Series synopsis
Lipstick Jungle is an American drama comedy television series that premiered on NBC on February 7, 2008. It ended on January 9, 2009. It was created by Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline. It stars Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, Lindsay Price and Paul Blackthorne.
Lipstick Jungle is an American comedy-drama television series created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for NBC Universal Television Studio. The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, who also served as executive producer alongside showrunner/head writer Oliver Goldstick. The pilot was directed by Gary Winick.
Premise
Lipstick Jungle is an American comedy-drama television series created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for NBC Universal Television Studio. The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, who also served as executive producer alongside showrunner/head writer Oliver Goldstick. The pilot was directed by Gary Winick.
Premise: Bright lights. Big city. Best friends
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Brooke Shields as Wendy Healy
- Kim Raver as Nico Reilly
- Lindsay Price as Victory Ford
- Paul Blackthorne as Shane Healy
- Andrew McCarthy as Joe Bennett
- Robert Buckley as Kirby Atwood
Guest cast
- Carlos Ponce as Rodrigo Vega
- Maria Thayer as Cassidy
- Rosanna Arquette as Tina Atwood
- Bobby Cannavale as Chris 'Parks' Parker
- Shannon McGinnis as Megan Albright
- Natasha Bedingfield as Self
- Sally Wheeler as Alice
- Amanda Loncar as Sasha Winters
- Melanie Mayron as Patty Bloom
- Sara Bareilles as Self
- Frank Converse as James Schuyler
- Christopher Cousins as Charles Reilly
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 21 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | ||
| Season 1 | 7 | February 7, 2008 | March 20, 2008 |
| Season 2 | 13 | September 24, 2008 | January 9, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Unaired Pilot It is the unedited and unaired pilot to the series. |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot Three longtime friends - Victory, Nico, and Wendy - are challenged with keeping up with complicated business and personal lives. For Wendy, being a big shot film executive, a wife and a mother proves to be a heavy daily juggle. Victory, meanwhile, is struggling to revive her once top notch fashion career. Finally, Nico must deal with serious marriage issues besides a stressful working life. For these three powerful women, the road to success in all aspects of their lives can be quite bumpy. Luckily, they have each other for support along the ride. |
February 7, 2008 |
| 2 |
Chapter Two: Nothing Sacred Wendy enjoys the success of her company's most recent movie, but only for now. Wendy finds out that her nemesis, Janice Lashera promoted a novel for publication, defacing her as an empowered businesswoman and, even worse in her eyes, a bad mother. Elsewhere, Nico's relationship with Kirby heat's up, and instills Nico with this liberating mentality to shake things up around the office. Meanwhile, Victory has a problem with the downsizing of her company to just one employee, herself. However, she is very intrigued by her new man, Joe Bennett, who turns out to be a very different person than the one she though. |
February 14, 2008 |
| 3 |
Chapter Three: Pink Poison Wendy's rival, Janice Lasher, makes Wendy looks bad as a mother when she is preparing to release her new book. Wendy tries to proves the claims incorrect by bringing her daughter to a "Women in Media" luncheon. On the other hand, Nico tries to slow down on her affair with Kirby. Victory introduces Mr. Joe Bennett to Wendy and Nico, which leads to a major change in which direction the relationship will go. |
February 21, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chapter Eight: Pandora's Box Nico is haunted by her infidelity when Charles gives her a photograph that Kirby took of her during their affair. Overcome with guilt, she debates whether she should tell Charles the truth and decides to go to extreme measures to save her marriage. Wendy decides to cut back on her hours at the office and spend more time at home after she finds her under-age daughter, Maddie, at a bar. Her transition into domestic life is not an easy one especially when her opinionated mother unexpectedly comes to the city for a visit. Victory finds it difficult to avoid Joe who is desperate to get her back. Trying to move on from their personal relationship, she hires a publicist Dahlia Morales to help brand her business and find a retail space. |
September 24, 2008 |
| 2 |
Chapter Nine: Help! Carlos Ponce Nico tries to adjust to her new life as a widow, but the appearance of Megan – her husband’s former student and secret lover -- only makes the road rockier. Victory, on the other hand, begins renovations on her new store and meets a handsome contractor named Rodrigo, who piques her interest. Wendy is caught in a predicament when she learns her latest film is in jeopardy after its star, who is also her friend, trusts her with a secret. She wonders: should she protect her film and studio or stand by her friend who needs her support? |
October 1, 2008 |
| 3 |
Chapter Ten: Let It Be Nico has a lot on her mind as she butts heads with the new CEO Griffin Bell and Kirby complicates matter when he insists on taking their relationship out in public. Meanwhile, things are heating up quickly for Victory and her new contractor Rodrigo, but problems arise when Joe constantly interrupts her new relationship. Later, Victory gets a surprise when Rodrigo shares that he has another woman in his life. Elsewhere, Wendy is consumed by her new John Lennon project, which begins to affect her personal and professional life. |
October 8, 2008 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 7, 2008 |
| Last aired | January 9, 2009 |
| Runtime | 47 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 21:00:00 |