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Dirty Sexy Money 
Dirty Sexy Money intertitleGenre Dramedy
Satire
Soap OperaCreated by Craig Wright Starring Peter Krause
Donald Sutherland
Jill Clayburgh
William Baldwin
Natalie Zea
Glenn Fitzgerald
Seth Gabel
Samaire Armstrong
Zoe McLellan
Lucy Liu
Blair UnderwoodCountry of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 23 (List of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Craig Wright
Greg Berlanti
Peter Horton
Matthew Gross
Bryan Singer
Josh Reims
Jon Harmon FeldmanProducer(s) Melissa Berman Location(s) Los Angeles/New York City (pilot) Running time 43 minutes Broadcast Original channel ABC Original run September 26, 2007 – August 8, 2009 
The Season 1 cast of Dirty Sexy Money.
Dirty Sexy Money is an American prime time drama series created by Craig Wright, which ran on the ABC from September 26, 2007 to August 8, 2009. The series was produced by ABC Studios, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Berlanti Television and Gross Entertainment. Wright serves as an executive producer alongside Greg Berlanti, Bryan Singer, Matthew Gross, Peter Horton and Josh Reims, with Melissa Berman producing.[1]
The series revolves around lawyer and family man Nick George, portrayed by Peter Krause. When Nick's father mysteriously dies in a plane crash, he agrees to take his position as the Darling family's lawyer, while trying to discover who committed the murder. The Darlings, the richest family in New York, constantly rely on Nick to solve their problems. Nick struggles to balance his morals and family life while dealing with the demands of the Darlings.
Contents
Cast
Main article: List of Dirty Sexy Money charactersPrincipal characters
Actor Character Duration Peter Krause Nick George 2007–2009 Donald Sutherland Patrick "Tripp" Darling III 2007–2009 Jill Clayburgh Letitia Darling 2007–2009 William Baldwin Patrick Darling IV 2007–2009 Natalie Zea Karen Darling 2007–2009 Glenn Fitzgerald Brian Darling Sr. 2007–2009 Seth Gabel Jeremy Darling 2007–2009 Samaire Armstrong Juliet Darling 2007–2008
(Only appears in one episode of season 2, entitled The Facts.)Zoe McLellan Lisa George 2007–2009 Lucy Liu Nola Lyons 2008–2009 Blair Underwood Simon Elder 2007–2009 Recurring cast
Actor Character Duration Notes Krista Allen Dana Whatley 2009 Kristin Bauer Rebecca Colfax 2007 Roxana Brusso Maria 2007–2008 Sarah Carter Wrenn Darcy 2008 Candis Cayne Carmelita Rainer 2007–2008 Daniel Cosgrove Freddy Mason 2007 Tamara Feldman Natalie Kimpton 2007, 2009 Scott Holroyd Chase Alexander 2008 Michelle Krusiec Mei Ling Hwa Darling 2007, 2009 Sheryl Lee Andrea Smithson Darling 2007–2009 Played by Brooke Smith in the pilot Laura Margolis Daisy 2007–2009 Chloe Moretz & Darcy Rose Byrnes
Byrnes took over the role in season 2Kiki George 2007–2009 Played by Elle Fanning in the pilot. Alex Nesic Kai 2007, 2009 Shawn Michael Patrick Clark 2007–2009 John Rubinstein Dr. Zwerling 2008 Will Shadley Brian Darling, Jr. 2007–2008 Joseph Siravo Det. Larrabee 2007–2008 John Schneider Congressman Charles Whatley 2009 Sofia Vergara Sofia Montoya 2007 Bellamy Young Ellen Alexander Darling 2007–2008 Played by Kiersten Warren in the pilot Young versions
Actor Character Duration Notes Chandler Frantz Young Nick George 2007 Only in the pilot Tommy Nelson Young Brian Darling, Sr. 2007 Only in the pilot Alexa Gerasimovich Young Karen Darling 2007 Only in the pilot Plot
See also: List of Dirty Sexy Money episodesThe series revolves around Nick George, whose whole life has been lived in the shadow of the Darling family, but as an adult he's leading a simple life as an idealistic lawyer, until his father's suspicious death. The wealthy Darlings of New York have asked him to take over his father's job as their personal lawyer, but the money that will allow him the freedom to be an altruistic do-gooder is only part of the picture. That same money pulls him into the dubious doings of the Darling clan. However due to the cancellation of the show, the running plot line of the mystery of Dutch George will never be solved as it is revealed in the final episode that he is in fact alive and well and is puppeteering Simon Elder.
