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NBC’s ‘Are You There, Chelsea’ isn’t quite there yet

By Sarah Rodman

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 11, 2012

When comic/talk show host Chelsea Handler was in her 20s, she enjoyed cocktails and the company of men in bulk. She turned some of those stories, and others from her life, into several bestsellers, including “Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea.’’ NBC has in turn taken inspiration from those books for this sitcom, which now bears the alcohol-neutered title of “Are You There, Chelsea?’’ - airing tonight at 8:30 on Channel 7.

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