

The Rich and the Ruthless
Season 1
TV-MA
The Rich and The Ruthless, the only black owned daytime drama, is operated by tight fisted, debonair, self-made, Augustus Barringer. When greedy studio executives tell him the show is getting booted off the sound stages after 20 years, he is ready to fight back to stay on the air, even if it means filming his quirky soap opera out of his sleek Hollywood mansion or moving the company to Jamaica!
6 Episodes
- Episode 2E2
Episode 2The Rich and the Ruthless cast is furious that they are being kept in the dark and must shoot from the Barringer's Hollywood mansion indefinitely. Add to that threats of pay cuts. WHAT?! Jealousy and backbiting abound as Calysta deals with a fisky producer and takes the high road, supported by her non-nonsense, Grandma Jones, visiting from Mississippi. - Episode 3E3
Episode 3Adopted daughter, Veronica Barringer, show runner of Rich and the Ruthless is on the war path. Calysta wants to do a remote R&R shoot in Montego Bay with Derrick. Competing actress, Emmy Abernathy, is having an affair with Randall Roberts, Alison's husband behind the scenes. Kitty gets bad news at brunch. Phillip is on the edge. Will he leap? - Episode 4E4
Episode 4Randall and soap star wife, Alison scheme on how to make the Barringer's life hell. R&R's 8 year old matriarch gives advice to Calysta. Calysta and Derrick get in to a fight in hair and makeup room. Kitty confronts her husband, Augustus. Network executive, Edith Norman meets with Augustus and Randall and turns the business licensing screws tighter. Grandma Jones gets busy with an R&R soap star. - Episode 5E5
Episode 5The Rich and the Ruthless has moved to Jamaica and is up and running, sort of. They recast Willie Turner's part with legendary Jamaican actor, Samuel Oliver. Calysta and Derrick make up. Calysta has a nightmare. Randall and network executive, Edith attempt to override Augustus and take control of the soap opera. Augustus feels the pressure and collapses on his yacht. A funeral follows.