Cashmere Mafia is an
American television
dramedy 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
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] Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is currently planning to release
Cashmere Mafia on
DVD.
[Announcement for Cashmere Mafia: The Complete Series, TVShowsonDVD.com, July 4, 2008]The DVD will be released on November 26th in Australia.
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
- Lucy Liu: Mia Mason — Publisher at Barnstead Media Group
- Frances O'Connor: Zoe Burden — Former Managing Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Gorham Sutter
- Miranda Otto: Juliet Draper — COO of Stanton Hall Hotels and Resorts
- Bonnie Somerville: Caitlin Dowd — Senior V.P. for Marketing at Lily Parrish Cosmetics
- Peter Hermann: Davis Draper — Manager of a hedge fund, ex-husband of Juliet
- Julian Ovenden: Eric Burden — Architect, husband of Zoe
Recurring characters
- Noelle Beck: Cilla Grey — Frienemy of the Cashmere Mafia, had affair with Davis, referred to as "The $100 Million Woman"
- Lourdes Benedicto: Alicia Lawson — Advertising agency rep. Formerly dated Caitlin and is pregnant
- Tom Everett Scott: Jack Cutting — Ex-fiance and former co-worker of Mia
- Peyton R. List: Sasha Burden - Zoe's daughter
- Nicholas Art: Luke Burden - Zoe's son
- Addison Timlin: Emily Draper - Juliet's teenage daughter
- Jack Yang: Jason Chun — Brain surgeon, formerly dated Mia
- Daniel Gerroll: Clive Hughes - Mia's stern and demanding superior at Barnstead Media Group
Episodes
| # | Title | Original airdate | Code
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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.
[ABC UNVEILS MIDSEASON PRIMETIME SCHEDULE] 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
NTV7 in
Malaysia,
MediaCorp TV Channel 5 in
Singapore,
RTÉ Two in
Ireland, 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 and on Teva in France.
U.S. Nielsen ratings
| #
| Episode
| Air Date
| Rating
| Share
| Rating/Share
(18-49)
| Viewers
(millions)
| Rank
(timeslot)
| Rank
(night)
| Rank
(week)
|
| 1
| "Pilot"
| January 6, 2008
| 7.1
| 12
| 3.8/9
| 10.72
| 2
| 8
| 20
|
| 2
| "Conference Call"
| January 9, 2008
| 4.3
| 7
| 2.3/6
| 6.16
| 3
| 8
| 54
|
| 3
| "Dangerous Liaisons"
| January 16, 2008
| 3.8
| 6
| 2.2/6
| 5.39
| 3
| 8
| 56
|
| 4
| "The Deciders"
| January 23, 2008
| 3.8
| 6
| 2.0/5
| 5.58
| 3
| 9
| N/A
|
| 5
| "Stay With Me"
| February 6, 2008
| 3.7
| 6
| 2.0/5
| 5.09
| 3
| 11
| 64
|
| 6
| "Yours, Mine and Hers"
| February 13, 2008
| 3.9
| 6
| 2.0/5
| 5.25
| 3
| 9
| 64
|
| 7
| "Dog Eat Dog"
| February 20, 2008
| 3.5
| 6
| 1.6/4
| 4.77
| 3
| 12
| 67
|
