Related is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comedy-dramaComedy-drama, also called dramedy or seriocomedy, is a style of television, theatre and film in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content.-Theatre:...
series that aired on The WB network during the 2005-2006 television season. It revolved around the lives of four close-knit sisters - of
ItalianThe Italian people are an ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common Italian culture, descent, and speaking the Italian language as a mother tongue...
descent, raised in
BrooklynBrooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located southwest of Queens on the western tip of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area...
- living in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
.
The show was created by former
Sex and the CitySex and the City is an American cable television series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of six seasons....
writer
Liz TuccilloLiz Tuccillo is an American writer and actress best known for her work on the HBO comedy series Sex and the City and for co-authoring the self-help book He's Just Not That Into You...
, and
executive producedAn executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the filmmaking or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production. Typically an executive producer handles business and legal issues. See also associate producer, co-producer, line producer...
by
Friends co-creator
Marta KauffmanMarta Kauffman is an American writer and producer, best known as the co-creator of the popular sitcom Friends, alongside David Crane. Both Crane and Kauffman were also executive producer of the show, along with Kevin S. Bright. Crane and Kauffman have also produced Veronica's Closet, starring...
. Despite heavy promotion, initial ratings did not warrant the show being picked up for a second season when The WB network was folded into The CW.
The untitled
Related theme song is sung by
The VeronicasThe Veronicas are an electropop pop-rock duo based in Australia. The duo was formed in 2004, in Brisbane, by twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso. They have their own line of clothing for all ages, that they released beginning in 2007....
, whose music was regularly featured in episodes.
- Ginnie (Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito is an American actress and dancer.-Personal life:Esposito, an Italian American, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a computer consultant and music producer. She has one older sister...
) - Ginnie, the oldest of the Sorelli sisters, is an ambitious 30-year-old corporate attorney.
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Related is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comedy-dramaComedy-drama, also called dramedy or seriocomedy, is a style of television, theatre and film in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content.-Theatre:...
series that aired on The WB network during the 2005-2006 television season. It revolved around the lives of four close-knit sisters - of
ItalianThe Italian people are an ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common Italian culture, descent, and speaking the Italian language as a mother tongue...
descent, raised in
BrooklynBrooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located southwest of Queens on the western tip of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area...
- living in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
.
The show was created by former
Sex and the CitySex and the City is an American cable television series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of six seasons....
writer
Liz TuccilloLiz Tuccillo is an American writer and actress best known for her work on the HBO comedy series Sex and the City and for co-authoring the self-help book He's Just Not That Into You...
, and
executive producedAn executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the filmmaking or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production. Typically an executive producer handles business and legal issues. See also associate producer, co-producer, line producer...
by
Friends co-creator
Marta KauffmanMarta Kauffman is an American writer and producer, best known as the co-creator of the popular sitcom Friends, alongside David Crane. Both Crane and Kauffman were also executive producer of the show, along with Kevin S. Bright. Crane and Kauffman have also produced Veronica's Closet, starring...
. Despite heavy promotion, initial ratings did not warrant the show being picked up for a second season when The WB network was folded into The CW.
The untitled
Related theme song is sung by
The VeronicasThe Veronicas are an electropop pop-rock duo based in Australia. The duo was formed in 2004, in Brisbane, by twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso. They have their own line of clothing for all ages, that they released beginning in 2007....
, whose music was regularly featured in episodes.
Main characters
- Ginnie (Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito is an American actress and dancer.-Personal life:Esposito, an Italian American, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a computer consultant and music producer. She has one older sister...
) - Ginnie, the oldest of the Sorelli sisters, is an ambitious 30-year-old corporate attorney. Ginnie is the one Sorelli sister who is married. In the premier episode, Ginnie has just learned that she is pregnant. Recently she just lost her baby.
- Bob Spencer (Callum Blue
Daniel James Callum Blue is an English film and television actor best known for his role as Mason on Dead Like Me and as Belle's boyfriend, Alex, in Secret Diary of a Call Girl. He can be seen in the 2009 thriller Mate with Melinda Clarke of the OC; the film is currently in pre-production...
) - Bob is Ginnie's British husband. He works as a software engineer in the music industry. He recently worked on Jack Johnson's tour.
- Ann (Kiele Sanchez
Kiele Michelle Sanchez is an American actress who starred as the second-eldest Sorelli sister, Anne, a therapist in her mid-twenties, in The WB's comedic ensemble drama, Related. She was cast as a co-star in the third season of the ABC television series Lost but her character was soon written out...
