When Lynn Kerr finds herself newly single after her husband runs off with his mistress, she decides to start a new life with her teen daughters, Karen and Sophie. So, they pack their bags and move from a small town in New Mexico to New York… More City where looks can be deceiving.

Sophie Kerr, the youngest daughter, receives a scholarship to a prestigious private school called Brighton. But things at Brighton are different from her old life. Once she enters her new school she has no idea how to fit in with the privileged, posturing social climbers known as “BPs”, aka “Beautiful People”. However, Sophie’s charm and lack of pretension attract two different boys: Gideon Lustig, a sensitive artist and an outsider in spite of his wealth and Nicholas Fiske, the handsome, self-assured leader of the “BPs”.

Karen Kerr, the oldest daughter, dreams of a modeling career. Because of her stunning beauty things have come easy for her, but in New York things are different. Here in New York, Karen realizes that the competion is always a little bit taller or a little bit thinner. It will soon force her to take risks in order to succeed and decide how much she is willing to sacrifice.

Lynn Kerr, who wants to achieve her dream as a fashion designer, lands a job in the fashion industry, working for a hot designer. What makes the situation more complicated is that her job puts her in daily contact with her old college flame, married millionare Julian Fisk who still has feelings for Lyn.

For all three Kerr women New York will be an incredible adventure, and challenge working together to stay a family while pursuing life and love in the city that never sleeps, as they realize what the true meaning of beautiful people really is.

Show Information

Jackson Rathbone as Nicholas “Nicky” Fiske
Created By: Michael Rauch
Cast Members: Daphne Zuniga, Sarah Foret
First/Last Air Date: August 8, 2005 – April 26, 2006
Number Of Episodes: 16
Network: ABC Family
Genre: Drama

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Character Information

Charming and extravagantly rich, Nicholas is the heir to Fiske Publications and is a BP and captain of JV lacrosse at the exclusive Brighton School. He turns his back on then-girlfriend Paisley Bishop to start a relationship with new girl Sophie Kerr, who’s heart Nicholas competes for with Gideon. Even though he is heir to a media empire and part of the school’s group of elite, wealthy and popular socialites, Nicky aspires to be a writer and wants more from life than what his parents’ money can buy him.

Quotes On Beautiful People

“I think the show really is just about forming relationships and the relationships of their family because this side clops with Daphne Zuniga who plays the mother, Lynn Kerr and Torrey DeVitto who plays Karen, who is Sophie’s sister. It’s just a wonderful side clops, but it always comes back to the Kerr family and it’s pretty much a beautiful show in that aspect, plus starting over after stuff happens.”

“It feels a little awkward being that intimate. It’s not going to be making out. That’s one thing I talked to [the director] about. I don’t want to do a sloppy, you-can-see-tongue thing.” (On kissing co-star Sarah Foret.)

“Nicolas Fiske of the Beautiful People series. It was my very first leading man role. I’d only ever been a character actor in theatre, and I had never played the romantic leading man. I never really wanted to. I have a lot more fun playing characters.” (From our 2008 interview with Jackson.)

“The show catches him at this extremely pivotal, emotionally unstable time in his life. All he understands is the upper-class lifestyle, but he knows there’s more beyond that.”

Trivia & Facts

• While the show was filmed in Canada, they did pick-up shots in New York where the show is set in.

• Jackson’s first on-screen kiss was with BP’s Sarah Foret.

• Brought his guitar to set every day.

• Brought his cats, including Dean, to Canada while he filmed the series.

• Before “season 2″ began, Jackson quickly moved into the exact apartment Ricky Mabe lived in the year before.

Episode Guide

Episode 1×01 – Pilot
Episode 1×02 – Point And Shoot
Episode 1×03 – Reload
Episode 1×04 – Over Exposure
Episode 1×05 – Dark, Room, Chemicals
Episode 1×06 – F-Stop
Episode 1×07 – Blow Up
Episode 1×08 – Photo Finish
Episode 1×09 – Flashback To The Future
Episode 1×10 – It’s All Uphill From Here
Episode 1×11 – A Tale Of Two Parties
Episode 1×12 – Das Boots

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