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American TV executives wake up to wisecracking women Fact That Do not Need to Be funny male foils

Something strange afoot in The World Is of the American sitcom. A breed of character HAS emerged profanely curses That, Frankly talks about sex, drinks and sleeps around too much, all while wisecracking rudely with the best of 'em.

None Of Those attributes Especially IS original, except That thesis characters are all women. A fresh crop of TV comedy shows HAS hit the US cultural landscape WAS anchored New Breed of sassy, ??independent, freethinking woman.

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, Which seemed to Convince male movie executives cinemagoers That Would pay to see funny women, America's television channels are now aussi Placing a big bet on a feminine twist to Some Tried and Tested comic set-ups. Theys Even Have raided the worlds of independent cinema and cutting-edge stand-up to get Their talent. First up is New Girl , Which stars indie darling Zooey Deschanel in Her Own show about a woman Who Called Jess moves in with Three Men. Though it Is An Entire cast, the show is firmly Centred on Deschanel as icts main draw. Next is Broke Girls

, Which features Another star of the independent scene, Kat Dennings. She plays Max, a gritty waitress with a strong line in witty put-downs That Have Previously Tolerated What is stretched on mainstream TV. In the first show - on the CBS network no less - Dennings Max's Responds angrily to a restaurant customer history fingers Who plays at Her To Get Her to come to His table. "You think This Is The Sound That gets you service," she says, Clicking Her fingers right back. "I think This Is The Sound That dries up my vagina." That line alone inspired a wave of hand-wringing articles in America wondering about current broadcasting standards. Finally, There Is Whitney , HAD That show stars Whitney Cummings, a rising stand-up comedian drawn rave reviews Who has For Her comic routines. Now she has-been Given Her Own TV show. The IS standard format - it's life as she lives with Whitney Explorer (and refuse to marry) her boyfriend - purpose network executives Have Been Promising the show Will not pull punches in dealing with sex Frankly icts and relationships. "This has-been coming for a while. A lot depends on thesis shows. If people corresponds well to 'em, then we are all going to see That Is If not, then we'll Have To Wait Another five years to try again, "Said Janette Barber, a stand-up comic Turned radio host on satellite radio SiriusXM.

Of course, There Is a long tradition of sassy, ??funny women in television comedy USD. Almost from the very start of the genre, major female stars emerged, like Lucille Ball in the classic 1950s show I Love Lucy . In the 70s Bea Arthur starred in

Maude year as outspoken liberal, while Loretta Swit Nominated for 10 Emmys WAS DURING 11 years in M * A * S * H. In the late 80s Roseanne Barr, as the lead character in

Roseanne Took a wisecracking female lead character to new heights. However, Those series Nearly Always Placed Their female comics in the role of a wife or mother. With notable exceptions A Few - Such as the TV news comedy show Murphy Brown

- They Were Against a set with a husband or family.

Phenomenon That Reached icts apogee with a wave of comedy shows in the 2000s Which seemed to make a fetish of Placing attractive, intelligent and witty women in roles Played second fiddle THEY Where to overweight and not Often Especially clever Husbands . Shows like The