Living Lohan
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| Living Lohan | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Phil Maloof |
| Developed by | Jonathan Murray |
| Starring | Dina Lohan Ali Lohan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Andrew Jameson Jeff Jenkins Laura Korkoian Phil Maloof Jonathan Murray Gavin Maloof Dina Lohan |
| Producer(s) | Bunim-Murray Productions Maloof TV |
| Location(s) | Long Island |
| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | E! |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original airing | Debuts May 26, 2008 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Living Lohan is an American reality television series that debuted on E! on May 26, 2008. The program allegedly documents the daily lives of actress/singer Lindsay Lohan's family, with most of the focus on manager mother Dina, actress/singer sister Ali, brother Cody, grandmother Nana, who is Dina's mother and a former radio actress, and family friend Jeremy Greene, a music producer helping Ali with her debut album. Lindsay is not participating in the project due to other obligations.
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[edit] Episode List
| Episode | Original airdate | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| Mommy Will Fix It | 05/26/08 | Dina reads the tabloids about her daughters Lindsay and Ali; Ali and her new music producer, Jeremy Greene, talk about how to approach her new album; Dina worries there is a sex tape of Lindsay on the internet; Jeremy causes controversy over an interview; Ali records her new album at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, which is owned by the Gavin and Phil Maloof, executive producers of Living Lohan. |
| Burning Down the House | 6/1/08 | Dina and Ali accuse Jeremy for being less than truthful during an interview; Dina makes a surprise appearance at a launching of a new magazine. Beginning with this episode, the series moved to its normal Sunday night timeslot. |
[edit] Critical reception
Gillian Flynn of Entertainment Weekly graded the show F and commented, "The irritation turned to repulsion around the first minute ... Dina snipes about the paparazzi's invasion of privacy, but thanks to her, there's not much left to invade." [1]
Troy Patterson of Slate Magazine said, "The show is crisply edited and tangily ironic without pushing its points too hard .... Living Lohan is not just a symptom of cultural decay but an active agent of it, commodifying the very youth and soul of Ali Lohan—younger sister of poor little Lindsay ... Living Lohan' is one big exploitative mess" [2]
Mark A. Perigard of the Boston Herald graded the show D and said, "Living Lohan scrapes the bottom of the stupidity barrel" [3]
Brian Lowry of Magazine said, "It's a tedious exercise, joining E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians in the realm of mother-daughter bonding experiences, with limited appeal beyond, perhaps appropriately, those pesky tabloids for which the featured "talent" profess disdain ... The show at times provides unintended comedy, representing E!'s best hope of transforming Living Lohan into a guilty pleasure, if not for the reasons Dina (who doubles as a producer) would doubtless like ... the most salient aspect of the series is that it's profoundly boring, wringing out sprinkles of drama as best it can." [4]
