At today’s TCA panel on Don’t Trust The B— In Apartment 23, creator/executive producer Nahnatchka Khan said the show is different from other new “roommate” comedies like CBS’ 2 Broke Girls because one of the roommates is a total bitch. The bitch (Krysten Ritter’s Chloe) is the B— of the title. It’s a word ABC entertainment president Paul Lee said earlier in the day could not be included in the title of a network show, even though it might work for cable. The new series — from American Dad executive producer Khan with David Hemingson and Jeff Morton — is about a sweet girl from the heartland (Dreama Walker’s June) forced by circumstances to bunk in with a wild roommate who doesn’t mind having sex on top of a birthday cake.
Khan said she was OK with taking “bitch” out of the title but is glad the phrase “Don’t trust” was maintained, rather than shortening the title to Apartment 23. “The ‘Don’t Trust’ part I feel strongly about; it says it’s something is dangerous and a little bit different,” Kahn said. “I like the warning of it.” She added: “The B, as we like to call it, will always be a B.”
