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Tinsley Mortimer, a famous
New York City socialite. The series follows her through a widely publicized divorce from her husband Topper, the descendant of a Standard Oil president, and her dating a German prince whom her mother Dale does not approve. • Dabney Mercer, Tinsley's younger sister and shoulder to cry on. Dabney lives with Jules Kirby at the Empire hotel, until Kirby is evicted. •
Paul Johnson Calderon, a fame-hungry socialite from the
Upper West Side and admitted alcoholic who has already been through rehab several times and still drinks. He survives by repeatedly asking his mother for more money from his trust fund. He is the only male cast member of the series. • Alexandra Osipow, Tinsley's loyal friend. She is an attorney and married to a
Wall Street man. • Jules Kirby, daughter of a successful lawyer, lives with Dabney at the Empire hotel before being evicted for her abusive behavior toward hotel staff. •
Devorah Rose (Deborah Denise Trachtenberg), editor-in-chief at Social Life magazine, and the series' main antagonist. •
Dale Mercer, mother of Tinsley and Dabney, divorced and later widowed from her daughters' father, joins a dating club for older women during filming. • Prince Prince Casimir zu
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, a German aristocrat, son of
Alexander, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, and Tinsley's boyfriend. Dale disapproves of his relationship with her daughter. He appears in a recurring capacity. • Tommy DiDario, a model who begins to date Paul Johnson Calderon, he decides to stop seeing him in the series finale. ==Episodes==