Lister-Jones as Lily, Whitney Cummings as Whitney Cummings, Chris D’Elia as Alex Miller, and Dan O’Brien as Mark in ‘Whitney’ (Photo by: Mitchell Haaseth © NBCUniversal, Inc.)

The Plot: NBC’s new multi-camera comedy Whitney is a hilarious look at modern day love, which centers around Whitney (Cummings) and Alex (D’Elia), a happily unmarried couple. Together for three years, the duo is in no rush to get hitched, which seems to get a mixed response from their friends.

Whitney’s close circle of girlfriends includes on one side: Lily (Lister-Jones), a romantic idealist who loves being in love, and on the other: Roxanne (Seehorn), a recent divorcee who is practical, cynical, and dreading being single again. Lily and Roxanne’s opposing points of view only exacerbate Whitney’s own complicated outlook on relationships.

Completing their close-knit group is Neal (Pancholy), a real modern-day Renaissance man – sensitive, cool and knows a little bit about everything and happens to be dating Lily. On the other end of the spectrum is Whitney and Alex’s next-door neighbor Mark (O’Brien), a police officer and total bachelor, who claims to be the ultimate player but likes to talk a good game.

At the end of the day, Whitney and Alex try to have a relationship on their own terms – in a world that expects a more traditional approach.