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Lipstick Jungle
GenreComedy drama
Created by
  • DeAnn Heline
  • Eileen Heisler
Based onLipstick Jungle
by Candace Bushnell
Starring
Theme music composer
Opening theme"The Bomb" by Bitter:Sweet
Ending theme"TAoSMB3 ending"
ComposerW.G. Walden
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producers
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time47 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseFebruary 7, 2008 –
January 9, 2009

Lipstick Jungle is an American comedy-drama television series created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler that aired on NBC from February 7, 2008, to January 9, 2009. The series was produced by NBC Universal Television Studio (now Universal Media Studios). 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.[1] The pilot was directed by Gary Winick.[2]

Lipstick Jungle is a dramedy following the professional and personal lives of three best friends, all of whom are top professionals in their respective careers. Victory Ford (Lindsay Price) is a fashion designer, Nico Reilly (Kim Raver) is the editor-in-chief of Bonfire magazine, and Wendy Healy (Brooke Shields) is the former president of Parador Pictures, currently producing independently. These three powerful women are always there to support one another and navigate the crazy, romantic, and sometimes scary world that is New York City.

The cast initially included Gina Gershon as Wendy Healy, Melissa George as Nico Reilly, Will Toale as Shane Healy, and Robert Buckley as Kirby Atwood, with Matthew Morrison, Scott Cohen, and Edward Herrmann also attached.[3] The show underwent significant changes, though, with all the aforementioned cast being replaced and with executive producers DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler, writers Rand Ravich and Jill Gordon, and director Nigel Cole all fired. Melissa George had been personally cast by Bushnell, but left in early 2007 when she was offered the HBO series In Treatment (she was replaced by Kim Raver).[4][5]

The show premiered on February 7, 2008. as a midseason replacement taking over ER's spot at 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 pm Central.[6] The series was slated to have 13 episodes per season, but due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, only seven 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.[7]

On February 24, 2008, NBC ordered six additional scripts of Lipstick Jungle.[8] On April 2, 2008, NBC renewed Lipstick Jungle for a second season when they announced their fall 2008 lineup. The second season premiered on September 24, airing at 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 pm Central on Wednesdays. One month later, NBC announced that Lipstick Jungle would move to Fridays at 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 pm Central effective October 31, 2008.

On November 13, 2008, rumors emerged that NBC would cancel the show due to low ratings, but whether the remaining episodes would be aired in the current time slot was unclear.[9] On November 21, 2008, NBC moved Lipstick Jungle to Fridays at an hour earlier, 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central beginning December 5, for the remainder of the season.[10]

On January 9, 2009, the last produced episode of Lipstick Jungle aired, and it was advertised as the season finale. On January 15, 2009, the show was announced as not yet cancelled, and could be brought back for episodes based on how the new pilots were received.[11] On January 27, 2009, NBC announced that the show would get the "Friday Night Lights treatment", implying that the show will return on another of NBC Universal's networks for a third season and then replay on NBC midseason.[12]

On February 25, 2009, the future of Lipstick Jungle was once again put in limbo when NBC announced that Lindsay Price was cast in the pilot for ABC's new drama Eastwick. Had Lipstick Jungle received an official third-season pick-up from NBC, though, Price would have pulled out of Eastwick to fulfill her contractual obligation to Lipstick Jungle.[13] On March 28, 2009, Entertainment Weekly reported that the show was officially canceled.[14]

Cast and characters

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Below is a table of ratings for UK digital channel Living, the network showing Lipstick Jungle.

Season one of Lipstick Jungle began airing on September 22, 2008, on Mondays at 10 pm, following one of Living's most popular US acquisitions America's Next Top Model. The network soon brought in a name for their Monday night schedule, 'I Heart NY Mondays', as both shows are set in New York.

Weekly ratings
# Episode Air date Time slot Viewers[15] Weekly Rank
for Living[15]
1 "Pilot" September 22, 2008 Monday, 10:00 pm 238,000 4
2 "Chapter Two: Nothing Sacred" September 29, 2008 139,000 7
3 "Chapter Three: Pink Poison" October 6, 2008 TBC TBC
4 "Chapter Four: Bombay Highway" October 13, 2008 183,000 5
5 "Chapter Five: Dressed to Kill" October 20, 2008 214,000 8
6 "Chapter Six: Take the High Road" October 27, 2008 TBC TBC
7 "Chapter Seven: Carpe Threesome" November 3, 2008 178,000 6

The second season of the show began airing immediately after the first run's seven episodes had finished.

