We’re certainly interested in the Whitney Cummings–Michael Patrick King working-girl comedy 2 Broke Girls, and lest you find yourself unprepared for the show’s September 19 premiere on CBS, Vulture’s West Coast TV expert Josef Adalian has assembled a primer on working-girl shows throughout television history. Note It’s a Living, a Golden Girls forerunner featuring such standout female comics as Ann Jillian and Crystal Bernard, and pay particular attention to the sensational Nell Carter in NBC’s former hit Gimme a Break.
