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First Look: Dirty Sexy Money's Second Season

BuzzSugar — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:30:11 -0700

The last episode of ABC's Dirty Sexy Money aired so long ago, it had a Nutcracker theme. The show - like its counterparts in ABC's Wednesday night lineup, Pushing Daisies and Private Practice - went off the air during the writers' strike and never returned. This week, Dirty Sexy Money is back, amid a bunch of promises from the producers that this year's show will be "dirtier," "sexier," and - you got it - "monier."

Along those lines, they've added Lucy Liu to the cast as Nola Lyons, a "whip-smart, overachieving, and very fashionable" attorney who goes up against Peter Krause's Nick George. Nick, meanwhile, will find himself more affected by the over-the-top wealth and naughty antics of the Darlings, even as he tries to stay on the sidelines.

The show's gone through a lot of turmoil since its premiere (several executive producers, episodes that were reshot or ditched altogether), but I'm hoping Dirty Sexy Money can pull it together for season two. I was recently rewatching parts of last season online, and there were definitely signs of a fun soap opera in there. Want to check out how things are looking so far? To watch three clips from the premiere, including one with Liu, just read more.

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TV Tonight: Dirty Sexy Money

BuzzSugar — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:30:00 -0700

I haven't been writing much about it, but Dirty Sexy Money has been working its way up to a place on my must-watch list. The presence of Peter Krause as idealistic attorney Nick George helps, but he's not the only good thing about the show. In fact, I'm most drawn to the wealthy, dysfunctional Darling clan Nick works for, from secretive patriarch Tripp Darling (Donald Sutherland) to his spoiled starlet daughter Juliet (Samaire Armstrong).

So far, I've enjoyed the over-the-top soapy elements of the show (a photo shoot with lions! a catfight over bangs!) more than the overarching story of Nick's quest to find out who killed his father, who had been the Darlings' lawyer before his death. But I have a feeling the two are going to collide quite nicely in tonight's episode, when Nick and his wife head to Italy to look for clues and end up running into Karen Darling, who never quite knows when to keep her mouth shut. Meanwhile, Letitia finally admits to Tripp that she had a long-running affair with Nick's father - a little secret Nick accidentally spoiled in last week's episode. So much drama! Are you also getting sucked into this saga? To check out two clips from tonight's episode, just read more

Pilot Watch: "Dirty Sexy Money"

BuzzSugar — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:30:25 -0700

The networks have announced their fall schedules, but which of the series will actually be worth watching? Throughout the summer, as I watch the pilots, I'll be posting my first impressions. Note that a lot can change before a show actually makes it to air, so these aren't comprehensive reviews, just quick thoughts on how the shows look now. Today's installment: ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money."

What's it about? A lawyer takes over his dead father's job as the personal counsel to a rich, crazy New York family, getting sucked into a world he spent his childhood resenting.

Who's in it? Peter Krause of "Six Feet Under," Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh, Natalie Zea

The good: Considering the size of the cast, this pilot does an amazing job setting up the dark, decadent world of the Darlings without feeling heavy-handed. Where other pilots rely on expositionary dialogue ("but you're the best-selling author in history!"), "Dirty Sexy Money" has mastered the art of showing and not telling - one of my favorite touches was how the character of each Darling is revealed through a ring tone on Nick's cell phone.

The bad: This pilot does a great job of setting up the world of Nick and the Darlings, but it doesn't give me a great sense of how the show will be structured from week to week. I worry that the wacky Darlings, so amusingly quirky in the pilot, will be tiresome by a few weeks in.

Will I watch? Definitely. Krause alone was enough to get me to give the show a chance, but all the curveballs his character gets thrown in the second half of this pilot will keep me watching.

To watch a preview for the show and check out a gallery of photos, read more

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Are You Surprised by Forbes's Top-Earning Men in Prime Time?

BuzzSugar — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:30:41 -0800

Forbes recently released the list of Prime Time's Top-Earning Men. Who made the cut? In order, they are: Simon Cowell, followed by Donald Trump, Ryan Seacrest, Charlie Sheen, Steve Carell, Howie Mandel, Kiefer Sutherland, Jeff Foxworthy, Hugh Laurie, and at No. 10 (a tie!) David Caruso of CSI: Miami and Patrick Dempsey.

Simon Cowell at No. 1 is a no-brainer, thanks to the unstoppable machine that is American Idol (not to mention all of his other shows). But there are a few names that made me do a double take. Jeff Foxworthy, for instance - who knew that Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader was such a money generator? And where's Jeff Probst? I guess the Survivor franchise doesn't carry as much clout as I thought.

What about you? Other than maybe Simon Cowell at number 1, do you find this list surprising?