2 Broke Girls (stylized as 2 BROKE GIRL$) is an American television sitcom that debuted on CBS during the 2011–12 television season.The series follows the misadventures of roommates Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs),both financially poor,and their efforts to start a cupcake business in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn,New York.The first episode aired at 9:30 pm (E/P) after Two and a Half Men on September 19,2011.Later episodes followed How I Met Your Mother on Monday nights at 8:30 pm (E/P).[1] The series was created by Michael Patrick King and Whitney Cummings for Warner Bros.Television.On October 5,2011,CBS gave a full-season order to the freshman comedy.[2]
On March 27,2013,CBS announced that 2 Broke Girls would return for a third season during the 2013–2014 television season.[3]
The series has received a generally mixed to positive response since its debut.It was nominated for three 2012 Emmy Awards,winning for "Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series".
et in the Williamsburg neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn,the series chronicles the lives of two waitresses in their mid twenties—Max (Kat Dennings),who comes from a poor working-class family,and Caroline (Beth Behrs),who was born rich but is now disgraced and penniless due to her father,Martin Channing,getting caught operating a Bernard Madoff-esque Ponzi scheme—working together at a Brooklyn restaurant.The two become friends and build toward their dream of one day opening a cupcake shop.Among those working with them at the restaurant are their boss,Han Lee (Matthew Moy); Oleg (Jonathan Kite),an upbeat but perverted Ukrainian cook; and Earl (Garrett Morris),a 75-year-old African-American cashier.Also featured starting late in the first season is their neighbor and part time boss Sophie (Jennifer Coolidge),a Polish immigrant who runs the housecleaning company Sophie's Choice.During most of the first season Max is also a part-time nanny for the twin babies of Peach Landis (Brooke Lyons),who during the season adopts Caroline's horse Chestnut.At the end of each episode a tally shows how much they have made toward their goal of $250,000 needed to open their business.Early in the second season,Sophie lends the girls $20,000,which is enough for them to start their business.