) - Ann, 26, the second oldest sister, is a therapist who specializes in counseling transvestites. When she was younger, she had an abortion.
- Marjee (Lizzy Caplan
Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the CBS show The Class, in the 2004 film Mean Girls, and the 2008 film Cloverfield...
) - Marjee is 23. At the beginning of the series, she is working as a party planner and dating her boss's boyfriend Jason. Recently, Marjee quit her job and started a business with Jason.
- Rose (Laura Breckenridge
Laura Breckenridge is an American actress born in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, most noted for her portrayal of 19-year-old college student Rose Sorelli on The WB's Related...
), the youngest of the Sorelli sisters, is a 19-year-old college student attending NYU.
Recurring characters
- Joe Sorelli (Tom Irwin
Tom Irwin is an American film, television, and stage actor.-Biography:Born in Peoria, Illinois, Irwin graduated from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He was a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre after college, along with Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, Joan Allen, and Gary...
) - Joe Sorelli, the father of the Sorelli sisters, is a widower who owns and lives above a deliDelicatessen is a term meaning "delicacies" or "fine foods". The word entered English via German,with the old German spelling , plural of Delikatesse "delicacy", ultimately from Latin delicatus....
(Sorelli's Deli) in Brooklyn.
- Renée (Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole is an American actress and singer.Ebersole was born in Winnetka, Illinois, where she attended New Trier High School...
) - Renée is Joe Sorelli's new wife.
- Danny (Dan Futterman
Daniel Futterman is an American actor and screenwriter. Although he is known for several high-profile acting roles, including Val Goldman in the film The Birdcage and Vincent Gray on the CBS television series Judging Amy, he is also a screenwriter...
) - Danny is Ann's ex-boyfriend and the owner of a restaurant called Sabroso. Ann had been going with Danny for six years when he moved out of their apartment and dumped her. Ann suspected Danny of having an affair with Megan. Recently he has gotten back together with Ann. He broke up with Ann once more after learning that Ann had an abortion shortly after they started seeing each other and she had kept it from him for the past six years.
- Marco (Victor Webster
Victor Webster is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his television work on Days of our Lives, Mutant X, and Charmed.-Life and career:...
) - Marco grew up with Ann and works at Sorelli’s Deli where he makes sausage. Ann slept with him after breaking up with Danny.
- Zach (Andrew Keegan
-Life and career:Keegan was born Andrew Keegan Heying in Los Angeles, California, the older son of Lana , a hairdresser, and Larry Heying, a voice-over actor. Keegan's mother is Colombian and his father is from Nebraska...
) - Zach is a college student who lives in the same dorm as Rose at NYU. Ann has slept with him since breaking up with Danny.
- Trish Houghton (Anne Elizabeth Ramsay
Anne Elizabeth Ramsay is an American actress best known for her role as Lisa Stemple on Mad About You, for which she shared a Best Ensemble in a Comedy series for the Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.- Early life :...
) - Trish used to be Marjee's boss. She was also dating Jason Greenstein, although they have now broken up. She is obsessed with her dog and now hates both Marjee and Jason for what they've done to her.
- Jason Greenstein (Julian Ovenden
Julian Ovenden is an English television and film actor.He is currently best known for his part in the television series Foyle's War, a BAFTA-award winning detective series set in Hastings, England, during World War II, in which he stars opposite Michael Kitchen...
) - Jason used to work for Trish as well as date her while seeing Marjee. He has recently left Trish and has now started a business with Marjee and is her new boyfriend. Jason and Marjee recently broke up.
- Joel (Kyle Howard
Kyle Alan Howard is an American film and television actor.Kyle Howard grew up in Loveland, Colorado. He has worked in both film and television...
) - Joel is a student at NYU and has been Rose's best friend for a long time. He's also in love with her. He dates a women named Chloe, but she dumps him because she knows him and Rose have feelings for each other.
- Alex Brody (Chris Carmack
James Christopher "Chris" Carmack is an American actor and former male fashion model.-Early life:Carmack was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Derwood, Maryland. He has two siblings, a brother and sister. As a young boy, he enjoyed participating in all types of sports: baseball, basketball,...
) - Alex is Rose's new boyfriend. He's a classmate of Rose's in experimental theater and directed a play in which he and Rose starred. But Alex dumped Rose at Joe's wedding so he can go to Hollywood to become an actor.
