The TV world hasn't exactly had a great track record of turning social media phenomena into half-hour comedy shows ($#*! My Dad Says , anyone?) But don't tell that to ABC: the network just gave the green light to a social media-themed sitcom pilot by Emily Kapnek, creator of Suburgatory. Its title: Selfie
The comedy is apparently "inspired by My Fair Lady", a musical which was itself based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion. According to Entertainment Weekly , the show "tells the story of a self-obsessed 20-something woman who is more concerned with Likes than being liked
"After suffering a very public and humiliating breakup, she becomes the subject of a viral video and suddenly has more social media ‘followers’ than she ever imagined — but for all the wrong reasons. She enlists the help of a marketing expert at her company to help repair her tarnished image." Read more...
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