Cashmere Mafia


Cashmere Mafia is an American comedy-drama television series 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.
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" 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

DVD releases

On September 23, 2008, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 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 ABC as an off-season replacement for the Dancing with the Stars 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, Candace Bushnell.
It has also been purchased by Polsat in Poland, NTV7 in Malaysia, MediaCorp TV Channel 5 in Singapore, RTÉ Two in Ireland, RTL 5 in the Netherlands, 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, on RTV Pink in Serbia, TV3 in Denmark, on Multivisión in Cuba, on Téva and M6 in France, on Domashniy in Russia and also in Italy by Mediaset.

U.S. Nielsen ratings