Easy Money is a comedy

Comedy

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-drama

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 television series created by Diane Frolov

Diane Frolov

Diane Frolov is an American television writer and producer. She has written for several television shows, including The Sopranos and Northern Exposure. She frequently co-writes episodes with her husband, Andrew Schneider.-Career:...

 & Andrew Schneider

Andrew Schneider

Andrew Schneider is an American screenwriter and television producer, whose credits include writing for The Sopranos, Northern Exposure, and Alien Nation. He frequently co-writes episodes with his wife, Diane Frolov. In 1992 Schneider won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama...

. It premiered on October 5, 2008 on The CW Television Network

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. The show—along with Valentine

Valentine (TV series)

Valentine is a romantic comedy/drama television series created by Kevin Murphy, who also serves as executive producer alongside Courtney Conte. The show is produced by Media Rights Capital. It premiered on October 5, 2008 at 8:00pm on The CW Television Network and Citytv in Canada and after four...

, Surviving Suburbia

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, and In Harm's Way

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—are shows programmed by Media Rights Capital

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 (MRC), an independent producer of television programming. The Sunday night block (5pm–10pm) was sold to the producers on a leased-time basis from The CW after the network had no ratings success with the night.

Production of the series was put on hold in mid-October and was expected to resume within four to six weeks. Two weeks later, MRC decided to cancel both Easy Money and Valentine. On November 20, 2008, The CW announced that it was ending its Sunday Night agreement with MRC, removing the current shows and programming the night itself. Starting on July 26, 2009, the CW began airing the remaining four episodes of Season 1, Sundays at 7 p.m.

Plot

28-year-old Morgan Buffkin (Hephner) finds himself in charge of Prestige Payday Loans, his eccentric family's enormously successful short-term loan business.Any doubts Morgan has about running his family's business are quickly replaced by dealing with family business.Morgan's brother Cooper (Ferguson) insists on driving a silver-plated Hummer, Morgan's sister Brandy (Lowes) has questionable morals, he suspects that his mother (Metcalfe) and father (Searcy) are not being completely honest with him about his relation to the family, and every so often, part-time detective Barry (Reinhold) drops in.

Episode list

1. DNA
2. Sub-Prime
3. Collateral Damage
4. Chock Full O' Nuts
5. Extra Mayo
6. Bassmaster
7. Bella Roma
8. Bags, Bangles & Booty

The Cast

• Laurie Metcalf
  Laurie Metcalf
  Lauren Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf is an American actress. She is widely known for her performance as Jackie Harris on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, Mary Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, the voice of Mrs. Davis in the Toy Story film series and as Debbie Salt in Scream 2...
  
   as Bobette Buffkin
• Judge Reinhold
  Judge Reinhold
  Judge Reinhold is an American actor, perhaps best known for co-starring in movies such as Beverly Hills Cop, Ruthless People, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and The Santa Clause trilogy.-Early life:...
  
   as Barry
• Chris Browning as Detective Yapp
• Nick Searcy
  Nick Searcy
  Nick Searcy is an American actor who currently portrays Chief DeputyUnited States Marshal Art Mullen on FX's Justified. He also had a major role in the Tom Hanks produced miniseries From the Earth to the Moon as Deke Slayton....
  
   as Roy Buffkin
• Gary Farmer
  Gary Farmer
  - History :Farmer was born in Ohsweken, Ontario into the Cayuga nation and Wolf Clan of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy. Farmer attended Syracuse University and Ryerson Polytechnic University, where he studied photography and film production....
  
   as Shep
• Marsha Thomason
  Marsha Thomason
  Marsha Lisa Thomason is an English actress, who is known in the United States for playing Nessa Holt in the first two seasons of the NBC series Las Vegas, for her recurring role on ABC's Lost as Naomi Dorrit, and for playing FBI agent Diana Berrigan on USA Network's White Collar.-Early...
  
   as Julia Miller
• Jeff Hephner
  Jeff Hephner
  Jeff Hephner is an American actor, known for his recurring role as Matt Ramsey during the third season of The O.C., and as the lead Morgan Stanley Buffkin in the 2008 television series Easy Money...
  
   as Morgan Buffkin
• Jay R. Ferguson
  Jay R. Ferguson
  Jay Rowland Ferguson Jr. is an American actor.His notable roles include Taylor Newton in four seasons of the CBS sitcom Evening Shade, and a starring role as Rich Connelly in the 2005 NBC television series Surface, which was originally conceived as a mini-series and then expanded to a run of 15...
  
   as Cooper Buffkin
• Katie Lowes as Brandy Buffkin
• Kimberly Estrada
  Kimberly Estrada
  Kimberly Estrada is an American actress known for playing a wide range of roles, from professional boxer to vixen. Estrada is an ethnic blend of primarily Chinese, Spanish and Native descent and has an extensive background in martial arts and combat including Shaolin Kempo, Jeet Kun Do Kung Fu,...
  
   as Cherise Buffkin
• Peter Navy Tuiasosopo as Aloha Loans Owner
• Joe Peracchio as Mike Klink

International Syndication

Fox Life

Fox Life

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 Serbia has aired the complete series. Fox Life

Fox Life

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 Turkey aired all 8 episodes on 2009.

Season 1

Episode Count: 8


TV Season: 2008-2009


Season Rank: #190


Viewers: 650,000/0.2