Loosely Exactly Nicole: Exactly Hilarious

You probably have never heard of the comedy Loosely Exactly Nicole because it doesn't actually air on tv.  After being cancelled by MTV following a low-rated 1st season, it was picked up by Facebook for season 2.  Yup, that's a thing.  Facebook has their own tv shows now, who knew?

The show follows Nicole Byer (played by herself), an overweight 20-something struggling black actress who works an assortment of odd jobs that never last and navigates the dating world (well for her, mostly just hookups).  Her best friend and roommate is Devin (Jacob Wysocki), a large gay man who can only be described as eccentric.  In various episodes he wears a "nighttime kimono" while helping Nicole stalk a potential boyfriend, he tries to become a social media star by playing the tuba, and he tries to teach Nicole's other friend Veronica (Jen D'Angelo) how to satisfy her boyfriend.  Speaking of Veronica, she's an average skinny white girl that was always by Nicole's side during season 1, but she seems to have disappeared completely since the first couple episodes of season 2.  I'm not sure if she chose to leave after Facebook picked up the show, or if the show ditched her because her character was majorly boring.  Either way, Nicole and Devin are a better pair onscreen.  The plots are pretty random, but each episode is filled with laugh-out-loud moments.  Nicole's adventures so far have included purposely leaving things in her Uber to try to get dates with the Uber drivers, searching the city (Los Angeles) to find the best soul food restaurant to commemorate her dead mother's birthday ("Dead Mom Chicken Day"), and fighting with a coworker for a promotion at her plus-size clothing store job (she won the job after a fierce fight, but then lost it in the end after oversleeping and not opening the store on-time).  The show is definitely pretty raunchy, not quite on a HBO or Showtime level but definitely a basic cable level (there's plenty of jokes and discussions about sex).  It doesn't aspire to be the next lauded sitcom like Frasier or Friends, but the two main stars are talented and the writing is funny, so that's really all that matters.  Check it out before Facebook decides to cancel it too (boy, that would suck to be cancelled by Facebook).