Ratings
American season ratings
# TV Season Timeslot (EST) Rating Share 18–49 Viewers Viewers (m) Rank (Overall) 1 2007–2008 Wednesday 10:00PM 5.8 10 2.9 8.28 #46 2 2008–2009 Wednesday 10:00PM 3.1 TBA 1.16 4.68 TBA American weekly ratings
# Episode Air Date Timeslot (EST) Rating Share 18–49
RatingViewers
(millions)Rank 1 "Pilot" September 26, 2007 Wednesday, 10:01 P.M. 7.4 12 3.6 10.44 #31 2 "The Lions" October 3, 2007 Wednesday, 10:01 P.M. 6.7 11 3.6 9.61 #33 3 "The Italian Banker" October 10, 2007 Wednesday, 10:01 P.M. 6.1 10 3.5 8.63 #40 4 "The Chiavennasca" October 17, 2007 Wednesday, 10:02 P.M. 6.4 11 3.1 8.67 #41 5 "The Bridge" October 24, 2007 Wednesday, 10:02 P.M. 6.1 10 3.3 8.56 #48 6 "The Game" October 31, 2007 Wednesday, 10:02 P.M. 5.9 10 2.9 8.38 #47 7 "The Wedding" November 14, 2007 Wednesday, 10:02 P.M. 5.7 10 2.9 7.90 #51 8 "The Country House" November 21, 2007 Wednesday, 10:02 P.M. 4.0 8 2.0 6.52 #62 9 "The Watch" November 28, 2007 Wednesday, 10:02 P.M. 5.0 8 2.6 7.15 #54 10 "The Nutcracker" December 5, 2007 Wednesday, 10:02 P.M. 5.0 8 2.4 6.91 #54 11 "The Birthday Present" October 1, 2008 Wednesday 10/9c 4.8 8 TBA 7.02 TBA 12 "The Family Lawyer" October 8, 2008 Wednesday 10/9c 4.1 7 TBA 5.85 TBA 13 "The Star Witness" October 22, 2008 Wednesday 10/9c 4.0 7 2.0 5.75 TBA 14 "The Silence" October 29, 2008 Wednesday 10/9c 4.1 7 2.0 6.06 1 15 "The Verdict" November 5, 2008 Wednesday 10/9c 4.1 TBA TBA 6.15 TBA 16 "The Injured Party" November 19, 2008 Wednesday 10/9c 3.7 TBA TBA 5.58 TBA 17 "The Summer House" December 3, 2008 Wednesday 10/9c 3.8 TBA TBA 5.64 TBA 18 "The Plan" December 10, 2008 Wednesday 10/9c 3.5 TBA 1.8 5.24 TBA 19 "The Organ Donor" December 17, 2008 Wednesday 10/9c 3.4 TBA TBA 5.13 TBA 20 "The Facts" July 18, 2009 Saturday 10/9c 1.4 TBA 0.6 2.15 TBA 21 "The Convertible" July 25, 2009 Saturday 10/9c 1.2 TBA 0.4 1.83 TBA 22 "The Unexpected Arrival" August 1, 2009 Saturday 10/9c 1.2 3 0.6 2.28 TBA 23 "The Bad Guy" August 8, 2009 Saturday 10/9c 1.5 3 0.7 2.19 TBA - The October 15 episode was preempted due to the coverage of the Presidential Debates.
- The November 12 episode was preempted due to the coverage of the 2008 Country Music Awards.
- The November 26 episode was preempted in favor over the Barbara Walters interview with Barack Obama. Consequently, the episode, "The Facts", was not aired until July 18, 2009.
Canadian ratings
Order Episode Viewers (millions) Rank 1 "Pilot" 1.09 #24[2] Broadcast history
The series premiered in the United States on September 26, 2007 on ABC following the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice, airing on Wednesday nights at 10:01PM Eastern/9:01PM Central. On November 16, 2007, ABC ordered a full 22-episode season for the show, making it the first show to receive a full season order since the WGA writers' strike began on November 5, 2007.[3] However, in the end, the first season comprised only 10 episodes due to the strike. Dirty Sexy Money: The Complete First Season, a three-disc DVD set including all 10 original episodes and exclusive bonus features including bloopers, audio commentary, deleted scenes, and featurettes, and more, was released on September 16, 2008.[citation needed] The second season premiered on October 1, 2008, ten months after the first season finale.
