The Primetime Dish

“Dirty Sexy Money” has stared filming its second season and various spoilers are floating around the web, reportedly from leaked scripts. Two major spoilers follow!

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Here are some spoilerish tidbits for “Ugly Betty,” “Dirty Sexy Money,” and “Housewives.”

Once again, I’m in Vegas and will be getting in late tomorrow night. I’ll be catching up on all the shows via Tivo when I get home!

Various sources around the web this week were stating that Rebecca Romijn (Alexis Mead) was not happy at “Ugly Betty” and would be quitting after the second season. However Kirstin at E! has posted that Romijn is being dropped to recurring and it appears it was the show’s decision.

Also look for Gene Simons to make another guest appearance on the show as Amanda’s dad, according to Ausiello

Over to “Dirty Sexy Money,” it looks like the character Lucy Liu may play is a lawyer who opposes Nick in some case. Hmmmm, Kirstin at E! is also hinting in season 2 one of the Darling children may go on trial for trying to kill Nick’s dad Dutch, but we still don’t know if he’s dead.

Finally there are a lot of spoilers floating around for the season finale of “Desperate Housewives,” including the time jump. It almost looks like it’s going to happen based on comments from people here and there, but as of yet no confirmation of what will happen. “Housewives” has thrown out bum spoilers in past season finales I believe to keep the internet fans guessing. Kirstin at E! indicates a new husband Ken appears on Wisteria Lane with a secret that sets up the next season.

If ABC decides to cancel “Cashmere Mafia” then Lucy Liu is expected to jump ship over to “Dirty Sexy Money” and will become a regular there for the second season. The character she’s being courted for is that of an attorney, but it’s not known how she will fit into the show. Peter Krause’s character on the show Nick is the head attorney for the Darling family.

Via The Hollywood Reporter
Photo: ABC.com

One of my favorite new shows of last season was “Dirty Sexy Money,” which will not be back until the fall. However some news has trickled out. Ausiello at TV Guide has reported that Samaire Armstrong, who plays Juliet Darling is off the show as a full cast member and will only be recurring. I can’t say this is surprising, her character just wasn’t all that interesting.

Also Kristen at E! posted some spoiler goodness on the show. It looks like Little Brian Jr will be back next season! Recall that his mom took him off to China with her, or someplace far away. Oh and we’ll find out who killed Dutch, if he is in fact even dead (so more like who tried to kill him). I have always maintained the guy isn’t dead

UNDERSCORING THE STRENGTH OF ITS FALL SCHEDULE, ABC ENTERTAINMENT PICKS UP NINE SERIES FOR NEXT SEASON

Pickups Return Fall’s Most Successful Series: “Brothers & Sisters,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost,” “Private Practice,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Samantha Who?” and “Ugly Betty” Receive Pickups for ‘08-’09 Season

Today ABC Entertainment announced pickups for nine of its most popular shows, returning broadcast television’s most successful fall series. ABC Entertainment ordered episodes of “Brothers & Sisters,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost,” “Private Practice,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Samantha Who?” and “Ugly Betty.”

“The strength of our schedule this fall was unprecedented and speaks for itself,” said Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment. “We’re looking forward to building on that success.”

On average during Fall 2007 (10 complete weeks: 9/24-12/2/07), ABC was the No. 1 network among Adults 18-49 (3.9/10), delivering the top position in the key young adult sales demo on 7 of the first 10 weeks of the season and ranking No. 1 during the November Sweep for the third consecutive year. In addition, ABC claimed eight of the Top 20 highest-rated TV shows among young adults during the fall, including five of the Top 10 freshman series.

Show descriptions in the press release follow . . .

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So this week’s “Dirty Sexy Money” had a few twists and turns!

First, Jeremy finally had to tell his new girlfriend the truth, that he wasn’t an artist. She ended up leaving him, not caring he was rich. She was upset he lied to her. I was hoping they wouldn’t go for the predictable here, but oh well. Jeremy also hung out with Lisa at the gallery in this episode. They smoked some pot, and he kissed her! Uh oh, is this leading to some kind of affair? Lisa was later fired when the pot smell permeated a giant (artistic) sponge. I loved the reaction of the client who came to by it and then refused as it smelled like her pot smoking ex husband!

Juliet met some French guy and wants him to be her “first.” This story I wasn’t paying close attention to, as it was boring me. Why do I get the feeling he’s using her?

Patrick worked on his marriage this week, while Carmelita felt like she was being watched and in danger. Patrick had the limo driver looking after her, but it did no good. The show ended with someone kidnapping Carmelita! My guess is this is Simon’s work, but I’m not sure. I also somewhat suspect Patrick’s wife!