Other characters
- Bob's mother (Judith Ivey
Judith Lee Ivey is an American actress and director.-Personal life:Ivey was born in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Dorothy Lee , a teacher, and Nathan Aldean Ivey, a college instructor and dean. Ivey is an alumna of Illinois State University...
) - Bob's mom has a knack for hurting Ginnie's feelings although much of it may be unintentional. Fortunately, Bob's parents live in England. They visit Bob and Ginnie for Christmas, 2005.
- Bob's father, Robert Spencer (Roger Rees
Roger Rees is a Welsh-American actor. He is best known to American audiences for playing the character Robin Colcord on the American television show Cheers...
) - Bob's dad apparently likes to drink.
- Kylie Stewart (Jamie Ray Newman) - Kylie is a singer who is Bob's ex-girlfriend and for whom Bob produces an album.
- Flash (Shanola Hampton) - Flash (real name: Tiffani Lusinski) is Rose's punky roommate. She and Rose aren't good friends.
- Megan (Megan Linder) - Megan is the hostess at Danny's restaurant.
- Patrick (Peter Paige
Peter Paige is an American actor, director, screenwriter. His debut as director and writer was on the film Say Uncle.-Biography:...
) - Patrick is the son Renee gave up for adoption 19 years ago and hasn't seen since. He owns a bed and breakfast on Cape Cod.
- Francesca Sorelli (Dana Delany
Dana Welles Delany is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television show China Beach , in more recent times as Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives and, as a voice-actress, Lois Lane in the DC Animated Universe as well as...
) - Francesca is Joe Sorelli's wife and the mother of the Sorelli sisters. She died 15 years ago of cancer.
Guest appearances
- Victor Webster
Victor Webster is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his television work on Days of our Lives, Mutant X, and Charmed.-Life and career:...
as Marco
- Jillian Barberie
Jillian Reynolds , best known by her former name Jillian Barberie, is a Canadian actress, television hostess, and sportscaster...
as herself
- The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an electropop pop-rock duo based in Australia. The duo was formed in 2004, in Brisbane, by twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso. They have their own line of clothing for all ages, that they released beginning in 2007....
(Jess and Lisa Origliasso) as themselves
- Joanna Canton
Joanna Canton is an American actress. She had the recurring role on That '70s Show as Nina, Fez's boss and love interest at the DMV during the show's fifth season.-Filmography:*Numb3rs, Season 5, Episode 01, "High Exposure"...
as Chloe, Joel's girlfriend
- Nick D'Agosto as PJ, Marjee's friend
- Zachary Knighton
-Private Life:Knighton was born in Virginia and in 1996, graduated from Frank W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Afterwards, he attended Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a fan of horror films and surfing.-Career:...
as Gary, Joel's roommate
- Paolo Seganti as Nino Rosati, Marjee's piano teacher (in flashback scenes).
- Frederick Weller as Ginnie's colleague who handles the sale of Sorelli's Deli for the buyer.
- Dennis Boutsikaris
Dennis Boutsikaris is an American two-time Obie-Award winning character actor. He is a Broadway Actor and frequent television guest star and leading man in made-for-TV movies. He is also an Audie Award winning narrator of audiobooks....
as Professor Kasnov
- John Prosky as Dr. Gorenberg
- Jackie Geary as Justine, Ann's friend
- Armelia McQueen
Armelia McQueen is an American actress. She has played roles in both film and TV.-Films:* Sparkle * Quartet by James Ivory, as Night Club Singer...
as the lady at the NYU housing office
- Jonathan Silverman
Jonathan E. Silverman is an American actor.-Personal life:Silverman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Devora and Hillel Emanuel Silverman, a rabbi. He is the grandson of famous Conservative Rabbi Morris Silverman...
as Brad, Ann's horrible wedding date
- Francesca Catalano
Francesca "Frankie" Catalano is an American actress. She began her acting career at a young age because her father, Frank Catalano, is an acting coach at USC. Francesca has appeared in productions of Oliver!, Fiddler on the Roof, and Evita and also appeared, and sang, in a few operas, including...
as Ginnie at age 17
- Courtney Hope as a young Ann
- Alyssa Shafer as a young Rose
- Laura San Giacomo
Laura San Giacomo is an American actress known for playing the role of Maya Gallo on the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! and Kit De Luca in the film Pretty Woman, as well as other work on television and in films.-Early life:...
as Ann Sorelli (pilot episode only)
- Jon Hamm as Danny (pilot episode only)
List of episodes
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