OMG?! Amber Riley as Savvy Sheldon in Taj McCoy's Hit Novel
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Well, it looks like love is in the air… yet again–and so is curvy cinema! Amber Riley as Savvy Sheldon might be the best TV treat we’re getting in 2025. After all, who doesn’t enjoy a good, Black, fat, female rom-com?! TCF Book Club wouldn’t be the go-to spot it is if we didn’t keep you up-to-date on all things bookish.
With hot chocolate brewing, chimneys burning, and seasons changing, a feel-good, on-screen plot with a plus size heroine is just what we need to give us all the holiBAE feels this fall. If you didn’t know, illustrious singer-actress Riley will serve as the leading lady in the film adaptation of award-winning author Taj McCoy’s “humorous” and “heartfelt” novel, Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell.
The best-selling work, which debuted in 2022, took the romance community by storm, as its light-hearted approach to love and life through the lens of a full-figured woman reimaged big-girl fiction like never before.
Watch parties and matching pajamas, anyone?
News of The CW production (seemingly) first hit the Hollywood headlines last year, and now, we not only have a release date, but an official trailer as we anticipate next week’s premiere. Set to air on Sunday, Nov. 30, Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell chronicles the title character (portrayed by Riley), who’s rediscovering Savvy (as she knew her) after realizing she’s simply unhappy, uninterested, and unfulfilled. Personally and professionally depleted, Savvy embarks on a journey of reclaiming and rebuilding herself outside of the thankless job and dead-end situationship she’d long outgrown.
