►VOGUE: Joy Gohring is Jane, who fearlessly wears a ruched orange two-piece in the pilot. She squirts Cheez Whiz into her mouth before a big date so she can act dainty at dinner, a plan foiled by her first martini, and voices the true insecurities that attend the prospect of a date: “He will be…there…won't he?”

►US WEEKLY: This new comedy is shocking and titillating. It's the antithesis of sugary Friends. Self-absorbed L.A. twenty-somethings experience severe relationship woes. In the opener. Marjorie (Turner) frets when pal Jane (bouncy standout Gohring) turns wild slut! Good Girls does society a service by mocking women who think they're worthless without a boyfriend. When Marjorie wishes she were like Meg Ryan in the movies ("before her lips got all freaky"), she ain't just whistling Sex and the City - she's crying for help.

►ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: L.A. roommates Marjorie (The Wedding Planner's Bree Turner) and Jane (Not Another Teen Movie's Joy Gohring) drink too much, smoke too much, and sleep with all the wrong people. It's about time. Good Girls Don't is the newest offering from Claudia Lonow, whose Showtime series about a has-been party girl, Rude Awakening, was largely autobiographical. “I have a real affection for flawed people,” says Lonow. “I think they're heroic.” If there's a breakout character, it's Jane, a slutty blonde who nevertheless manages to steer clear of stereotype. “How many whores are there on TV?” Lonow asks. “ Soo many…(but) Jane is grandiose. She feels great about herself even through people roll their eyes.” The yin to Jane's yang is Marjorie, a serial-monogamist schoolteacher who tries to boost Jane's self-esteem but instead inadvertently turns her into a man-eater. It's a loving, supportive, toxic friendship that Lonow feels is best explored on cable: “There's no [other] place where they make jokes about chlamydia.” – Alynda Wheat

►IN TOUCH WEEKLY: The best bet to fill the Friends void. A witty take on the life of the five 20-somethings in LA who will do just about anything to find love... or at least a companion for the night. Good Girls Don't hits on the transitions and trials faced by the members of a new generation as they adjust to like on their own. The series is the freshest show of the summer.

►SEATTLE TIMES: Jane (Joy Gohring) is an earthy, free-wheeling neurotic whose demeanor recalls the young Carrie Fisher.

►AMERICAN STATESMEN: Joy Gohring does -- make us laugh....In the unpredictable and irreverent Good Girls Don't, Gohring plays Jane, a wacky twentysomething transplant from Minnesota who is searching for sex and fun in sunny Southern California. Her best friend and roommate Marjorie (Bree Turner) is a bit more of a traditionalist, but she's also trying to swing herself into a looser L.A. lifestyle. "Jane is a hairdresser, definitely blue collar," Gohring said in a recent phone interview from Los Angeles. "She's real, like Roseanne Barr, as opposed to 'Friends,' who were all fabulous. Jane is living slightly above her means and tries to be more fabulous than she is." In the pilot, Jane and her boyfriend break up, and after sobbing into a pile of tissues, she takes Marjorie's advice and jumps back into the dating game. She also jumps (and stays) in bed with a series of guys, enjoying a loud sex life that finally drives Marjorie's boyfriend away. "I like to play the crazy ones," Gohring said. "She's overtly sexual and also very wounded, which I think makes her very relatable." Between chuckles at Jane's ups and downs, you may wonder exactly what the title "Good Girls Don't" refers to, since these girls, and especially Jane, definitely do have sex. "Well, the original title was 'My Best Friend Is a Big Fat Slut,' " Gohring said, pointing out that guys who sleep around don't get slapped with derogatory labels. "Yes, I guess I'm the slut, but the title is evocative. Maybe the implication is she's a good girl who's a little bit lost. This show is super-funny," Gohring said. "This is my favorite show I've ever done. It's like something I would have written for myself."