Cashmere Mafia is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on ABC from January 6, 2008, to February 20, 2008. The series was created by Kevin Wade, who also served as executive producer alongside Darren Star, Gail Katz, Jeff Rake and Michael Pressman, with Susie Fitzgerald co-executive producing. Peyton Reed directed the television pilot.[ Cashmere Mafia at The Futon Critic]
ABC decided not to renew the series for a second season.[ "Cashmere Mafia" and "Miss Guided": ABC Cancels Two More , TV Series Finale, May 12, 2008]
Details
Cashmere Mafia follows the lives of four ambitious women, longtime best friends since their days at business school, as they try to balance their glamorous and demanding careers with their complex personal lives by creating their own "boys' club" (The Cashmere Mafia) to protect one another and discuss their personal ups and downs as they try to have it all in New York City.
Cast
Principal characters
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Lucy Liu: Mia Mason – Publisher at Barnstead Media Group
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Frances O'Connor: Zoe Burden – Former Managing Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Gorham Sutter
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Miranda Otto: Juliet Draper – COO of Stanton Hall Hotels and Resorts
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Bonnie Somerville: Caitlin Dowd – Senior V.P. for Marketing at Lily Parrish Cosmetics
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Peter Hermann: Davis Draper – Manager of a hedge fund, ex-husband of Juliet
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Julian Ovenden: Eric Burden – Architect, husband of Zoe
Recurring characters
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Noelle Beck: Cilla Grey – Frienemy of the Cashmere Mafia, had affair with Davis, referred to as "The $100 Million Woman"
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Lourdes Benedicto: Alicia Lawson – Advertising agency rep. Formerly dated Caitlin and is pregnant
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Tom Everett Scott: Jack Cutting – Ex-fiancé and former co-worker of Mia
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Peyton List: Sasha Burden – Zoe's daughter
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Nicholas Art: Luke Burden – Zoe's son
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Addison Timlin: Emily Draper – Juliet's teenage daughter
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Jack J. Yang: Jason Chun – Brain surgeon, formerly dated Mia
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Daniel Gerroll: Clive Hughes – Mia's stern and demanding superior at Barnstead Media Group
Episodes
DVD releases
On September 23, 2008, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 1.
This release has been discontinued and is out of print.
On August 2, 2016, Mill Creek Entertainment will re-release the complete series on DVD in Region 1.
Production and airing
Produced by Sony Pictures Television, Darren Star Productions and Gail Katz Productions, the series was officially greenlit and given a thirteen-episode order on May 11, 2007.
The series was initially scheduled to air as a mid-season replacement,
with plans for a debut on November 27, 2007, on ABC as an off-season replacement for the
Dancing with the Stars results show.
[ From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (July 25, 2007) ] However, due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, only 7 of the 13 episodes ordered were produced. ABC also delayed the premiere of the series due to future concerns about programming and promotions.
Cashmere Mafia had a special preview on Sunday, January 6, 2008, and then moved to its regular time slot on Wednesday, January 9 at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central following
Supernanny as a mid-season replacement for
Dirty Sexy Money.
It competed indirectly with
NBC's
Lipstick Jungle, created by Star's former creative partner from
Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell.
It has also been purchased by Polsat in Poland, NTV7 in Malaysia, MediaCorp TV Channel 5 in Singapore, RTÉ Two in Ireland, RTL 5 in the Netherlands, on KanaalTwee in Belgium, Nova TV in Croatia, TVI in Portugal, TV2 in New Zealand, Nine Network in Australia, E! in Canada, Nelonen in Finland, on AXN in India, on RTV Pink in Serbia, TV3 in Denmark, on Multivisión in Cuba, on Téva and M6 in France, on Domashniy in Russia and also in Italy by Mediaset.[ ]
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