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• The Beautiful Life was a one-hour television series that aired on the CW Network. The show, which premiered in the Fall of 2009, featured the fictional lives of New York City models living together in an apartment. The CW aired only two episodes before canceling show due to low ratings.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i470b0d4b36272857a4462f1c6c87673b Also known at TBL, the show was produced by Ashton Kutcher and starred Mischa Barton, Corbin Bleu and Elle Macherson.

• Fast Facts

  1. Series premiere: September 16, 2009 http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/beaut...
  2. Network: CW Network http://www.tv.com/story/11944.html
  3. Created by: Ashton Kutcher, Adam Giaudrone http://www.tv.com/story/11944.html
  4. Setting: New York City http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beautif...
  5. Notable guest stars: Zac Posen http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/tv-r...

• Cast and Characters

  • Mischa Barton as Sonja Stone
  • Corbin Bleu as Isaac
  • Sara Paxton as Raina Marrinelli
  • Adam Bertrand as himself
  • Ashley Madekwe as Marissa Delfina
  • Elle Macpherson as Claudia Foster
  • Ben Hollingsworth as Chris Andrews
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• Reviews

  "The show's not a bad idea strategically, perhaps, but at least based on this first glimpse of the new fall line (a presentation, by the way, that's still a few scenes short of a full pilot), "TBL" is little more than a title in search of an actual show -- less TV to talk about, per the CW's ad campaign, than TV to groan at." - Variety http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117941033.html?categoryid=32&cs=1

  "For its new, Ashton Kutcher-produced world-of-modeling soap opera, “The Beautiful Life: TBL,” CW has added an abbreviation of the title to the title itself -- as if to make it seem, somehow, that the show is already popular and being talked about, in shorthand. It's a kind of wishful thinking, as if I were to name myself "Robert Lloyd: Cool," in the hope that you might believe I am." - L.A. Times http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-beautiful-life16-2009sep16,0,6889496.story

  "'The Beautiful Life' strives to undo all the advancements “Project Runway” and the recently released documentary 'The September Issue' have made to spin fashion as a business populated not entirely by frivolous idiots but rather by passionate, even semi-serious people committed to Hard Work. Here, the hard work is all in makeup application. Eye shadow doesn’t look like eye shadow so much as pasted-on glitter from Dorothy’s Oz shoes. In the ’90s the short-lived Fox series 'Models Inc.' at least provided a kind of aesthetic public service, letting me know that hemorrhoid cream, for instance, relieves puffiness around the eyes." - The New York Times http://tv.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/arts/television/16beautiful.html?_r=1

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