Not much new non-reality programming from struggling network The CW for its Fall schedule. In fact, only one new drama: Surviving the Filthy Rich.
It's a drama adaptation of the Zoey Dean novel How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls, which centres on a Yale graduate who has moved to Manhattan, but finds nothing going to plan. When her job at a tabloid magazine turns sour, she accepts a position working for infamous teenage twins who are filthy rich, and unmarketable, as far as their grandmother and upper-echelon colleges are concerned.
Her challenge? Get them into an A-list university. Her reward? Ample pay, plus a significant check that will wipe out her hefty college loans.
Here's the promo and what I'm seeing is the worst of Gossip Girl (mean rich kids) without any of the benefits (decent adult roles, some good romantic storylines, some charm). But then, I'm not exactly the target audience on this one.
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May 20, 2008:
A trailer for the new 90210 spin-off on The CW
May 17, 2008 | Reply
Not much new non-reality programming from struggling network The CW for its Fall schedule. In fact, only one new drama: Surviving the Filthy Rich.
Doesn't the 90210 return count?
May 17, 2008 | Reply
I could try to fudge my way out of that one and say that it's not a new drama if it's basically 90210 again. But truth is, I forgot about it. Oops! Thanks for the reminder.
Plus there's not much to say about it yet - no video and even the new cast photo doesn't have Jennie Garth in it.