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Do You Remember: Dirty Sexy Money
The short-lived ABC drama Dirty Sexy Money debuted back in September 26, 2007 and was created by producer and writer Craig Wright (who wrote for Six Feet Under and Lost and created the recently ended OWN drama Greenleaf). Wright served as an executive producer along with Greg Berlanti, Bryan Singer and Peter Horton (among others).
The series revolves around lawyer and family man Nick George (Peter Krause), who agrees to become the lawyer for The Darlings, the richest family in New York, after his father (the long-time lawyer for the family) mysteriously dies in a plane crash. While the family constantly relies on Nick to solve their problems, which makes him struggle to balance his morals and family life while dealing with the family and the while trying to discover who committed the murder.
Dirty Sexy Money was the first new show from the 2007-2008 TV season to receive a full season order, but because of the 2007 writer’s strike the show’s first season only had 10 episodes. The second season didn’t take place until 10 months after the season finale of the first season; but the second season was plagued with being put on hiatus during its sophomore year and then in December of 2008 it was pulled from the line-up after only 9 episodes aired. The show was cancelled, but the final 4 episodes aired during the summer of 2009.
Besides Peter Krause, the cast boasted an ensemble that included the following, who played members of the Darling family:
Donald Sutherland – Patrick “Tripp” Darling III, the patriarch of the family;
Jill Clayburgh – Letitia Darling, the matriarch of the family;
William Baldwin – Patrick Darling IV
Natalie Zea – Karen Darling
Glenn Fitzgerald – Brian Darling, Sr.
Seth Gabel – Jeremy Darling
Samaire Armstrong – Juliet Darling
Sheryl Lee – Andrea Smithson Darling (this part was played by Brooke Smith in the pilot)
Bella Thorne – Margaux Darling
Bellamy Young – Ellen Alexander Darling (this part was played by Kiersten Warren in the pilot)
Some of the other members of the main cast included:
Zoe McLellan, who played Lisa George, Nick’s wife
Chloe Grace Moretz, who played Kiki George (this part was played by Elle Fanning in the pilot and was played by Darcy Rose Brynes in season 2)
Lucy Liu, who played Nola Lyons
Blair Underwood, who played Simon Elder
Candis Cayne, who played Carmelita Rainer
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The guest stars included Gina Torres (Suits and Firefly), Sarah Carter (Falling Skies), Kristin Bauer van Straten (True Blood), John Schneider (The Haves and the Have Nots) and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family).
Dirty Sexy Money also had some well-known one-timers, including nighttime soap stars Ted Shakelford and Donna Mills; long-time stalwarts Robert Pine, Ken Howard and Peter Strauss and actresses Rena Sofer and Alice Krige.
The show started out fairly well in the ratings, earning 10.4 million for its pilot episode, then averaging 8.3 million viewers for its first 10 episodes. However, it was by episode 8 that the show began to struggle in the ratings.
All those months later when season two finally returned, the ratings for the premiere episode was 7.1 million viewers with the 9 episodes that aired in 2008 averaging 5.8 million viewers. The 4 final episodes that aired in the summer of 2009 averaged only 2.1 million viewers, though.
Do you remember Dirty Sexy Money?
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