Here's What ABC's New Comedy 'Selfie' Is All About
<span>ABC </span>announced last week<span> that it had picked up a new comedy titled "Selfie" </span><span>-</span><span> the story of a self-obsessed 20-something woman who is more concerned with "likes" than being liked.</span>
The network just released the trailer for the new show, starring Karen Gillan and John Cho, and it's only slightly more "likeable" than this scene from the half-hour comedy we showed you earlier.
Here's the story of "Selfie" we learned from watching the trailer:
"I'm Eliza Dooley. I wasn't always this fab ..."
<img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8c6bb3f7f552c368ab-1920-1013/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.14.49-pm.png" border="0" alt="Selfie ABC Show" />"I used to be butt ugly, but I blew out my curls and pushed up the girls."<img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8ceab8eaf905136f2d-1914-1009/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.15.11-pm.png" border="0" alt="yearbook photo Selfie ABC Show" />"I traded likes for likes and I was insta famous!"<img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8deab8eafa06136f2d-1919-1005/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.16.11-pm.png" border="0" alt="Selfie ABC Show" />"I just hooked up with this really hot guy from work ..."<img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8decad04532ec368a9-1919-1007/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.16.45-pm.png" border="0" alt="relationship Selfie ABC Show" />"Who just happens to be ... married."<img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8d6bb3f79e4dc368b1-1904-1002/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.16.56-pm.png" border="0" alt="ring finger married Selfie ABC Show" />"OMG. I think I'm going to hurl. Wait, pause, did that seriously just happen? Hashtag #mortified!"<img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8deab8ea8e0f136f2c-1915-1005/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.17.42-pm.png" border="0" alt="Selfie ABC Show" />
<span>"When I was sick, not one person called to see if I was OK."<img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8f6bb3f76253c368b1-1200-632/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.22.07-pm.png" border="0" alt="Selfie ABC Show" /></span>
"This is Henry Higgins."<img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8eecad040126c368b8-1920-1004/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.18.15-pm.png" border="0" alt="John Chu Selfie ABC Show" />
"He's totally boring but he's like mad genius at his job. He made a product that caused satanic hallucinations cool again ..."<img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8e69bedd0279ded8cf-1919-1004/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.18.43-pm.png" border="0" alt="board room Selfie ABC Show" />"And now he's going to 'My Fair Lady' me too."<img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8eecad043228c368ae-1915-1006/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.18.58-pm.png" border="0" alt="Selfie ABC Show" />
<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Henry orders Eliza to "Change your packaging and soften your palette" in order to turn the "vapid, social media obsessed narcissist into a woman of stature."</span><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8e6bb3f7684ec368b2-1920-1001/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.20.59-pm.png" border="0" alt="Screen Shot 2014 05 13 at 5.20.59 PM" style="line-height: 1.5em;" />
By the end, Eliza realizes that "the moral of the story is that being friended isn't the same as having friends."<img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8fecad043228c368b7-1200-632/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.21.44-pm.png" border="0" alt="Screen Shot 2014 05 13 at 5.21.44 PM" />
"And sometimes, if you want to capture the moment, you have to live it."<img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8feab8eac406136f2e-1914-1008/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.22.39-pm.png" border="0" alt="Selfie ABC Show" />
Now watch the full trailer below:
<iframe width="560" frameborder="0" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/m5-9qDF36I4"></iframe>
Did you "like" it?<img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53728f8feab8ea970f136f2c-1913-1007/screen-shot-2014-05-13-at-5.23.19-pm.png" border="0" alt="Selfie ABC Show" style="color: #000000;" />
<b>See Also:</b>
<ul><li>ABC Just Released A First Look At New Show 'Selfie' And It's Not That Likeable</li><li>Here Are The 25 TV Shows That Just Got Cancelled </li><li>ABC Just Picked Up A New Show Called 'Selfie'</li><li>How Social Media Helped Turn 'Lost' Into A Cult Phenomenon</li><li>Fox Brutally Cancels Seth MacFarlane's 'Dads' And 2 Other Comedies</li></ul>
SEE ALSO: Watch a short scene from "Selfie"