Series synopsis
Samantha Who? is an American comedy television series that premiered on ABC on October 15, 2007. It ended on July 23, 2009. It was created by Donald Todd, Cecelia Ahern. It stars Christina Applegate, Jennifer Esposito, Kevin Dunn and Melissa McCarthy.
Samantha Newly has been a bad, bad girl. But thanks to an 8-day coma, she can't remember a thing. Fortunately her best friend Andrea is by her side with a cocktail and the 4-1-1 on every dirty deed. But the more Sam pieces together her past, the less she likes her old self. Maybe this is a chance to start over and do it all again.
Premise
Samantha Newly has been a bad, bad girl. But thanks to an 8-day coma, she can't remember a thing. Fortunately her best friend Andrea is by her side with a cocktail and the 4-1-1 on every dirty deed. But the more Sam pieces together her past, the less she likes her old self. Maybe this is a chance to start over and do it all again.
Premise: She's been a bad, bad girl... Good thing she can't remember.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly
- Jennifer Esposito as Andrea Belladonna
- Kevin Dunn as Howard
- Melissa McCarthy as Dena
- Tim Russ as Frank
- Barry Watson as Todd
- Jean Smart as Regina Newly
Guest cast
- Nakia Burrise as Kerry Hall
- Timothy Olyphant as Winston Funk
- Natasha Leggero as Woman Customer
- Anthony Anderson as Rafael Grace
- Mark Ballas as Mateo Romero
- Rick Hoffman as Chase Chapman
- Tony Hale as Andy Adams
- Eliza Coupe as Willow
- Teddy Sears as Brad
- Rebecca Wisocky as Lindsey
- Billy Zane as Winston Funk
- Kiele Sanchez as Chloe
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 35 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 15 | October 15, 2007 | May 12, 2008 |
| Season 2 | 20 | October 13, 2008 | July 23, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot Wretched with amnesia after an accident, Samantha attempts to discover her life again. After being the victim of a hit and run, Sam awakens to the shock of everyone that she doesn't remember any of them, not even her parents who were standing over her bedside. |
October 15, 2007 |
| 2 |
The Job It's Samantha's first day back to work and her first board meeting gives her a shocking look at just how cutthroat and competitive she really was. |
October 22, 2007 |
| 3 |
The Wedding Sam attends the wedding of one of her so called friends, only to realize that she forgot that she had been uninvited by the bride earlier. |
October 29, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
So I Think I Can Dance Sam finds out she was a dancer before she contracted amnesia, which prompts her to join her mother in the fight against her mother's nemesis in the annual dance contest at the country club. Meanwhile, Todd drags his feet in vacating Sam's place because of his financial ability to secure a new place of his own. |
October 13, 2008 |
| 2 |
Out of Africa The new Sam decides to take a trip to Africa in hopes of providing some help to people who desperately need it, but then chickens out when she finds out what it's going to take to get there. |
October 20, 2008 |
| 3 |
The Pill Desperate to regain her memory, Sam opts to join a clinical trial and starts taking pills for her memory. Sam's memories start coming back, but she doesn't like what she learns about her former self. Elsewhere, someone confuses Dena and Andrea as being a gay couple, which frustrates Andrea and sends her on the hunt to find someone hotter than Dena. |
October 27, 2008 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 15, 2007 |
| Last aired | July 23, 2009 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Canceled |
| Schedule | Thursday at 20:00:00 |