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Skin (TV series) |
| Skin | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Jim Leonard |
| Directed by | Greg Yaitanes |
| Starring | Ron Silver Kevin Anderson Pamela Gidley Rachel Ticotin Olivia Wilde D.J. Cotrona D.W. Moffett Laura Leighton Ginger Lynn Allen |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Jim Leonard Jonathan Littman Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Running time | approx. 43 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | FOX SOAPnet |
| Original run | October 20, 2003 – June 18, 2005 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Skin was a television series which aired at 9:00 p.m. Monday on the FOX network in 2003.1 It followed the tale of two teenagers who came from feuding families. One, Adam (D.J. Cotrona), is the son of Los Angeles District Attorney Tom Roam (Kevin Anderson), and the other is Jewel (Olivia Wilde), whose father, Larry Goldman (Ron Silver), runs a pornography company. The show was a modern-day take on the Romeo and Juliet story. Even after an incredible amount of advertising (Silver's line "His father is the district attorney!", featured in the promos, briefly became a catch-phrase), it was cancelled after only three episodes (of a total of nine episodes produced) due to poor ratings and less than favorable reviews.2 It was reprieved in 2005, when SOAPnet acquired broadcasting to all eight episodes and aired for the first time, the last five episodes.3
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Jim Leonard had the idea for the show, and put it forward to Jerry Bruckheimer.4 It was to be a Romeo and Juliet romance between the daughter of a porn king and the son of a crusading district attorney5 FOX were interested as "it was a really character-based drama, and a new world." where pornography would be the background, not the focus.4 Leanord said Our goal was to take the soap out of soap opera and to tell a kind of operatic big story where worlds come together, and that he had long wanted to do a show that was about "sex, race and love."1
Skin was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Hoosier Karma Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television6 The executive producers were creator Jim Leonard, Jonathan Littman, Jerry Bruckheimer. Greg Yaitanes was director, with
Larry Golman is a Jewish pornography magnate and loving father, who controls the Los Angeles pornography industry.54 Barbara is his giggling platinum blonde wife and Jewel is their sixteen year old daughter.5 Thomas Roam is a Catholic Los Angeles district attorney running for re-election, at a time when missing children, linked to child pornography, dominate the news.5 Laura Roam is his wife, a judge, and Adam is their half Mexican, half Irish sixteen year old son.5
Ron Silver was cast as main character Larry Goldman. Goldamn was to be a likable personality whose professional conduct is questionable. "What I wanted to set up was a situation where nobody's good and nobody's bad, and you ultimately don't know who to root for," said Leonard.4 Silver said "I was fascinated by the potential complexity of the character". In researching his role Silver met with Larry Flynt, Jenna Jameson as well as reading magazines and watching videos.4 Olivia Wilde plays his daughter Jewel and Pamela Gidley plays wife Barbara.6 Kevin Anderson played the Los Angeles district attorney, Thomas Roam, who was out to get Golman. Anderson elaborated on his character stating "He's not an out-and-out good guy, there's a dark side. He's different than the run-of-the-mill do-gooder crusader lawyer."4 His son, Adam, and wife, Laura, are played by D. J. Cotrona and Rachel Ticotin respectively.6 Other recurring characters included D.W. Moffett (as Skip Ziti), Laura Leighton (as Cynthia Peterson) and Ginger Lynn Allen (as Amber Lynn)
Originally aired of FOX, the first episode attracted 6.3 million viewers. It was down to fewer than 5.1 million viewers in its second airing and fewer than 4.1 million by its third airing.7
The original three episodes that aired on FOX before the show was cancelled.
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | American viewers in millions | Original airdate |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Russell Mulcahy | Jim Leonard | 6.58 | October 20, 2003 |
| Jewel and Adam, although from highly different worlds, meet and fall in love. Even though their fathers are trying to bring the other down, the couple profess their love to each other and continue dating. | |||||
| 2 | "Secrets & Lies" | Tucker Gates | Jim Leonard & Natalie Chaidez | 5.19 | October 27, 2003 |
| Adam and Jewel make love in Jewel's bedroom. Adam is arrested while trying to escape the property later that night and his father learns that they are still dating. | |||||
| 3 | "Endorsement" | Greg Yaitanes | Jim Leonard & Natalie Chaidez | 4.010 | November 3, 2003 |
| Jewel and Adam agree to meet at a conference in honor of his father, but she becomes upset when she learns that Adam's father is planning to arrest her dad. | |||||
The remaining episodes of the show that aired when SOAPnet syndicated the season in 2005.
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
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| 4 | "Amber Synn" | David Grossman | Gina Fattore | May 21, 2005 |
| When a political scandal breaks, involving large donations from a PAC funded by Goldman to Roam's campaign, Amber demands to meet with Goldman. Meanwhile, Laura asks Cynthia about an affair with Adam, and Darlene makes her movie debut. | ||||
| 5 | "Fidelity" | Bryan Spicer | Ted Mann | May 28, 2005 |
| Roam panics when someone breaks into Cynthia's apartment; Adam and Jewel pretend to date others; Zelda insinuates to Barbara that Goldman is unfaithful; Darlene schemes to overthrow reigning pornography queen Geena Devine.[1] | ||||
| 6 | "Blowback" | Tucker Gates | Zach Reiter | June 4, 2005 |
| Tom tries to blackmail Larry out of posting his indiscretion on the Internet; Adam agonizes about the TV reports.[2] | ||||
| 7 | "Family Values" | Terrence O'Hara | Tim Mason & Leo Geter | June 11, 2005 |
| Larry and Barbara learn that Jacob has been surfing the Goldman websites; Adam comes clean to Laura about Jewel. Larry reads Jewel's e-mail.[3] | ||||
| 8 | "True Lies" | Greg Yaitanes | Gina Fattore & Ted Mann | June 18, 2005 |
| Tom threatens to kill Larry if Laura does not survive; Darlene assumes her new alter-ego; the Goldmans begin to accept Jewel and Adam's relationship.[4] | ||||
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