Driving by their deep will of acquiring fame and wealth, this comedy series, follows the daily activity and struggles of a group of girls, who navigate through life, while dealing with their life challenges and issues of love and friendship, the thing that challenges them.
As the title character, Hale is saddled with most of the series' heavy lifting, and she makes it seem weightless, even with childhood flashbacks and numerous voice-overs.
Katy Keene feels like the television equivalent of a well-made cupcake - it has an aesthetically-pleasing exterior, a sweet and satisfying center, and will leave you wanting to come back for more.
Warm and wholesome, this is escapist comfort food fun at its finest, as our gang of friends jump from fluffy plot development to fluffy plot development, with nary a murderer wearing antlers on his head in sight.
If you want a semi-musical heartburst drama about Big City strivers that blends aspirational grandeur with smell-of-the-subway believability, watch Pose. Katy Keene is lushly designed but synthetic. Better title: Poser.
As a Riverdale viewer, I don't mind getting a break from the Black Hood, et al... but after seeing how utterly lacking in conflict Katy's first three episodes are, I almost wanted the Black Hood back.
The cast is affable (and, did I mention, cute as a button?) and melodrama, whatever you may say about it, has been entertaining people since the days when Osric was a character and not a literary society.
Less about finding Prince Charming than it is about making your artistic dreams come true without losing your soul, Katy Keene is a fairy tale fit for a new decade.
Katy Keene is an inspirational series that will warm the hearts of everyone who watches. Be prepared for tears of joy as these characters set out to fulfill their potential.
It offers a fizzy, lived-in world of people you'll enjoy spending time with as they follow their passions. If it all seems a little simple, that's also part of the charm.
In all, "Katy Keene" represents a pleasant instance of the CW getting the balance exactly right for a comforting, engaging watch, keeping what works on "Riverdale" and ditching the murder.