Line #17 Series/Pivoting


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Jodie, Amy, and Sarah]]
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4	''Pivoting'' is a Creator/{{Fox}} sitcom set in Long Island, following three women as they make impulsive, life-changing decisions following the death of their childhood friend. Amy (Creator/ElizaCoupe), a {{Workaholic}} television producer who is afraid of familial responsibility, decides to spend more time with her children, Jodie (Creator/GinniferGoodwin), an unhappy housewife, develops a crush on her personal trainer and decides to cheat on her husband, and Sarah (Creator/MaggieQ), quits her successful but stressful job as a doctor to become a grocery store cashier. Chaos ensues.
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6	The series premiered on January 9, 2022. It was cancelled by FOX after one season.
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9	!!Contains examples of:
10	* AutoErotica: Jodie and Matt try to have sex in her car, but it's too cluttered with her kids' seats.
11	* BasementDweller: Matt lives in his mom's basement and apparently she won't let him have women over as he tries to hide Jodie when she's down there. {{Downplayed}} as he's a handsome DumbJock personal trainer instead of a nerd, and it's unclear why he still lives with her.
12	* BlackComedy: The series has a dark sense of humor, with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonists]].
13	* BlandNameProduct: Sarah creates an account on the app Only Thrills, an obvious reference to [=OnlyFans=].
14	* DumbJock: Matt is a personal trainer and isn't the brightest.
15	* InformedAttribute: In one episode, Amy tries to give up cursing, which she is stated to do all the time, yet we never actually hear her say any major curses due to the show's rating.
16	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces:
17	** Sarah hooks up with another woman at work in the store room.
18	** Amy and Henry do it right on the desk in his office.
19	* MarriedToTheJob: While she is married and has children, Amy spends most of her time working at the start of the series, which she attempts to rectify.
20	* ModestyBedsheet: After having sex with Brian Sarah is shown lying beside him as a blanket covers her up to chest level.
21	* MsFanservice: Sarah has more scenes where she is in revealing outfits or semi-nude than the rest of the cast.
22	* NiceGuy: Unlike his wife Amy, Henry is a very friendly person.
23	* OnlySaneMan: Henry is the most sensible character in the main cast.
24	* PlotTriggeringDeath: The death of their close friend leads the protagonists to pivot their lives, inciting the story.
25	* SympatheticAdulterer: Jodie is cheating on her husband, but is portrayed relatively sympathetically because her husband is a huge jerk.
26	* TokenMinorityCouple: Sarah's an Asian-American who's only paired up with women of color, which includes her ex-wife. Brian, the sole man she has sex with, is black too.
27	* TwoferTokenMinority: Sarah's a bisexual woman of East Asian heritage. The queer women who she's shown as attracted to are either black or women of color with unclear ethncity as well.
28	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: All of the three main protagonists are selfish individuals, especially Amy.

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