I started watching Big Shots on ABC.com because I wanted to see Michael Vartan. I loved him on Alias, and when I saw commercials for the show, I figured I'd give it a shot. This is one of my guilty pleasures. Guilty because it's really not very good... the storylines go back and forth with no resolutions and no promise of actually moving forward. But I kept watching it until there were no more episodes because it's funny, and I do like seeing Michael Vartan.
This show, and the more recent Cashmere Mafia both remind me of Sex and the City. Both shows are centered around the lives of 4 best friends who each have different jobs and are in different places in their lives, but share their latest crises with one another over a drink or a round of golf. Cashmere Mafia is even set in the same city! This show seems to be better than Big Shots, at least, and the acting is a bit better. Lucy Liu is fun to watch and, like Carrie Bradshaw, has a taste for fashion. Now I need to watch an episode of the new Lipstick Jungle, which is based on the novel by Candace Bushnell, creator of Sex and the City. Based on commercials for the show, it too is similar.
However, can any of the shows have the same appeal as Sex and the City? It was one of the first television series that focused on the sex lives of women, as well as their roles in society and the workplace. Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle may have dramatic, comedic storylines that people want to see develop, but they won't be as original. Also, they're on major network channels, so they won't have the same opportunities to bare-all as Sex and the City did... or was that not part of the appeal?
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