CLEVELAND, Ohio – Women in comedy are used to backhanded compliments: “You’re funny, and I don’t usually think women comedians are funny.” Unsolicited advice: “You’re funny ...

Barbara Parker (played by Gemma Arterton) is a woman from the English seaside town of Blackpool who always dreamt of making it big in London. In Season 1 of Funny Woman, she makes the big leap to ...

For PBS, this involves narratives ... breaking new sitcom. Being a woman in a largely male environment has its own challenges, but as Barbara "finds her funny" she re-defines the prevailing ...

continues in Funny Woman season 2, which premiered on PBS on February 2, 2025. The first season of the period comedy-drama was a hit with the viewers, earning another season, with the latest batch ...

Funny Woman season 2 is a British comedy-drama series that premiered on February 2, 2025, on PBS in the US. UK audiences had the chance to watch it, with the season debuting on Sky Max ...

The fixation is really on her performance in the astonishing “Funny Woman,” a sort of sitcom about ... of the more surprising things to find on PBS—a show with no detectives, wildlife ...

Like thigh-high go-go boots, there is only so far something like the ’60s-era showbiz comedy “Funny Woman” can go before its joyousness ankles, as they say in the trades. The good news ...

Ms. Banks herself should get scads, because “Funny Woman,” like Sophie, sings. Funny Woman, season 2 Begins Sunday, 10 p.m., ...