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Pazsaz Entertainment Network "Nikki premiered on WB on October 8, 2000. Executive producer Bruce Helford has created a new comedy imbued with the same honest, working-class sensibility that made his The Drew Carey Show an instant success, but with a sex appeal that only comes from The WB star Nikki Cox. Free-spirited Nikki has trained all her life to be a dancer and is anxious to start her career as a Las Vegas showgirl. Off-the-wall, unpredictable and yet down-to-earth, Nikki is a new kind of half-hour situation comedy."
WB22 TV Veteran comedy writer and Peabody Award-winning executive producer Bruce Helford ("The Drew Carey Show," "Norm," "Roseanne") reteams with star Nikki Cox ("Unhappily Ever After," "Norm," "The Drew Carey Show") in this unique take on young newlyweds living the American Dream set against the bright lights and unlimited optimism of the Las Vegas strip. Nikki (Cox) and her giant teddy bear of a husband Dwight (newcomer Nick von Esmarch) came to Vegas straight out of high school to pursue their ultimate dreams: to become a showgirl and a professional wrestler, respectively. Two years into paying their dues, their blue-collar existence is colored with the quirky pitfalls of their chosen professions, outrageous co-workers and Dwight's disapproving mother Marion (Christine Estabrook, "The Usual Suspects"). But love, and Nikki's unwavering sense of humor about life, may conquer all as these two stick together through thick and thin in this endearing working-class romantic comedy. Toby Huss ("Jerry Maguire"), world famous quick-change artist Arturo Brachetti, and Susan Egan ("Cabaret") also star. Opening with big-production dance numbers each week, "Nikki" was created by Helford, who serves as executive producer with Deborah Oppenheimer ("The Drew Carey Show," "Norm") and Bob Myer ("Cybill," "Roseanne") for Warner Bros. Television.
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I can still remember the first time I ever saw Nikki Cox in person. She walked across the stage to take her seat at a 1995 press conference for a new comedy series on The WB called "Unhappily Ever After." It was a memorable moment. I mean, you could almost hear the "boing!" sound as about 50 pairs of male eyeballs bugged out of their sockets.
I also recall being kind of ashamed for responding that way myself. You see, Nikki was only about 15 or 16 then, which ought to be too young to inspire fantasies in adult men whose hair is already turning gray.
But, in retrospect, I don't feel awfully guilty about my reaction that day at the sight of a truly spectacular young woman. I'm afraid we male TV critics were only recognizing what the young and healthy teenage boys of America were about to recognize as soon as "Unhappily Ever After" premiered: Nikki Cox was already a major attraction at her tender age--with a body that needed no further refinements.
Five years later, Nikki is now a beautiful young woman, who also has turned into a pretty good comic actress. Her popularity as the tempting Tiffany helped keep "Unhappily Ever After" on the air a lot longer than it deserved to otherwise. When it was cashiered, she started popping up in other shows, like ABC's "Norm," but this fall she returns as the star of her own series on The WB, "Nikki," playing a Las Vegas chorus girl.
What? You expected her to play a college professor? Not in this lifetime! Because she's young, gorgeous and has a figure that was made for 3D movies, Nikki Cox is probably going to be doing sexy comedies with lots of bosom jokes until she finally wears out her welcome in Nielsen TV homes.
Happily, I haven't heard that any of this has done any significant emotional damage to the young actress. So far, I guess she's stayed busy with her career and hasn't become a plaything of the tabloid press. I've heard nothing about her that suggests being turned into a sex object by a TV network and the press even before she reached the age of consent has left permanent emotional scars.
Yet there's always a real danger of that happening to a good-looking TV moppet who comes of age, realizes she's now free to be independent and makes the serious mistake of believing she's some kind of sex goddess, immune to natural laws.
Teen Hollywood "Nikki" actually has its heart in the right place, but that is not enough. She wants to be a Vegas showgirl, while her husky husband Dwight (Nick von Esmarch) dreams of a career in pro wrestling. "
Hampton Roads "Mini-review: Cute show. It's impossible not to like Cox or co-star Nick van Esmarch."
Brntwd Magazine Online "Nikki Cox, Bobcat Goldthwait’s longtime girlfriend, plays Nikki, a woman who dreams of becoming a showgirl. Her hubby Dwight (Nick von Esmarch) wants to be a wrestler, so the couple does their best to follow their passions in where else Las Vegas. Odds are this show will make it past the season. Even if the plot’s inane, the acting’s mediocre and the writing is paper-thin, Cox has her devoted following. The actress churned out 100 episodes of the forgettable Unhappily Ever After on her charm. Now that’s a TV star."
MSNBC.com "Nikki stars leggy Nikki Cox as a woman who wants to become a Vegas dancer. Her portly husband (Nick von Esmarch) dreams of a career as a professional wres-tler. They’re an odd couple, but they’ve got great chemistry and the Vegas production numbers are an absolute hoot. " Free Press TV "Producer Bruce Helford ("The Drew Carey Show," "Roseanne") goes for the blue collar gusto again with this Las Vegas romantic comedy about an aspiring showgirl (Nikki Cox, "Unhappily Ever After") who falls for a big-hearted lug (newcomer Nick von Esmarch) who dreams of being a professional wrestler. Could be a hang-loose chucklehead surprise.
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Chicago Tribune.com Pin-up girl Nikki Cox gets her own vehicle here, and it's sort of a Hyundai. The former "Unhappily Ever After" star, WB's answer to Christina Applegate, plays a wannabe dancer who convinces a nice, beefy boy (Nick von Esmarch) to skip college and pursue his dream of being a pro wrestler. She'll be a showgirl and together, to his momma's dismay, they move to Vegas.
It's a clunky, even painful pilot, but Bruce Helford ("Norm," "The Drew Carey Show") is running things, and he has a track record of making blue-collar comedy work.
The Big Question: How long can they resist having Cox in showgirl attire all the time?
The Quote: The best comedy of the season set in Vegas!
The Press Democrat "Nikki" is a pleasant comedy about an aspiring actress (played by "Norm's" Nikki Cox) in an unlikely coupling with a good-natured pro-wrestling wannabe (Bay Area newcomer Nick von Esmarch.) "