Emily's Reasons Why Not is a television series starring Heather Graham. The show, which was based on the novel of the same name, was cancelled by its broadcaster, ABC, after airing one episode on January 9, 2006.
The series centered on Emily (Graham), an author of self-help books who is unable to find success in romance. In the premiere episode she ends a bad relationship and adopts a new rule for her romances: if she can list five reasons to bre...
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Emily's Reasons Why Not is a television series starring Heather Graham. The show, which was based on the novel of the same name, was cancelled by its broadcaster, ABC, after airing one episode on January 9, 2006.
The series centered on Emily (Graham), an author of self-help books who is unable to find success in romance. In the premiere episode she ends a bad relationship and adopts a new rule for her romances: if she can list five reasons to break up with a guy then she does so. Emily gets help from her friends, among them Josh whose character is strongly based on gay stereotypes. The show was widely considered a less risqué copycat of Sex and the City.
In the first episode, she is convinced that the man she was dating was gay when he was actually a devout Mormon practicing chastity before marriage. His open virginity is presented through gay stereotypes, and his preferred sport, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is described as "the gayest sport there is" by Emily's former boyfriend.
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