''Cashmere Mafia'' is an American

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television series which ran on

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from January 6, 2008 to February 20, 2008. The series was created by

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, who also served as executive producer alongside

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, Jeff Rake and Michael Pressman, with Susie Fitzgerald co-executive producing. Peyton Reed directed the

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. 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: Mia Mason – Publisher at Barnstead Media Group *

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: Zoe Burden – Former Managing Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Gorham Sutter *

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: Juliet Draper –

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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 *

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: Eric Burden – Architect, husband of Zoe

Recurring characters

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: Cilla Grey –

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

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: Alicia Lawson – Advertising agency rep. Formerly dated Caitlin and is pregnant *

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: Jack Cutting – Ex-fiancé and former co-worker of Mia *

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: Sasha Burden – Zoe's daughter *

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: Luke Burden – Zoe's son * Addison Timlin: Emily Draper – Juliet's teenage daughter *

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: Jason Chun – Brain surgeon, formerly dated Mia * Daniel Gerroll: 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 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

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 '' Supernanny'' as a mid-season replacement for '' Dirty Sexy Money''. It competed indirectly with NBC's '' Lipstick Jungle,'' created by Star's former creative partner from '' Sex and the City,''

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. It has also been purchased by Polsat in

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U.S. Nielsen ratings

References

External links

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