| Season Number: | 1 |
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| Num Episodes: | 23 |
| Network: | MTV |
The first season of The City premiered on December 29, 2008 and concluded on March 16, 2009. It followed Whitney Port's move to New York City after leaving Los Angeles as she followed her dream job. Instead of ordering a complete second season for The City MTV ordered 10 extra episodes to Season 1, which began on September 29, 2009 and completed on December 1, 2009. On The Hills/The City Aftershow that night, Port confirmed the show was renewed for a second season. Part I was filmed from August 2008 to February 2009, while Part II was filmed from April to September 2009.
In Part 1, Whitney Port of 'The Hills' moves from her hometown of Los Angeles, California to Manhattan. The first half follows her, best friend Erin, and boyfriend Jay while Port tackles her new job at global design house, Diane Von Furstenberg. Jays roommate, Adam, struggles in a relationship with his on/off girlfriend, Allie. Olivia, New York socialite, and Whitney's co-worker, deals with her cousin Nevan, who's living off of her for a while. Erin deals with an old boyfriend coming into her life, and Samantha "Sammy", is by her friends side through all the drama. Meanwhile, the fashion world takes them all by storm daily in the fierce streets of New York.[1] In the second half of season 1, newly single Port goes back to working for Kelly Cutrone while her friend/former co-worker, Olivia Palermo, goes to work at ELLE Magazine. Whitney's old friend, Roxy, moves in with her and gets a job at People's Revolution, while Olivia has met her match, Erin K., at her new job. The second half focused more on the fashion world drama, instead of relationship drama. The road to Whitney's official launch of her clothing line "Whitney Eve" release was the main plot in this half of the season. The ratings increased in the second half with the premiere episode being viewed by 2 million people and the series was picked up for a full second season run in December 2009.[1]
The following is a full list of cast members from the first season.
| Name | Information | |
|---|---|---|
| A stylist working for fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg. Also starred in The Hills. | ||
| An Australian musician and Port's current boyfriend. | ||
| The daughter of AC/DC bassist, Cliff Williams and one of Port's good friends. | ||
| Adam Senn | A male model, Jay's former roommate, a restaurant owner and Allie's on and off boyfriend. | |
| A New York socialite and Port's new acquaintance and colleague at Diane von Fürstenberg. | ||
| Samantha Swetra | An assistant buyer at Bergdorf Goodman and one of Port's good friends. | |
| A model and Adam's current on and off girlfriend. | ||
| Duncan Davies | A musician from Canada and Lucas' former boyfriend. | |
| Nevan Donahue | Palermo's cousin and current roommate. | |
| Alex Smith | A male model and Port's former crush. | |
| Alixe Boyer | Vice President and Global Image Director at Diane von Fürstenberg. | |
| Emese Szenasy | Director of Public Relations at DVF. | |
| Elizabeth Luby | Whitney and Olivia's co-worker at DVF. | |
| Founder of People's Revolution. Mentor to Port and former boss. | ||
| JR | Lucas' former (high school) boyfriend. | |
| Fashion designer. |
Instead of ordering a complete 2nd season for The City MTV ordered 10 extra episodes to Season 1. Therefore, the so-called Season 2, is in fact Season 1, Part 2. Whitney quit DVF and went back to work for Kelly Cutrone at People's Revolution.[2] Jay is no longer a part of the series, now that his relationship with Whitney is officially over.[3] Olivia left her job at DVF, for Elle Magazine.[4] Erin got into a public fight with ex Duncan, and is single.[5] Erin quit the series, as well as Jay.[6] And according to Allie's official Twitter page, she stated that she and Adam haven't been filming, so she doubts that they were going to be on the new season. Since the three leads left the theme opening sequence was cut down to a few scenes of New York and a final shot of Whitney.
| Name | Information | |
|---|---|---|
| A stylist working for Kelly Cutrone. Also starred in The Hills. | ||
| A New York socialite, Ports friend and former co-worker who works at Elle (magazine). | ||
| Roxy Olin[7] | One of Port's good friends, and co-worker (daughter of Ken Olin). | |
| Erin Kaplan | Palermo's new co-worker at Elle (magazine). | |
| Samantha Swetra | An assistant buyer at Bergdorf Goodman and one of Port's good friends. | |
| Joe Zee | Erin and Olivia's boss at Elle (magazine). | |
| Kelly Cutrone | Whitney and Roxy's boss at People's Revolution. | |
| A model and one of Port's good friends. | ||
| An Australian musician and Port's ex-boyfriend. (regular eps. 1-13) | ||
| Adam Senn | A male model, Jay's roommate, a restaurant owner and Allie's on/off boyfriend. (regular eps. 1-13) | |
| Bryn Poulos | Palermo & Kaplan's friend and co-worker at Elle (magazine). | |
| Freddie Fackelmayer[8] | Samantha's "pal". | |
| Harry Fackelmayer | Freddie's brother. | |
| Zac | Roxy's "fling". |
See also: List of The City (2008 TV series) episodes.