Good News for NY Actors

The actors of New York are likely breathing a collective sigh of relief today: NBC has announced that all three Law & Orders will be back with new episodes this fall. Criminal Intent will move to NBC's cable channel, USA, while "original recipie" and SVU will remain on NBC.


NBC brings more good news with the full-season pickup of new series Lipstick Jungle, based on the book by Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell. The series will tape here in NY, and stars Kim Raver, Brooke Shields, and Lindsay Price as numbers 8, 12, and 17 of "New York's 50 Most Powerful Women", according to the NY Post. If it stays true to the book, one is a fashion designer, another is a high-powered film executive, and the third is editor-in-chief of an important magazine. Some familiar names are involved - Scott Cohen (Losing Louie), the adorable lil' Sarah Hyland of Grey Gardens, Andrew McCarthy. David Alan Basche and Matt Morrison are both listed as playing the same role - wonder who the real "Mike Harkness" is. Also featured is my friend, the very funny Seth Kirschner, who people seem to recognize from web-based show We Need Girlfriends. I'm learning from him that a LOT of people watch this show via youtube and myspace - more than I ever thought were watching webisodes. Is web tv finally approaching the tipping point?

The novel Lipstick Jungle is a fun jaunt, and I still (embarassingly) find myself watching the reruns of SATC on TBS, even though I've seen each episode approximately eleven millionty times. Could this be a made-in-New-York show with sticking power? Fingers crossed.