Emily's Reasons Why Not explores the world of Emily Sanders (Heather Graham), a successful career woman who has terrific instincts in every arena of her life but one -- relationships. From a manipulative ex-boyfriend to a passive-aggressive family member and a back stabbing former assistant who is clearly after her job, Emily has a lot to contend with and even more to figure out.

Determined now to make better choices, Emily employs a "Reasons Why Not" list-making system designed to serve as an internal warning on when it's time to cut bait and move on.

As a publisher of self-help books, Emily finds distributing advice easy but following it less so. Prone to operating by "committee," she often looks to her closest friends for guidance: Josh (Khary Payton), a gay man who believes in the power of yogic breathing and the occasional colonic -- he works at a healing teashop called "Chi for Two"; and Reilly (Nadia Dajani), a self-proclaimed "nonconformist" who remains blissfully unattached and less blissfully unemployed� Having known Emily since childhood, Reilly has no problem telling it like it is.

Navigating a thriving career, a string of would-be boyfriends and an office rival named "Glitter" (Smith Cho) means that Emily's plate is always pretty full. But with the aid of Josh, Reilly and the "Reasons Why Not," Emily might "self-help" herself yet! "

Emily's Reasons Why Not, which is based on the novel by Carrie Gerlach, is produced by Pariah in association with Sony Pictures Television. Gavin Polone, Vivian Cannon, Emily Kapnek, John Sackmar and Kerry Lenhart are executive producers.