2BrokeGirls(stylizedas2BROKEGIRL$)isanAmericantelevisionsitcomthatdebutedonCBSduringthe2011–12televisionseason.TheseriesfollowsthemisadventuresofroommatesMax(KatDennings)andCaroline(BethBehrs),bothfinanciallypoor,andtheireffortstostartacupcakebusinessintheWilliamsburgareaofBrooklyn,NewYork.Thefirstepisodeairedat9:30pm(E/P)afterTwoandaHalfMenonSeptember19,2011.LaterepisodesfollowedHowIMetYourMotheronMondaynightsat8:30pm(E/P).[1]TheserieswascreatedbyMichaelPatrickKingandWhitneyCummingsforWarnerBros.Television.OnOctober5,2011,CBSgaveafull-seasonordertothefreshmancomedy.[2]OnMarch27,2013,CBSannouncedthat2BrokeGirlswouldreturnforathirdseasonduringthe2013–2014televisionseason.[3]Theserieshasreceivedagenerallymixedtopositiveresponsesinceitsdebut.Itwasnominatedforthree2012EmmyAwards,winningforOutstandingArtDirectionforaMulti-CameraSeries.etintheWilliamsburgneighborhoodoftheNewYorkCityboroughofBrooklyn,theserieschroniclesthelivesoftwowaitressesintheirmidtwenties—Max(KatDennings),whocomesfromapoorworking-classfamily,andCaroline(BethBehrs),whowasbornrichbutisnowdisgracedandpennilessduetoherfather,MartinChanning,gettingcaughtoperatingaBernardMadoff-esquePonzischeme—workingtogetherataBrooklynrestaurant.Thetwobecomefriendsandbuildtowardtheirdreamofonedayopeningacupcakeshop.Amongthoseworkingwiththemattherestaurantaretheirboss,HanLee(MatthewMoy);Oleg(JonathanKite),anupbeatbutpervertedUkrainiancook;andEarl(GarrettMorris),a75-year-oldAfrican-Americancashier.AlsofeaturedstartinglateinthefirstseasonistheirneighborandparttimebossSophie(JenniferCoolidge),aPolishimmigrantwhorunsthehousecleaningcompanySophie'sChoice.DuringmostofthefirstseasonMaxisalsoapart-timenannyforthetwinbabiesofPeachLandis(BrookeLyons),whoduringtheseasonadoptsCaroline'shorseChestnut.Attheendofeachepisodeatallyshowshowmuchtheyhavemadetowardtheirgoalof$250,000neededtoopentheirbusiness.Earlyinthesecondseason,Sophielendsthegirls$20,000,whichisenoughforthemtostarttheirbusiness.