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 ...

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 ...

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

NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (UPI) --Top Boy and Children of Men actress Clare-Hope Ashitey says she wanted to star in the new dramedy series, Funny Woman ... Premiering Sunday on PBS, the show is based ...