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Wanda Sykes: Wanda At Large
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In her FOX sitcom, Wanda at Large, Sykes briefly played Wanda Hawkins, a struggling stand-up comedian hired as an on-air correspondent by a Washington, D.C., political talk show. She appeared opposite actor Phil Morris, who played attorney Jackie Chiles in the final seasons of Seinfeld. The show was cancelled after a season and a half.
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After moving "Wanda at Large" to the Friday night death slot, FOX has canned the Wanda Sykes series after viewership plummeted to just 3.8 million viewers. she's funny but not enough to carry a sitcom.
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Whatever your take on "Wanda at Large," Sykes can rarely be accused of trying to censor herself. She did some writing for the 74th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, but none of her jokes were used.
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Eventually Fox Television offered Sykes her own sit-com. Wanda at Large, which first aired on March 26, 2003, as a midseason replacement show, cast Sykes as a Washington, D.C.-based comedian who becomes a correspondent and host of a Sunday morning political talk show and subsequently butts heads with her conservative co-host, played by Phil Morris. Sykes served as the show's star, writer, and executive producer. "She has her feet firmly planted in her own ego," Nancy Franklin wrote in The New Yorker, "and you couldn't knock her down, though you might want to.... [She] has an oversized and combative personality: she's not just in the house; she's in your room and she's in your face." Most critics gave a nod to Sykes's comedic strength, and the first episodes showed strong ratings.
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