''Cashmere Mafia'' is an American

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television series which ran on ABC from January 6, 2008 to February 20, 2008. The series was created by

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, who also served as executive producer alongside

Darren Star Darren Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American writer, director and producer of film and television. He is best known for creating the television series '' Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–2000), ''Melrose Place'' (1992–1999), '' Sex and the Cit ...

Gail Katz Gail Katz is a film, television, and theatrical producer. Katz heads Gail Katz Productions. Katz has worked at New World Pictures, where she was Vice President of Finance, then Vice President of Production. After leaving New World, Katz began pr ...

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and

Michael Pressman Michael Pressman is an American film and television producer and director. Early life A native of Manhattan, Pressman was born into a theatrical family. His mother, Sasha, a modern dancer, was an original member of Martha Graham's renowned fi ...

, with Susie Fitzgerald co-executive producing.

Peyton Reed Peyton Tucker Reed (born July 3, 1964) is an American television and film director. He directed the comedy films '' Bring It On'', '' Down with Love'', '' The Break-Up'', and '' Yes Man'', as well as the superhero film ''Ant-Man'' and its sequel ...

directed the pilot. ABC decided not to renew the series for a second season.

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

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Cast

Principal characters

Lucy Liu Lucy Alexis Liu is an American actress. Her accolades include winning a Critics' Choice Television Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Seoul International Drama Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award. Liu has sta ...

: Mia Mason – Publisher at Barnstead Media Group *

Frances O'Connor Frances Ann O'Connor (born 12 June 1967) is a British–born Australian actress and director. She is known for her roles in the films '' Mansfield Park'' (1999), '' Bedazzled'' (2000), '' A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' (2001), ''The Importance ...

: 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 Bonnie Somerville (born February 24, 1974) is an American actress and singer. She has had roles in a number of movies and television series, most notably as Mona in ''Friends'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Grosse Pointe'', '' The O.C.'', ''Cashmere Mafia ...

: 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 Julian Mark Ovenden (born 29 November 1976) is an English actor and singer. He has starred on Broadway and West End stages, in television series in both the United Kingdom and United States, in films, and performed internationally as a concert ...

: Eric Burden – Architect, husband of Zoe

Recurring characters

Noelle Beck Noelle Beck (born December 14, 1967, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actress, best known for her role as Trisha Alden on the ABC daytime soap opera '' Loving''. Career Beck graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts. She portrayed ''Lo ...

: Cilla Grey –

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of the Cashmere Mafia, had affair with Davis, referred to as "The $100 Million Woman" *

Lourdes Benedicto Lourdes Benedicto (born November 12, 1974) is an American actress of Filipino and Dominican descent. She is known for her roles on the television series '' 24'' as Carrie Turner, as Eva Rios on '' The Nine'', and for her role as Alicia Lawson ...

: Alicia Lawson – Advertising agency rep. Formerly dated Caitlin and is pregnant * Tom Everett Scott: Jack Cutting – Ex-fiancé and former co-worker of Mia *

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: Sasha Burden – Zoe's daughter *

Nicholas Art Nicholas Reese Art (born January 13, 1999) is an American former child actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' Syriana'' (2005) and ''The Nanny Diaries'' (2007). Life and career Art was born in Milford, Connecticut on January 1 ...

: Luke Burden – Zoe's son *

Addison Timlin Addison Jayne Timlin (born June 29, 1991) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Jami Lerner in ''The Town That Dreaded Sundown'' (2014) and Colleen Lunsford in '' Little Sister'' (2016). She is also known for playing Sasha Bingham i ...

: Emily Draper – Juliet's teenage daughter *

Jack J. Yang Jack Jung-Kai Yang () (born 1974) is an American/Canadian actor of Taiwanese ethnicity. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Filmography * '' The Yellow Truth'' as Jack (2003) * '' Shadow Ch ...

: Jason Chun – Brain surgeon, formerly dated Mia *

Daniel Gerroll Daniel Gerroll (born 16 October 1951) is an English theatre, television and film actor. Life and career Gerroll was born in London, the son of Kathleen Cordelia (née Norman), a fashion model, and Harry Gerroll, a clothing designer. Gerroll h ...

: Clive Hughes – Mia's stern and demanding superior at Barnstead Media Group

Episodes

DVD releases

On September 23, 2008,

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released the complete series on DVD in Region 1. This release has been discontinued and is out of print. On August 2, 2016, Mill Creek Entertainment will re-release the complete series on DVD in Region 1.

Production and airing

Produced by

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, 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

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, with plans for a debut on November 27, 2007 on ABC as an off-season replacement for the ''

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'' results show. 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 ''

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'' as a mid-season replacement for ''

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''. It competed indirectly with

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's '' Lipstick Jungle,'' created by Star's former creative partner from ''

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,''

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U.S. Nielsen ratings

References

External links

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