‘Lipstick Jungle’ Has NOT Be Canceled
Good news for fans of Lipstick Jungle … it turns out that reports of the show’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Brooke Shields spoke to reporters yesterday and refuted claims that Jungle has been canceled. You may recall that last Thursday the Hollywood Reporter (among other outlets) reported that NBC dropped the ax on both Lipstick Jungle and My Own Worst Enemy … according to Brooke, those reports erroneously lumped Jungle into Enemy’s cancellation:
Despite reports, Brooke Shields says her NBC drama Lipstick Jungle hasn’t been scrapped. “They thought that because My Own Worst Enemy has been shut down that the same thing had happened to us, and it’s not true,” she told reporters at Sunday’s Kidsfest in NYC. “They’re not breaking down the sets,” she added. “We’re still working. We still have more to do, so it’s erroneously presented that we’ve been canceled, thank God. “Our bosses are saying, ‘You’re not canceled, don’t worry. We’re just trying to figure out how to make this make sense.’” Shields said fans have already sent in tubes of lipstick to Jeff Zucker, president & CEO of NBC Universal, to show their support. “It’s been insane,” she went on. “I think that the public outcry has been crazy, and it’s kind of wonderful.” Is she optimistic for the show? “I actually am,” Shields said. “I mean, we’re basically No. 1 if you look at DVR. And you look at all that. So the public is watching it. “The problem that they have is it’s not the same day live,” she continued. “They just need to figure out how to reconcile advertisers’ money because the advertisers don’t want you fast forwarding commercials. If the show gets canned, she said she’ll be heartbroken. “The family atmosphere and the excitement of being all together and working — that’s the perk,” she said. “I think they would be remiss if they decided not to continue next season.” Co-star Kim Raver (who also denied that the show’s been canceled) said she would take the cancellation “really hard. “The main thing is that me and Brooke and Lindsay [Price] have such a great time, not to sound corny,” she said. She added, “I think on Monday there are emergency meetings as to what’s going to go on. But I know the executives are really pushing it and believe in it.”
Yay! It looks like it’s time to pull the spork out of the Lipstick corpse and nurse the show back to health. Let this be a lesson to Jungle fans, y’all gotta tune in so that the ratings will go back up and NBC won’t be able to cancel the show. I, too, need to start tuning in … LJ sounds like an amazing show … here’s hoping it will enjoy a long life ahead.
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November 17th, 2008 at 9:44 am
YAY!! It’s no SATC by any means, but I like it!!!!
November 17th, 2008 at 9:54 am
I am so excited!!! I really love this show, my guilty pleasure
November 17th, 2008 at 9:58 am
this is a great show & def should NOT be canceled ! i hope it runs for another 7 seasons!
November 17th, 2008 at 9:58 am
WOOHOO thanks god!!! Great news
November 17th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Cashmere Mafia was so much better.
November 17th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Yay, this makes me very happy as well. Although I’m a guilty DVR’er I do love watching it.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:01 am
The problem is, Brooke, until NBC’s advertisers start looking at DVR “ratings”, Lipstick Jungle is NOT basically No. 1.
But I dig the idea of sending in lipsticks as protest - that’s fun! It harkens back to the good ol’ days of Cagney & Lacey getting saved from the CBS chopping block.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am
If they switched it back to a weeknight then people could watch it live, but nobody wants to stays home on Friday night just to watch the show. Instead it’s easier just to watch it Saturday morning on DVR.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Aidan- I agree that Cashmere Mafia was better. That red-headed actress (can’t think of her name) was awesome! But this is still a fun show! I am SO hoping this is true! I watch is on DVR, as well, so I really hope they are accounting for those of us that do that. I mean, who watches TV on Friday night?
November 17th, 2008 at 11:49 am
YAY!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE this show!
November 17th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
meh. cashmere mafia is way better. the only good thing about this show is robert buckley
November 17th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Omg love me some lipstick jungle.. not like hardcore hmmm….. but i love too see the fabulous clothes, shoes, and handbags!! heh!!
November 17th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
LIPSTICK JUNGLE rocks! YESSSS!
November 18th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I didn’t know that there were people sending the tubes of lipstick to the NBC execs. I thought of the idea (thinking it was an original but I was wrong). It was just one of the things that I was thinking about…kinda joking about it…glad to see that someone acutally did it. If they start talking about another cancellation scare I will happily start sending tubes myself.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:13 am
I dvr the show every week and like it. I hope they keep it on, I just cant be home on Friday night to watch it, it has to wait until Saturday morning.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Please do not cancel this show…there aren’t enough good shows to go around.