ASUPREMENEWYORKTHING

Okay, so… on February 7, 2008, 10 pm, NBC is going to premiere this show called Lipstick Jungle about three hot broads dealing with life’s dramas. The pilot episode literally starts off with some celebrity tv show being played in the background telling you the names of these three and how they are amongst the top 50 most powerful women in New York, as played by Brook Shields, Lindsay Price and Kim Raver.

I watched it and I thought it was pretty interesting. It’s clearly a drama comedy series thing like Sex and the City. Appropriately so since it’s based off of another book by Candace Bushnell. If you’ve seen Sex and the City, well, you get the idea, three women, they have problems, they meet up, console each other, sometimes cry, and then boom, they resolve it in one, two or maybe three episodes. I’m no queer so I probably shouldn’t watch this show but look at the screenshot above. Uhmm… how can I resist!? These are some SMART looking ladies. I might watch this show, but, in secret. If you’re interested, you can download a copy off the internet.

You wanna know more about this show? Uhmm… okay, Lindsay Price is one hot biddy. That’s all you need to know. She’s the hot asian mix looking one. She plays a famous fashion designer. She’s probably going to be the slut of the show cause she’s the only single one and is always emotional. This is what she does on the show, she designs some dresses, cries, goes out and bonks some rich guy, meets up with her friends, goes to Japan, cries and then bonks the rich guy. I would watch this show just to see her bouncing around in her underwear, which she does in the first episode. Actually, look at the screenshot, they’re all in their underwear in the first episode.

Brook Shields, plays this broad named Wendy Healy, who is the head of something-something movie production company. She’s the “nice” one out of the bunch, is married to this douchebag who spends all their money and has no job, and, she is unhappy but is pretty good at her job. This is what she does on the first episode, she consoles Lindsay Price, she argues with her husband, she fixes some movie production company problems, gives her husband a blow-job, gets a divorce and she tries on some bras as a vice.

Kim Raver plays this hard-assed something for a magazine company. Her character is named Nico O’Neilly. Anyway, she’s trying to take over her supervisor’s position and she’s unhappy in her marriage. She cheats in the first episode. Her husband is a professor and is boring. She’s a “shark” at her job and she cries like the other two broads, but would not admit it. She looks pretty good in her underwear for her age. Oh, and her boss takes all her ideas and all the credit. If the series lasts, if NBC doesn’t cancel half-way through the season, she’ll probably be promoted by the end of the season.

Overall what do I think? It’s not the strongest show. The pilot while interesting and enticing, is targeting a very niche market. Yeah, sure, there were a lot of broads who watched that Sex and the City show, a lot of broads who watch that Grey’s Anatomy show, but this is network television and the most successful shows are the ones that attract a wide spectrum. It is on a Sunday night, but I don’t know what that means -is it strategically better? or worse? (Change: It’s on Thursday Nights at 10, so that’s pretty good, I hope it does well) I’m not saying that all shows should have cliff hangers like Heroes, but the concept is unoriginal and well, safe. Like I said, they already have Grey’s Anatomy.

I’ll watch how it plays out but I can see myself getting bored of it after a few episodes. But then, I’m a guy. If there’s a lot of weird sex stuff, I might watch it cause… Lindsay Price is one hot biddy. It needs to be MORE fresh and the pilot feels a little stale.

I was going to watch the Apprentice show but they got rid of that Tiffany Fallon, Playboy playmate, on episode one. Are you kidding me!? Uhmmm… don’t advertise a show saying it’s going to have a Playboy playmate and then knock her off in the first episode. That’s another show, whatever…

ADD: Is there some sort of versus going on between Lipstick Jungle and Cashmere Mafia!? I haven’t seen that Cashmere Mafia show. I’ll give you a verdict tonight after I download an episode of Cashmere Mafia (1/16/08).

ADD (1/16/08, evening):

VERDICT: Lipstick Jungle wins by a landslide. Okay, so Darren Star, who was involved with Sex and the City, is a producer for Cashmere Mafia. Yeah, he knows how Sex and the City looked, the little music tidbits, the style, and the concept, but Candace Bushnell understands the characters. She understands women and it really shows.

I think I am grasping why Sex and the City was as successful as it was. Even though I’m male, I can follow the storyline and sympathize for the broads. So when I said, yeah, I’ll watch it (Lipstick Jungle) secretly, it probably means there are a bunch of guys who could/would/and will watch it -again, in secret. Whereas Cashmere Mafia may be more appealing to broads but completely unwatchable for me, as a male as a human.

CASHMERE MAFIA NOTES

Holy shit, I just watched an episode of Cashmere Mafia and here are some notes I wrote down:

• Stupid upbeat music, like Sex and the City
• Typing on computer, like Sex and the City
• 4 ugly broads, like Sex and the City
• Meet at a restaurant, like Sex and the City
• Speak too quickly - too much dialogue - like an Aaron Sorkin show, kinda robotic
• Unnecessary intermittent scenes of New York City, like Sex and the City
• Everyone on blackberry
• Fast cuts, too fast
• Red head, blonde, 2 brunettes
• Kinda bitchy
• Lucy Liu is not as hot as Lindsay Price
• Not Funny

Here’s a great article about Mr. Darren Star’s and Candace Bushnell’s falling out over the production of the two shows in the New York Times: Tune Out. No, You Tune Out.