Wildfire Girl

A look at the lives of Nico, Wendy, and Victory -- three of "New York's 50 Most Powerful Women," according to The New York Post.

"Lipstick Jungle" (2007)
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LIPSTICK JUNGLE (NBC)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
2/7/08 - ???
STATUS:
new this winter (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
thursdays from 10:01 PM-11:00 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (7 episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
due to the strike, only seven of the 13 episodes ordered this season have been completed
DESCRIPTION:
(from NBC's press release) Based on the best-selling novel by Candace Bushnell ("Sex and the City"), this fun dramedy follows three high-powered friends as they weather the ups and downs of lives lived at the top of their game. Nico (Kim Raver, "24"), editor-in-chief of a hot fashion magazine, wants to replace her boss as CEO. Movie exec Wendy (Brooke Shields, "Suddenly Susan") finds even her most earnest efforts may not be enough to balance career and family. And free-spirited designer Victory (Lindsay Price, "Beverly Hills, 90210") longs to make her dreams come true, and maybe find Mr. Right along the way. Armed with humor and strength, these three modern New York women support one another through the triumphs and tears that are all part of making it big in the Big Apple. Written by executive producers DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler (both for "How I Met Your Mother," "Three Sisters") and based on the book by Bushnell, "Lipstick Jungle" is from NBC Universal Television Studio. The pilot is directed by Gary Winick ("13 Going on 30").
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Brooke Shields as Wendy Healy
· David Alan Basche as Mike Harness
· David Norona
· Julian Sands as Seymour O'Neilly
· Kim Raver as Nico O'Neilly
· Lindsay Price as Victory Ford
· Paul Blackthorne as Shane Healy

CREW INFORMATION:
· Candace Bushnell as BOOK/EP
· DeAnn Heline as CRTR/EP
· Eileen Heisler as CRTR/EP
· Gary Winick as DIR (Pilot)

GENRE(S):
· drama

STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Universal Media Studios

sunnykerr

Ah, so this is why Paul Blackthorne was just killed on Big Shots...

Wildfire Girl

So you watch Big Shots?

ALEXA82

I like any NYC set show

Wildfire Girl

They always have a good "real life" toughness to them.

sunnykerr

It's got Michael Vartan, Joshua Malina and Christopher Titus in it.

Not to mention this woman you might have heard of: Nia Long?

Of course I'm watching.

Wildfire Girl

Okay okay okay!

sunnykerr

It starts this week, right? Lipstick Jungle, I mean.

Wildfire Girl

It starts on the 7th.

My entertainment weekly had a review of it ... not that complimentary .. but it spoke highly of Kim!

Wildfire Girl

Did anyone else watch last night? I almost forgot it was airing, so I missed the first half or so. But I watched the last half ... and I'm really not sure it's something I'm going to "like" .... Just in the half I watched, it had all three main women crying over something at one point or the other. But at LEAST I really like Kim's character the best, and her acting and style suits the character so much better than the other two.

Wildfire Girl

Hmmmm ratings were not that high ...


At 10:00 PM a rebroadcast of WITHOUT A TRACE (6.9/12, 10.16m) out delivered the premiere of "Lipstick Jungle" (5.4/09, 7.62m) and "Eli Stone" (6.0/10, 9.38m) in viewers.

Norla Kovac-Boscorelli

I didn't think it was that great. I'll try a few more eps before I make a final decision. I knew it was coming on and I knew I was going to try watching because of Sex and the City

It was a nice surprise to find Kim on it! I was watching a TW epi when my tape kicked in so I flipped over to find a short haired Kim when I had just been watching a long haired Kim!

I did giggle that Kim looked like the 'Carrie'. I agree with Kar, I liked her character best, and her acting was great! There seemed to be a lot going on and the introductions to the different characters seemed sketchy.

Who knows! It will or it won't!

Wildfire Girl

Norla, glad I'm not the only one who watched it. And glad you had similar ideas about the show. Really, I don't even recall the other character names, but Nico (Kim's character) at least drew my attention.

sunnykerr

How can you forget that one of the characters is named Victory (Victory Ford being the complete name)? It's, possibly, the weirdest name ever. It makes me wonder what day/year she was born to have been given that hideous moniker.

Oh, and the Brooke Shields character is called Wendy.

But that one I only remembered because I thought it was nice to have at least one character with an actual name actual people might actually have.

It wasn't the greatest. And every reviewer out there seems to agree that Kim's the only thing really worth watching at this point. Mind you, I'm intrigued by the romance with the bazillionaire, but not enough to continue watching if they continue to play it the way they have so far...

We'll see.

Wildfire Girl

Yeah, I'm happy to see the reviewers all liking Kim the best.