A highly opinionated and not always politically correct former pop star owns and runs a small hotel in Manhattan. Strangely enough the show is named "Whoopi" after the actress, but Whoopi Goldberg plays the character "Mavis Rae".
Dirty politics entangle Mavis with an old crony, an assemblyman who's smearing an opponent, Courtney, who hasn't a clue about how to retaliate. Mavis, however, does know how to play hardball