On November 20, 2008, ABC decided not to order any additional episodes for the 2008–2009 TV season.[4][5] On December 10, 2008 Billy Baldwin appeared on NBC's Today Show asking for fans to support the show by watching the show and by visiting the ABC website and sending nice messages of support to the ABC executives. He said the show is not canceled, but on hiatus until ABC knows how the midseason replacement shows fare. All cast and sets continue to be contracted and on hold for the time being.[6] The last scheduled episode of Dirty Sexy Money aired on December 17, 2008, while four episodes remain unaired in the USA.[7] though they have been broadcast elsewhere.
After Dirty Sexy Money was officially cancelled, ABC announced the series would return on Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central.[8][9] The final episode, "The Bad Guy", aired on August 8, 2009 and the second season came out on DVD on August 18, 2009.[10]
International distribution
The series premiered in the UK on March 21, 2008 at 9pm on Channel 4. Dirty Sexy Money was on hiatus due to the WGA writers' strike as of January 9, 2008, the date on which replacement series Cashmere Mafia assumed the time slot. Men in Trees, which has a total of 11 filmed unaired episodes available, assumed the slot on February 27, 2008, potentially for the balance of the spring season.
The show will be broadcast on Turner Network Television in Spain, Studio 23 in Philippines, Dizimax in Turkey and Nelonen in Finland. The series is being broadcast on the satellite/cable channel TNT in Spain since January 2008.[11][12][13][14]
In Canada, CTV first aired the show on Sundays at 10 pm (4 days after ABC), then it moved to 7 pm. CTV then moved the show to its secondary A system effective October 24, 2007 where it airs it in simulcast Wednesdays at 10 pm.[15][16]
In Australia, the Seven Network began airing Season One on Monday February 11, 2008 at 9:30 pm.[17] Season Two began on December 2, 2008,[18] initially at 9:30 pm, but due to low ratings, it was pushed back to 11:30 pm.[19] The Seven Network in Australia has aired all episodes of Season 2 that were unaired in the USA. Also Kanal 5 in Sweden aired the episodes, the last one on March 18, 2009.
New Zealand's TV2 started airing the show Wednesday nights at 9:30 pm, beginning February 6, 2008.
In the United Kingdom, Channel 4 began airing the episodes on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 9:00 pm. Channel 4 began airing the second season on March 8, 2009 on E4 in the 11 o'clock timeslot. Because of its cancellation in the US and low ratings for its first season in the UK there will be no new shows on Channel 4 for the foreseeable future. However, Season 2 commenced airing on E4 in a new time slot. For Season One it aired Tuesday nights at 9.00pm, whereas for Season Two it aired on Sunday nights at 11pm between March 8 and May 31, 2009, including the 4 episodes not yet shown in the US.
In Ireland RTÉ One began airing the programme on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 00:05.
In Latin America the series began broadcasting on February 12, 2008 on the AXN channel, season 2 will begin broadcast on February 3, 2009.
In South Africa the series began in December and the full series has been aired on the local satellite or analog channel M-Net. M-Net has broadcasted the remaining episodes of Season 2 which followed on from the Organ Donor episode which aired on January 29, 2009. The series aired on Thursday nights at 8:30p.m. with a repeat on Sundays at 2:00p.m. The season finale has aired on February 5, 2009.
The first season premiered in Greece on Fox life on Wednesday December 3. All 10 episodes aired.
In Israel the series was launched under the name "Money, Darling" on July 7, 2008 on Yes Stars Drama. Season 2 premiered on February 16, 2009, with all 13 episodes confirmed to air consecutively, including those not aired in the US.
In Hong Kong the series was premiered Thursday nights at 10:30 pm on July 17, 2008 on the mainly English free-to-air network TVB Pearl with bilingual audio in both English and Cantonese and widescreen on the same channel in Digital. Series 2 is due to air on March 26, 2009 at the same time-slot. Same as the rest of the world, Hong Kong also aired the unaired episodes before the US on May 28, 2009 starting with the thanksgiving recap episode "The Facts".
In Norway the show premiered on TV Norge on November 12, 2008.
In Estonia the show premiered on TV3 in summer 2009.
In Russia the show premiered on 1TV in summer 2008. Two seasons were shown in summer of 2009. The series launched under the name "Dirty Wet Money"
In Serbia the show premiered on cable Fox Life on September 2, 2009. And on Radio Television of Serbia from 2010.
