High Society is the title of a short-lived American television sitcom that borrowed much of its comedic format from the campy British comedy series Absolutely Fabulous. The series aired Monday nights on CBS in 1995 and early 1996; it was entered into the CBS schedule as a replacement for If Not for You, a sitcom starring Elizabeth McGovern which was quickly canceled by the network.
The series revolved around two New York City women who acted in a...
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High Society is the title of a short-lived American television sitcom that borrowed much of its comedic format from the campy British comedy series Absolutely Fabulous. The series aired Monday nights on CBS in 1995 and early 1996; it was entered into the CBS schedule as a replacement for If Not for You, a sitcom starring Elizabeth McGovern which was quickly canceled by the network.
The series revolved around two New York City women who acted in an outrageous, campy, and decadent manner. Ellie Walker (Jean Smart) was a successful author of trashy romantic novels, and her best friend and publisher was Dorothy 'Dott' Emerson (Mary McDonnell). Emerson was a divorced mother with a preppie college-aged son, Brendan Emerson (Dan O'Donahue), a College Republican, who rejected the relentless sexual advances of Ellie, but who otherwise appeared to be heterosexual. In the pilot episode, the women's small-town former college friend, Val Brumberg (Faith Prince), arrived and moved in with Dott. At...
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