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Privileged

★ 6.8 4K votes 2008–2009 1 season · 18 episodes Ended The CW
Elites & privilegeThe rich and powerful, glamorous or rotten.This show: 8/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 7/10
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Starring
JoAnna Garcia SwisherLucy HaleAshley NewbroughAllan LouisBrian HallisayKristina Apgar
Written by
Rina Mimoun
Starring
JoAnna Garcia SwisherLucy HaleAshley NewbroughAllan LouisBrian HallisayKristina Apgar
Written by
Rina Mimoun
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
020406080

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About

"Underdog charm elevates a familiar rich-kid formula"

Privileged follows a broke but ambitious Yale journalism grad who takes a job tutoring two spoiled twin sisters in the Hamptons while trying to keep her own career dreams alive. It's a breezy CW dramedy mixing fish-out-of-water culture clash with family secrets and light romance. The tone stays warm and hopeful rather than catty, leaning on its lead's likability more than sharp writing. Pacing is easy and episodic, good for background watching, though it never quite escapes the generic rich-kids-teach-poor-girl-life-lessons formula that defined a dozen similar shows of its era.

Watch it for

the lead's warmth and grounded charisma amid glossy Hamptons excess.

Maybe skip if

you want sharp writing rather than comfort-food predictability.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12008
8.08281812h 39m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.8
7243 min
▶2All About Honesty8.2
5441 min
▶3All About What You Really, Really Want8.1
4643 min
▶4All About the Power Position8.2
4643 min
▶5All About Friends and Family7.6
4442 min
▶6All About Appearances8.0
4342 min
▶7All About the Haves and the Have-Nots8.3
4442 min
▶8All About Defining Yourself8.0
4242 min
▶9All About Insecurities8.2
4542 min
▶10All About Overcompensating8.1
4442 min
▶11All About Love, Actually8.2
4442 min
▶12All About the Ripple Effect8.0
4542 min
▶13All About What Lies Beneath7.7
4242 min
▶14All About Tough Love8.1
4342 min
▶15All About the Big Picture7.8
4742 min
▶16All About Confessions8.2
4442 min
▶17All About Betrayal7.9
3642 min
▶18All About a Brand New You!8.0
4743 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

JoAnna Garcia Swisher Megan Smith
Lucy Hale Rose Baker
Ashley Newbrough Sage Baker
Allan Louis Marco Giordello
Brian Hallisay Will Davis
Kristina Apgar Lily Smith
Anne Archer Laurel Limoges
Michael Cassidy Charlie Hogan
Rizwan Manji Rami, Rami, the Butler
Melissa Ordway Jordanna

Crew

Rina Mimoun

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