Lipstick Jungle is an American
TV comedy-drama created by DeAnn Heline
and Eileen Heisler
for
NBC Universal Television Studio. The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the
same name by
Candace Bushnell, who also served as
executive producer alongside
showrunner/
Head Writer Oliver Goldstick.
The pilot was directed by
Gary Winick.
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Production
The show premiered on February 7, 2008 as a
midseason replacement taking over
ER's spot at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central.
[NBC applying 'Lipstick' in 'ER' space] The series is also broadcast on
Living in the UK,
TG4 in the Republic of Ireland,
Domashniy in
Russia [www.domashniy.ru/series/liostic_jungleand ] ,
7 Network in Australia.
The series was slated to have 13 episodes per season. However, due to the
2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, only 7 episodes were originally produced for the first season. The first season also competed indirectly with
ABC's
Cashmere Mafia, created by Bushnell's former creative partner from
Sex and the City, Darren Star.
On February 24, 2008, NBC ordered 6 additional scripts of
Lipstick Jungle.[NBC adds more 'Lipstick' - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety]
