''Members Only'' is an unaired American comedy-drama television series created by

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and starring

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and John Stamos. The series planned to air on

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during the 2014–15 American television season, and was ordered straight-to-series with a 13-episode pickup. The upstairs-downstairs soap opera centers on the powerful and wealthy Holmes family, owners of Connecticut's most exclusive clubs. ''Members Only'' was canceled by ABC before its premiere.

Cast and characters

The show features an ensemble cast, headed by

as lead character Mickey Holmes-Harris. The upstairs-downstairs drama also stars John Stamos as Randy, her villainous billionaire husband;

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as Leslie Holmes;

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as Malcolm; Chris Conroy as Forty Holmes, Mickey's 23-year-old brother;

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as Deacon and

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as Deacon's wife Diana. On the downstairs side,

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stars as Hilda, the house manager of the country club; Callie Hernandez as Ana, Hilda's daughter; and

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as Jesse, the new employee at the club. Alongside regular cast members, the series has several recurring players, including

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as Winston Holmes III, Mickey's father, and Rebecca Forsythe, Devyn Smith and

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as Mickey and Randy's 17-year-old triplet-daughters.

Main

as Mickey Holmes-Harris * John Stamos as Randy Harris *

as Leslie Holmes * Chris Conroy as Forty Holmes *

as Malcolm Carr *

as Deacon Rogers *

as Diana Rogers *

as Hilda *

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as Ana *

as Jesse Bartha

Recurring

as Winston Holmes III, Mickey's 79-year-old father *

, Rebecca Forsythe and Devyn Smith as Mickey and Randy's 17-year-old

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as Imani Rogers *

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as Geddy *

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as Evan

Production

Development

On January 22, 2014, it was announced that

had given a straight-to-series 13-episode order to a drama series from the Academy Award-nominated writers

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and

. The script for the pilot episode was written by Grant. Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly are also executive producers of show. ''Members Only'' was produced by

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and

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. Original title of the series was ''The Club''. The series is described as an upstairs-downstairs soap opera set at a private country club. On February 26, 2014, it was announced that David O. Russell departed the series as executive producer. The series began filming in New York City in September 2014. The first episode was directed by R. J. Cutler, who in 2012 directed the critically acclaimed pilot episode of the ABC drama series '' Nashville''.

Casting

was the first regular member to be cast, being announced on February 26, 2014. Hernandez was cast as club worker Ana, who is secretly stealing and pawning nice items. On March 7, 2014 Canadian actor Chris Conroy was cast as Forty Holmes, who is recently back from rehab. On March 24, 2014 '' Breaking Bad'' co-star

joined the cast as one of lead roles as Leslie Holmes. On next day

was cast as Hilda, the house manager of the country club and mother of Hernandez' character. On March 27, 2014, it was announced that

would play the role of Deacon, a former football player who is now a real estate broker in the club. In July 2014

and

were cast as an employee at the club named Jesse, and Diana, the wife of Deacon. On July 24, 2014, it was announced that

was cast as one of the leads, playing Malcolm Carr, a recently widowed pediatrician and father who is close friend with Leslie. On August 4, 2014, it was announced that

would be playing the leading role of Mickey Holmes-Harris, a "

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" of the club and her family. On September 2, 2014, John Stamos joined the cast in the male lead role of Mickey's hedge-fund billionaire husband, Randy Harris.

Cancellation

Only the pilot episode was produced. The series was cancelled and it was never broadcast.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 3488246, The Club Unaired television shows