The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
| The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency | |
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| Created by | Janice Dickinson |
| Directed by | Darren Ewing |
| Starring |
Janice Dickinson Nathan Fields Savannah Dickinson Gabrial Geismar Duke Snyder Peter Hamm (1-3) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 41 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Kevin Williams Stuart Krasnow |
| Running time | 30 minutes (Season 1) 60 minutes (Season 2-4) |
| Production company(s) | Krasnow Productions FremantleMedia North America |
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| Original network | Oxygen Network |
| Original release | June 6, 2006 – October 21, 2008 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency was a reality television series that debuted on Oxygen on June 6, 2006. The show completed four seasons, through which it followed the self-proclaimed world's first supermodel Janice Dickinson as she took on the role of a modeling agent to her own eponymous agency, also called The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, which opened for business in November 2005.
The first season follows her opening of the agency, including the difficulty in finding models of Janice's vision, getting them proficient in front of the camera, obtaining financial backing and establishing a reputation for her agency. Subsequent seasons followed the development of the agency and a constantly changing cast of models. A number of the male models were openly gay, and a number of the agency's clients were gay-oriented businesses. This resulted in many of the episodes being gay-themed.
Oxygen aired a one-hour holiday special to bridge a gap between the first and second seasons, entitled Christmas with the Dickinsons.
In the UK, there was to be a British version of the show with supermodel Paula Hamilton as the agency head. Like the American version, the show was to be titled after the lead (The Paula Hamilton Modeling Agency). It was to be shown on the cable channel Living, which is also the home of the Top Model franchise in UK. After much planning, the show was canceled due to a lack of interest in the American version.
Janice Dickinson decides to open her own self-titled modeling agency. She works in collaboration with business partner Peter Hamm to handle the affairs of the agency, yet creative differences set them apart.
The show begins when Janice holds an open call in her original location, responded by approximately 500 model-wannabes. After hiring 5 amateur models, the location of the agency moves to a bigger area. Janice finds a partner in Peter Hamm, who causes conflicts between her, himself and the subsequent models that get hired. As time passes, the agency suffers financial loss as Janice reveals she has been borrowing money from Peter to fund the agency, and in order to survive, several models are to be retrenched. At the end of the season, the agency launches their billboard at Sunset Boulevard, and zed cards are administered to the new roster of models.
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