TV Review - Lipstick Jungle

DBF left town just in time for the new mid-season TV shows premieres. I hadn't even heard about Lipstick Jungle until about two days before it aired. I guess I hadn't been watching enough regular television or was going to bed before the commercials were airing. Either way, I was obviously in the dark because this thing was getting a media frenzy apparently.

Once I finally did see the ads, I was pretty excited to check it out. Although, since it's on regular mainstream NBC (instead of somewhere a little more fun like HBO or Showtime) I wasn't totally sure if it was going to live up to expectation. I mean, they spend a lot of time reminding us that this show is from the same creator as Sex and the City...so they are setting the bar mighty high.

I am excited to see Brooke Shields back in a main role...she's gotten pretty cool as she's gotten older. And she seems like a real woman. She is still gorgeous, but in a more natural, she's-getting-up-there-in-age-and-you-can-see-her-wrinkles sort of way. And what about Kim Raver? Do you remember how plain-jane and dowdy her look was on Third Watch? Wow, who knew she was actually that glamorous? And well, Lindsay Price has always been cute, so I'm not surprised that she fits her role so well. But is it just me or do her lips look a little extra plump these days? Maybe it's all that lip gloss.

Anyway, I've watched the first two episodes now and I think I'll try to keep up. So far I'm interested to follow the characters and I find the plots just right for that late night, candy-coated, completely mindless TV that I so love. The beautiful, beautiful men don't hurt either.

I think this one is definitely DVR worthy.