- NYC Prep
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NYC Prep Genre Reality Show Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 8 Production Location(s) Upper East Side & Upper West Side, New York City, New York Running time approx 41 minutes Broadcast Original channel Bravo Original run June 23, 2009 – ENDED External links Website NYC Prep was a reality television program on the Bravo channel. It followed six Manhattan teenagers in their daily lives as they attended events such as weekend parties, fashion shows, shopping sprees, charity events and dinner parties.[1] The show drew many comparisons to the hit CW television show, Gossip Girl because both shows revolved around the lives of Manhattan's "elite" teenagers.[2][3]
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Cast
Camille Isobel Hughes
Camille Isobel Hughes is an 18-year-old at the Professional Children's School. She is an academically driven student who had hoped to become a member of the class of 2014 at Harvard University and was previously a student at the Nightingale-Bamford School. However, Camille has decided to attend The College of William & Mary in the fall of 2010 to join the class of 2014. Only her math SAT score was released from her blog; she answered two questions incorrectly on the math portion. Camille has a younger sister, Lillie, who is 14. She lives with her mother, Cinda, and her stepfather, David, in Manhattan; her father, Craig, lives in Salem, Virginia. Hughes is currently pledging the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Jessica "Jessie" Leavitt
Jessica Leavitt is an 18-year-old graduate of the Dwight School on the Upper West Side of New York City.[4] She and one of her closest friends PC have a love/hate relationship, and she enrolled in the Fashion Institute of Technology in fall 2009. Jessie interns for evening wear designer Carmen Marc Valvo.
Kelli Brooke Tomashoff
Kelli Brooke Tomashoff is a 17-year-old student at the Birch Wathen Lenox School on the Upper East Side of New York City. She is a member of the school's class of 2010.[4] Kelli's parents live in The Hamptons, while Kelli and her older brother share an apartment.[5] Kelli's mother is a realtor. Her father is the owner of a printing company. She used to go to Westhampton Beach High School. She attends Boston University.
Sebastian Oppenheim
Sebastian Oppenheim is a 16-year-old student at Ross School, a private school in East Hampton, New York. His father is Jeff Oppenheim, a theater and film director, producer and writer. His mother is Djida Oppenheim. He has a sister, Stephanie. Sebastian is a member of the school's class of 2011. On August 13, 2009, photos of Oppenheim and a friend surfaced of them wearing imitation Hitler mustaches using black tape to make swastikas on a car seat and car window.[6] Sebastian worked for some time on raising money for his charitable concern--building wells in Africa. He is working in association with BULA. He will be attending College of Charleston in the fall. Sebastian's official website is www.sebastianoppenheim.com.
Taylor DiGiovanni
Taylor DeGiovanni[7] is a 15-year-old student who previously attended Stuyvesant High School, a public high school in Battery Park City, New York. Taylor is a member of the school's class of 2011.[4] She now attends City As School in New York City. She is the only cast member who does not attend a private high school. Despite the fact that she attends public high school, she is still friends with many teenagers from the private high schools. She lives on the Upper West Side.
Peter Cary "PC" Peterson
Peter Cary "PC" Peterson is an 18-year-old resident of the Upper West Side in New York City. Although the show chronicles his life on the Upper East Side, PC resides on the Upper West Side with his mother. He attended the Dwight School on the Upper West Side as well. He is the grandson of billionaire and former US Secretary of Commerce Peter George Peterson. His grandmother Joan Ganz Cooney created Sesame Street. PC's mother is Paige Peterson, a noted painter and writer. His father is David Peterson. PC's parents are amicably divorced.[4] PC attended Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida for one year before returning to New York. He studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. He was in the movie, "Twelve" starring Chace Crawford and 50 Cent.[8]
Series overview
Season Episodes Season Premiere Season Finale 1 8 June 23, 2009 August 11, 2009 Episode guide
Specials
Ep # Title Airdate S-01 "Preview Special" June 2, 2009 Cast members are introduced to the audience. Relationships between Jessie and PC, Kelli and Sebastian, and PC and Taylor are established. PC, Taylor, and two other teens attend Fashion Week in New York City. Season 1
Ep # Title Airdate 1 "Top Half of the 1%" June 23, 2009 PC laments that many people wonder if he is homosexual or bisexual, and blames it on a "repressed latent oral-anal fixation". 2 "Flip of the Hair" June 30, 2009 3 "What Happens In Mexico..." July 7, 2009 PC spends Winter Break partying in Mexico. PC's best friend reveals that PC is bisexual. Jessie is in Florida, thinking of him. Kelli while in the Hamptons has a funeral for her dog. Camille and Taylor stay in the city. Taylor can't decide between Cole and Sebastian. 4 "The Virgin Talk" July 14, 2009 5 "The Overachievers" July 21, 2009 Kelli connects with a voice coach in an effort to punch up her singing career; Taylor tries to balance dating, school and dance; and Jessie has designs on a fashion career. PC sees a psychiatrist and he enrolls himself in a modeling internship. 6 "Guests of Guests" July 28, 2009 7 "Ivy League Of Their Own" August 4, 2009 PC and Taylor go to a candy store and talk. Camille goes to Boston to get a tour of Harvard University and is joined by Kelli. There is gossip in the Prep Scene, that PC is taking Taylor as his "protege". PC takes a hotel suite and has a party and invites his senior friends. Taylor doesn't come who says that she is grounded. Cole comes unannounced to the party and has a private discussion with PC about Taylor. At a party, Cole and his friends diss PC. 8 "Charitable to a Fault" August 11, 2009 Criticism
Filming was not allowed during school, nor were any school names specifically mentioned on the show, as the schools desired to distance themselves from the show. Dorothy Hutcheson, head of Nightingale-Bamford school, sent a letter home to all Nightingale parents, warning them about the show and the potentially negative portrayal of the school on the show.[9]
Additionally, an article titled "Who's Afraid of 'NYC Prep'?" appeared in the style section of the New York Times. The article ended with a quote by Victoria Goldman, the author of The Manhattan Guide to Private Schools and Selective Public Schools, stating that "The schools on this show are all at the bottom, there would never be a Brearley girl on this show."[10] It should be noted however, that Camille's friend Maite who appears in multiple episodes graduated from Brearley.
(It should be noted with respect to this criticism that the one public school with a featured student, Stuyvesant High School, consistently surfaces in the rankings of the best schools in the nation when its results are included.).[11]
See also
References
- ^ NYC Prep
- ^ Rich Kids, Don’t Look Now, but Your Teenage Angst Is Showing
- ^ Who’s Afraid of ‘NYC Prep’?
- ^ a b c d NYC Private Schools Blog
- ^ NY Prep
- ^ Playboy Sebastian From NYC Prep Is Bored & Offensive, PerezHilton.com, 13 August 2009
- ^ Mandell, Andrea (June 22, 2009). "'Gossip Girl,' 'NYC Prep': Privileged to meet you". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/2009-06-22-gsip-nyc-prep_N.htm.
- ^ "Peter Cary Peterson", The Internet Movie Database, accessed July 2, 2011.
- ^ Dear Nightingale Parents
- ^ JULIE BOSMAN (2nd July 2009), "Who’s Afraid of ‘NYC Prep’?", New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/fashion/05nycprep.html
- ^ http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2008/12/04/best-high-schools-gold-medal-list.html
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