Cashmere Mafia courtesy Sony Pictures Home Ent.
New releases announced today, July 4:Cashmere Mafia - The Complete Series will be coming out September 23 Kate & Allie - Season 5 will be coming out September 9 Mobile (U.K. mini-series) will be coming out October 7 Scott Baio Is 45... And Single will be coming out October 14 Scott Baio Is 46... And Pregnant will be coming out October 14 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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Question: I'll give you a Smurf dipped in Diet Raspberry Snapple if you can tell me the fate of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Cashmere Mafia.
Answer: Most likely renewed and most likely canceled. Respectively. Now gimme my DRS-drenched Smurf!
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Question: OK, so I am really not feeling Cashmere Mafia or Lipstick Jungle. Do I need to cancel my season passes on these two, or should I give them another shot?
Answer: Cancel Cashmere, but let Lipstick linger a few more weeks. Or at the very least through tomorrow's episode, which features both a rollicking guest turn by Lorraine Bracco and an adulterous Kim Raver having sex with a half-naked Robert Buckley. Speaking of the latter, next week the jig is nearly up when they do it on the floor above her magazine's photo shoot. And let's just say there's a window up there. A big window.
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Question: We watched the first Cashmere Mafia and were appalled! Shouldn't someone in this show be likable? Watchable, at least? I was even more shocked when I looked up the cast online. No surprise with Lucy Liu, always interesting, but a bit too much shtick. Miranda Otto! She was so hot in Lord of the Rings, but here.... eh. Give her a sword and breastplate, please. Bonnie Somerville: a singer. Should have been a bold move, but comes off so-so. Frances O'Connor: much more interesting in Bedazzled. So four capable women leading a show... and it is unwatchable. Last night I had the TV muted and was reading something when I noticed this show was on. Watching some of it, I found I liked it better with the sound off. I could enjoy the beautiful women and the pricey outfits without the manic pace and storyline to get in the way.
Answer: And wait till you get a load of NBC's equally dreadful Lipstick Jungle next week. (As I joke in an upcoming review, I'm personally holding out for Mascara
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Question: I watched the first couple of episodes of Cashmere Mafia, primarily in a desperate attempt to find new quality programming that would fill the void created by the writers' strike. New, yes. Quality, no. Unfortunately, I came to a similar conclusion that you expressed in your review: It was Sex and the City without the chemistry or substance. It only took about 15 minutes of the pilot to figure that out, but I wanted to give the show a fair shake, especially since it had some great actresses playing the main characters, like Miranda Otto, and, as I said, I'm somewhat desperate for something new. Now that the major networks have aired most of their "due-to-the-strike" season finales, it's a shame this is the kind of programming we've got left to watch. Thankfully we still have some new quality programming to look forward to, such as Law & Order, Monk and Lost (of course, with the exception of Monk, they will all likely be unplanned short seasons, too). Since the strike has ...
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Bonnie Somerville by Andrew Eccles/ABC
Jeers to Bonnie Somerville for being the weak link in ABC's new Cashmere Mafia. Lucy Liu's got star power, and foreign imports Frances O'Connor and Mirando Otto can actually, you know, act. With her steamroller line readings and lack of charisma, bland bombshell Somerville (who's never made much of an impression, despite roles on Friends and NYPD Blue) can't even make her same-sex subplot interesting. She's the Fredo of this Mafia.• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on American Idol's new season, CSI: Miami's Elizabeth Berkley and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Carl Reiner, The Jewish Americans
Tonight, Part 2 of The Jewish Americans (check local listings for time, PBS) focuses on early 20th-century America, where artists like songwriter Irving Berlin and The Goldbergs' Gertrude Berg found mainstream acceptance despite growing anti-Semitism. Writer-director-actor Carl Reiner recalls America in the '40s and the Catskills resorts where many great comics — Reiner included — honed their craft. He spoke with us about the performers who inspired him.
TV Guide: How did growing up Jewish influence your work?Carl Reiner: Radio had some of the funniest comedians. With the exception of Fred Allen, they were all Jewish — Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, George Burns. And somebody said, "You can do it if you're Jewish — look at these people."
TV Guide: Why d
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Lucy Liu, Frances O'Connor, Bonnie Somerville and Miranda Otto, Cashmere Mafia
They play Manhattan's most powerful gal pals; get to know the ladies of Cashmere Mafia (tonight at 10 pm/ET, ABC).
Miranda OttoPLAYS Juliet Draper, the classy, serene chief operating officer of a giant hotel chain. Behind closed doors, however, she's dealing with a cheating hubby (Peter Hermann, real-life husband of Mariska Hargitay) and a rebellious teen daughter. YOU KNOW HER FROM The Starter Wife and the Lord of the Rings films. MIRANDA SAYS "She's different from me," notes one of the cast's two imports. (She's Australian, Frances O'Connor is British) "It's a challenge to play someone who is much more held back. That's what appealed to me about the character."FASHION STYLE Juliet's the elegant member of this fashion-forward gang. Her sophisticated wardrobe, consisting o
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Question: What is wrong with you? I loved Cashmere Mafia! It was so real and honest. Looks much better than Lipstick Jungle.
Answer: Actually, I found Lipstick (premiering Feb. 7) to be the superior Sex and the City rip-off, but that's not saying much since I loathed Cashmere. With the exception of Lindsay Price's vapid and utterly annoying fashion designer — a role that should've gone to Melinda Clarke — Lipstick's females are more interesting. Come to think of it, Kim Raver's morally conflicted mag editor has more dimensions than all of Cashmere's Barbie dolls combined. And wait until you lay your peepers on her boy toy, played by Fashion House's Robert Buckley (or as I like to call him, Scott Speedman and Jake Gylle
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Bonnie Somerville in Cashmere Mafia by Patrick Harbron/ABC
Wednesday's ratings rundown:8 pm/ETTrailing Deal or No Deal (13.35 million total viewers) was Wife Swap (7.8 mil, down 720K from premiere). Power of 10 (6.1 mil, -610K) and Crowned (1.8 mil, -130 thou) were both down week-to-week.9 pmCriminal Minds (14.6 mil) dominated, followed by Law & Order: CI (9.57 mil) and Supernanny (8.9 mil). An audience of 2.34 mil (up 160K) enjoyed Gossip Girl's "climax."10 pmCSI: NY (11.6 mil) came out on top with 11.6 mil, though Law & Order was close behind with 11.05 mil (down 2.8 mil from a week ago). In its regular time slot, ABC's Cashmere Mafia (6.26 mil) lost 41 percent of its premiere audience. Come back, Darlings!
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