Karen dated Simon this week and even meet his princess of an ex-wife. Literally, she was a princess from some African country! Karen seemed a little turned off by Simon’s till close relationship with her, and it was an odd relationship. They had dinner together and it was just uncomfortable looking. Nick meanwhile seemed to get jealous that Karen was seeing Simon and thought Simon was doing this to hurt Tripp and made him break it off. In the end everyone was being played as Tripp put Karen up to seeing Simon, telling her she wasn’t to get emotionally attached. She said she wasn’t, but is she? Or is she simply doing this to get to Nick as usual?

Finally all of Brian’s ungodliness caught up to him and he was suspended from the church. He thought about his life and how things are going and decided to go work for Tripp at the company. Ironically he’s not Tripp’s biological kid, but of all of the Darlings he’s probably the one that has the nasty killer instinct for the business world.

So this week’s “Dirty Sexy Money” FINALLY revealed the big secret, which one of the kid’s was Dutch’s. No shock here, it ended up being Brian. That one was so obvious from the beginning, so I had hoped they’d make the twins his instead. No such luck, Nick is stuck being brother to, shall we say, the worst of the Darling bunch.

Jeremy continued his sham this week, trying to convince his new girlfriend he was poor and struggling. When she decided he had no goals, he lied and told her that he was an artist! He got paintings from Lisa and showed them to her. Yeah we could see where this one was headed, she asked him to paint her! I think in the end, she’s going to have know who Jeremy was all along.

Other stories going on this week included Patrick recovering from being shot by his wife, and being visited by both her and Carmelita in the hospital. Simon ended up having a fling with Karen. Oh boy, he’s doing everything he can to worm his way into this family. If he’s slept with Karen, I think it’s safe to say he’s not a Darling himself . . . unless he doesn’t know? Ew! Finally Brian lost custody of his boy and got busted for bribing the arbitrator.

I had been traveling most of the day, so I was tired and can’t remember too much of the episode this week to comment on. It wasn’t one of the most exciting I thought, especially since the promos made it sound like it would be. I think it was the let down that Brian was Dutch’s kid after all.

Last week’s episode of “Dirty Sexy Money” mostly surrounded Karen Darlings failed attempt at a marriage to Freddy. She actually married him, but then when he said he really did love her, she got it annulled the same day! Karen told Nick it was always about him and kissed him. Opps! I’m thinking giving Letitia tried to cause trouble for Nick’s marriage to Lisa by telling her about the kiss, that we can count Karen out as Nick’s sister via the affair with Dutch.

Other stories going on this and last week, Brian fought for custody of Little Brian. His mother returned and decided she wanted to take him back to Brazil, but planned to make sure Brian supported him in the lifestyle he had become accustomed to. Seems like the mom planned on making a buck off the kid? They met with an arbitrator, and when it looked like Brian was about to lose, he bribed the arbitrator! Will it work? I don’t know.

Patrick’s wife found out about Carmelita, she refused to let the affair break them up or stop them from getting to the White House, saying she didn’t marry a Darling for nothing. So she too has her eyes on the prize, but seems to really love Patrick. They made arrangements to share Patrick, but a furious wife didn’t like when he came home to her after “talking” with the mistress. She shot him in the leg!

This week Tripp invited Simon Elder to a country house for Thanksgiving. Nick convinced him to go, that this wasn’t a trap. All hell broke lose! We learned a whole lot, but were still left with a lot of questions. It seems Simon Elder’s parents worked for Tripp’s parents, Simon’s mother was Tripp’s father’s mistress! Yeah can we see where this one is going? Simon’s family was deported to the USSR, Simon blames Tripp or his father for reporting them. Simon’s parents ended up killing in some kind of a concentration like camp, and Simon was left an orphan. He made something of himself and now is possibly back for revenge against Tripp? Not so fast! Tripp later told Nick it was actually Dutch who reported Simon’s parents, which would give Simone a reason to want Dutch dead. Simon later told Nick that the theories that Tripp killed his older brother to take over the Darling empire aren’t just crazy Internet conspiracy theories!

So, as it stands, it looks like both Tripp and Simon were capable of killing. I have a feeling Simon IS a Darling, that is why he wants revenge. Perhaps Dutch found this out? So I think Tripp could have knocked him off to keep him quiet. I mean if Tripp killed his brother to get the empire, he won’t want anyone else popping up to make a claim either. Then again, Simon could have done it for revenge. I’m so confused, but loving the show still.

Here are the weekly listings for the first week of December for ABC’s shows. I also suspect that until the writers strike ends, a lot of these may be the final episodes we’ll see for some of these shows

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Official listings for “Brothers and Sisters,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Private Practice” and “Ghost Whisperer.”

Note: “Grey’s” and “Ugly Bett” are reruns of the season premiers on November 29th. No new NBC spoilers to add in, I posted everything I could last week.

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