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EMAILPRINTSERIES: ABC, Sunday 10:00p (60 minutes)

Cashmere Mafia
48
7.9 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 18 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 45 votes
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Show Info

Genre(s): Drama

Created By: Kevin Wade

First Air Date: January 6, 2008

Summary

Starring Lucy Liu, Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto, Bonnie Somerville, Peter Hermann, Julian Ovenden, Tom Everett Scott, and Lourdes Benedicto

Kevin Wade & Darren Starr's latest series stars Lucy Liu, Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto and Bonnie Somerville as powerful business women who remain best of friends.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

80

Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara

Because it's fun to watch the rich and mighty stumble and scheme, which novelists as diverse as William Thackeray and Judith Krantz have long known. In the first two episodes at least, the quality of the acting and the writing brings depth to what could so easily be the fetid shallows of life issues of the rich and famous

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80

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

It seems Darren Star has moved away from the fantasy of the upwardly mobile professional woman who seizes life's pleasures for everything they're worth; his ABC dramedy proves, time and again, that every treasure we hunt for comes with a higher price not listed on any receipt.

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80

LA WeeklyRobert Abele

It affects a frisky aura of gamesmanship with its tight-knit friends (played by Lucy Liu, Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto and Bonnie Somerville) as they send their distress-text signals to each other, meet up, hash out their obstacles--cheaters, competitors, cads and the clock--and plan their counterattacks.

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75

New York PostLinda Stasi

One reason it all works is the quality behind the concept.

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70

The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley

Mostly the series functions as an entertaining if pale sequel to its HBO prototype.

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60

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

Ignoring all that, shallow Mafia entertains in key moments.

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60

VarietyBrian Lowry

Strictly viewed on its merits, though, Cashmere Mafia suffers from a too-familiar feel.

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60

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

The new show from "Sex and the City" producer Darren Star, is a strained attempt to build another hit about four peacocky New York women who sip martinis and use the word "penis" as often as possible.

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40

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

Sadly, though, the cliches rack up even faster than the wardrobe changes.

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40

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

A ho-hum knockoff of "Sex and the City."

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40

New York MagazineAmy Larocca

Cashmere Mafia, on the other hand, proceeds as if it were written by someone very far away imagining a cold, hard city in which a woman can get a schmaltzy marriage proposal on a Monday and then be dumped five days later because she beats her fiancé out for a job.

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38

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

The show feels recycled.

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30

SlateTroy Patterson

As confected by ABC, the gayest and girliest of the big networks, Cashmere Mafia is the brighter of two ["Lipstick Jungle" is the other], with an "Ugly Betty" flair for color and a "Desperate Housewives" air of camp.

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30

Washington PostJohn Maynard

The characters of Cashmere are utterly lacking in that quality, and it's not long before their self-absorption and selfishness become unbearable.

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25

USA TodayRobert Bianco

The stars, all of whom have done better work in better projects, give it their all, but the show is too snide, condescending and unpleasant to be salvageable.

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25

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

The women aren't real, realistic, real-ish, real-esque or real-y. They don't even seem genuine in being fake.

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20

Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall

Pick your adjective--Predictable. Insufferable. Detestable. Tacky. --and it fits.

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10

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

It's pretty easy to qualify as worst series of the year when the year is less than a week old, but ABC's yucky Cashmere Mafia sets the limbo bar so low, only the slackest skeevy show could slither under it before the ball next drops Dec. 31.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 7.9 (out of 10) based on 45 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Vanessa H gave it a9:
It's a fantastic show, one of the best from ABC, and i did not AT ALL expected the cancellation, because "Mafia" got 10 million views ONLY in the first episode, and that is more views than some other show got in A YEAR! ABC, is out of they're minds, by no bringing the show back.

Andrew C. gave it a9:
Cashmere Mafia is a fantastic show, and the fact that it wasn't picked up for a second season is absurd! And Lipstick Jungle got a second season, is this a joke?! Cashmere Mafia was funny, sexy and amazing. So what if it's a spinnoff of Sex and the City?! Private Practice is a spinnof, 90210 is a spinnof, and they turned out fine! Its totally unfair not to give this talented cast, in this great tv show a chance!

Lauren S. gave it a10:
This show is fun,exciting, and sexy. The women are high class business profesionals who beat out their husbands and other men to be the best and look the best. The show was the talk in class at school, proving it does apeal to a younger group of women. I hope this show returns!

Weiwei L. gave it a10:
Good story lines with good actors. it is better than "lips...".

Joanna P. gave it a10:
Refreshing!!! Need to know when the show will pick up again.

Anna A. gave it a10:
Cashmere Mafia is my fav. I love the show. It covers all aspects of successful business women, their lives (personal & professional), their sense of fashion, I just love it. It really motivates me to be just like them. Plz bring it back on air. =). It's actually really good. Way better than most other shows. xoxo.

Paula A. gave it a9:
This is a very witty and glamorous show. I love the high fashion and characters. Much better than Lipstick Jungle!

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