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The show bombed in spectacular fashion. A week after it aired, Teen Vogue published an op-ed saying Singh “falls into a category of non-Black people of color in entertainment who have built massive followings often by mimicking Black culture and leaning heavily into Black stereotypes.” It lost 25 percent of the time slot’s audience in two years. Bad reviews flooded IMDb, where the show has a 1.5/10 rating, and Rotten Tomatoes, where it has a user score of 16 percent. After two seasons, it was canceled. To make matters worse, Singh’s YouTube channel languished, failing to gain any new followers while she focused on her doomed late-night TV dreams.