The show is broadcast on Fox Life in Bulgaria too.
In Greece the show premiered on cable FOX Life on February 2009 and season 2 premiered on October 2009. The show also will premiered on ANT1 on 2010.
In France the show premiered on Canal+ pay TV in 2008 and the second season was aired from 2009 until Feb 11, 2010 when the last episode left French viewers totally desperate to see a 3rd season which as of today will not be shot.
In Slovenia the show's 1st season aired on Mondays on POP TV, It reaired on POP TV's new sister channel POP BRIO in September 2010, after the reruns the 2nd season premiered in the same time slot (Mon-Fri @ 10pm).
In Republic of Macedonia the show aired Sundays at 12:00pm in 2008 on A1 television, and later on Fox Life.
Marketing
Promotion
A full page advertisement for the show placed in The New York Post.Using publicity from Paris Hilton's jail sentence controversy, ABC placed full-page advertisements in the Los Angeles Times and The New York Post that read: "We love Paris. The Darling Family." Later, an airplane towing a banner with the same message flew above the downtown courthouse on June 8 during Hilton's subsequent hearing.[20] The network has also placed fake advertisements on popular gossip blog Perezhilton.com on August 6, 2007 "denouncing" the diva-like behavior of Samaire Armstrong's character, Juliet Darling, among others.[21]
The song Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by singer Lady Gaga was used during advertisements for the show. Clips from the show were also used in an alternate version of the music video
DVD release
Dirty Sexy Money: The Complete First Season was released on Region 1 DVD on September 16, 2008. The three-disc collection includes all 10 episodes from the first season.[citation needed] It was released on Region 2 DVD on October 20, 2008.
Dirty Sexy Money: The Complete Second Season was released on Region 1 DVD on August 18, 2009. The three-disc collection includes all 13 episodes from the second season.[22] Cover art for the DVD advertises the release as "The Complete and Final Second Season".
References
- ^ The Futon Critic
- ^ "Top Programs – Total Canada (English): September 24–30, 2007". http://www.bbm.ca/en/nat09242007.pdf.
- ^ The Futon Critic
- ^ tvseriesfinale.com
- ^ "Show Tracker". Los Angeles Times. November 20, 2008. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/11/its-a-given-bre.html.
- ^ thebiz.fancast.com
- ^ Nielsens: CBS tallies 9 of the top 10 shows for the week, USA Today, December 23, 2008
- ^ When Will the Final Episodes of "Pushing Daisies", "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money" Air?, The Ripcord, April 8, 2009
- ^ thefutoncritic.com
- ^ View the DVD review from SitcomsOnline
- ^ "New US shows set to hit Aussie TVs". Australian Associated Press. http://au.news.yahoo.com//2/13mp6.html.
- ^ Clarke, Steve (2007-06-14). "Virgin buys 'Sarah Connor,' 'Star Trek'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966929.html?categoryid=14&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ^ De Pablos, Emiliano (October 9, 2007). "Antena 3 takes ABC trio". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973700.html?categoryid=14&cs=1.
- ^ Susana Font (26 de junio de 2009). "Noah Wyle protagoniza un piloto de invasiones marcianas" (in Spanish). http://www.vayatele.com/tag/tnt. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ "CTV's announces slate of U.S. shows that will dominate its fall schedule". The Canadian Press. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress//entertainment/tv_ctv_fall_launch_1.
- ^ "Big Shots and Dirty Sexy Money Move from CTV to A-Channel". channelcanada.com. http://www.channelcanada.com/Article2038.html.
- ^ Knox, David (January 30, 2008). "Airdate: Dirty Sexy Money, Desperate Housewives". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/01/airdate-dirty-sexy-money-desperate-housewives.html. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
- ^ Knox, David (November 21, 2008). "Seven summer guide". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/11/seven-summer-guide.html. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
- ^ Knox, David (December 4, 2009). "Returning: Ghost Whisperer. Bumped: Dirty Sexy Money". tvtonight.com.au. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/12/returning-ghost-whisperer-bumped-dirty-sexy-money.html. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
- ^ Cohen, Sandy. "Little Hollywood love for Paris Hilton". Associated Press. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap//ap_en_ce/paris_hilton_hollywood_6.
- ^ "Puleeeze!". 2007-08-06. http://perezhilton.com/?p=3122. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
- ^ Dirty Sexy Money – The Complete Season Season on DVD TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-22.
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