Cashmere Mafia | |
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Genre | Comedy-drama |
Created by | Kevin Wade |
Starring |
Lucy Liu Frances O'Connor Miranda Otto Bonnie Somerville |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Kevin Wade Gail Katz Darren Star Michael Pressman Jeff Rake |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 45–48 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Darren Star Productions Gail Katz Productions Back East Pictures Kevin Wade Productions Sony Pictures Television |
Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | January 6 | – February 20, 2008
Cashmere Mafia is an American television comedy-drama 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.
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" (The Cashmere Mafia) to protect one another and discuss their personal ups and downs as they try to have it all in New York City.
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.
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.