Weekly ratings
# Episode Air Date Timeslot Viewers[15] Weekly Rank
for Living[15]
1 "Chapter Eight: Pandora's Box" November 10, 2008 Monday, 10:00 pm 217,000 4
2 "Chapter Nine: Help!" November 17, 2008 193,000 4
3 "Chapter Ten: Let It Be" November 24, 2008 142,000 5
4 "Chapter Eleven: The F-Word" December 1, 2008 196,000 3
5 "Chapter Twelve: Scary, Scary Night!" December 8, 2008 TBC TBC
6 "Chapter Thirteen: The Lyin', The Bitch and The Wardrobe" December 15, 2008 TBC TBC
7 "Chapter Fourteen: Let the Games Begin" December 22, 2008 TBC TBC
8 "Chapter Fifteen: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Prada" December 29, 2008 178,000 3
9 "Chapter Sixteen: Thanksgiving" January 5, 2009 215,000 8
10 "Chapter Seventeen: Bye, bye baby" January 12, 2009
11 "Chapter Eighteen: Indecent Exposure" January 19, 2009 160,000 7
12 "Chapter Nineteen: Lovers' Leap" January 26, 2009 142,000 9
13 "Chapter Twenty: La Vie en Pose" February 2, 2009
Title Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Season one May 27, 2008 December 26, 2008[16] September 17, 2008[17]
Season two May 5, 2009[18] June 29, 2009[19] –
Complete – October 13, 2011[20] September 30, 2009[21]

International distribution

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The series was broadcast on Living in the UK,[22] TG4 in the Republic of Ireland, Domashniy in Russia,[23] and 7 Network in Australia.[24][25] CTV Television Network aired the show in Canada,[26] and broadcast by TV3 in New Zealand.[27]

Country TV network(s) Series premiere
 Australia Seven Network June 29, 2008/May 5, 2009 (Season 2)
 Austria ORF 1 September 21, 2009
 Brazil Rede Record December 8, 2010
 United Kingdom Living TV September 22, 2008
 Hungary TV2 (Hungary) January 28, 2009
 Hong Kong Star World May 30, 2009
 Israel Yes Stars Drama 2008
 Bulgaria Nova Television December 27, 2008
 Germany ProSieben September 16, 2009
 Canada Cosmopolitan TV October 3, 2009
 Greece Alter Channel October 16, 2009
 Italy Fox Life February, 2009
 Ireland TG4 October 6, 2008
 Latvia TV3 Latvia, TV3+ Latvia January 5, 2009
 Lithuania TV3 December 29, 2008 (Both seasons)
 Macedonia Sitel February 8, 2012
 Netherlands RTL 5 September 22, 2008
 New Zealand TV3 October 21, 2008
 Poland TVP1 November 23, 2008
 Portugal RTP2 September 12, 2008
 Slovenia POP TV September 8, 2008
 Serbia Fox Life
Prva Plus		 May 24, 2011
June 2, 2014
 Turkey DiziMax July 31, 2008
 Chile Fox Latin America
Mega		 June 22, 2008
December 2008
 Venezuela Globovisión September 2, 2008
 Norway Canal +
TV3		 September 27, 2008
August 3, 2009
 Sweden TV 3
 Brazil Fox
Rede Record		 August 25, 2008
January 7, 2010
 Finland MTV3 January 13, 2009/August 25, 2009 (Season 2)
 Spain Fox
Divinity		 2008
2011
 South Africa SABC3
 Hungary TV2 February 3, 2009
 Puerto Rico WKAQ-TV 2009
 Estonia TV3 January 16, 2009
 Mexico Fox Canal 5 2009, Present
 Russia Domashniy August 3, 2009
 Czech Republic TV Prima January 11, 2010
The Middle East ShowSeries (part of Showtime Arabia Cable Network) 2009
 Indonesia Trans 7 2010
 Belgium VIJFtv November 13, 2010
  Switzerland RSI La 2 May 24, 2011
 Georgia Rustavi 2 February 19, 2012
 Croatia RTL Televizija July 16, 2012 (Both seasons)
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