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''The Riches'' (also spelled ''The Rı¢hes'' in promotional material) is an described ''The Riches'' as a 'family show,' albeit one featuring "a family unlike any television viewers have seen before." FX Amasses New 'Riches' . 7 September, 2006. Retrieved 10 January, 2007 Virgin 1 will show The Riches in the United Kingdom . FX announced on May 8 , 2007 that ''The Riches'' will return for a second season. FX Turns More 'Dirt,' Reaps 'Riches' 8 May, 2007. Retrieved 8 May, 2007. PLOT SYNOPSIS The show features Izzard and Driver as Wayne and Dahlia Malloy; they, along with their family, are Irish Traveller Con Artist s and Thieves . They travel with their children Di Di (Dehliah), Sam and Cael. As the series begins Dahlia has just been paroled from prison. During her two-year sentence, she has developed various drug addictions. In her absence, Wayne and the children have been continuing to act as con artists across the US. After a brief reunion with their Traveller clan, the family flees to avoid an arranged marriage for Di Di. Wayne steals a large amount of money from the clan's hoard of cash, and the family runs off. After getting into an altercation and RV chase with another Traveller family, the Malloys are involved in a car accident that kills a very wealthy couple (the Eponymous Riches). Choosing not to return to their clan camp and to pursue a "better life", they instead adopt the Riches' identity in an affluent gated community in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and live as ''buffers'', as they call mundane, law abiding people. CHARACTERS See Also: List of characters in The Riches LEXICON The Travellers use a variety of Terminology . In addition to Slang , some of the vocabulary is taken from Shelta (also known as "the Cant"), which is sometimes used as a code by Travellers. ; Buffer : An ordinary person, a non-Traveller. Possibly a corruption of "buffoon," i.e., a potential mark. ; Half Breed : A Traveller not born into the clan, but associated through, for example, marriage or one of two parents. ; Kale : Money. ; Koosh : Money or other valuables, particularly ones the Travellers can steal. ; Skaal Krush: Pertaining to the end of the con. ''Krush'' means "clear out; run away" in Shelta. EPISODES See Also: List of The Riches episodes RATINGS The pilot episode of ''The Riches'' drew 3.8 million viewers.[http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-therichesratings,0,967194.story FX Cashes Strong 'Riches' Ratings]. ''Zap2it'', 14 March, 2007. Retrieved 17 March, 2007 With 2.5 million of those viewers in the 18-49 Demographic , ''The Riches'' scored second only to the premiere of '' The Shield '', thus beating out the premieres of other FX dramas such as '' Rescue Me '', '' Over There '', and '' Dirt ''. The pilot was also FX's first-ever Monday night premiere of an original series, and more than doubled the channel's highest-ever ratings for the Monday 10pm slot.[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6424138.html?display=Breaking+News. The Riches Premiere on FX Scores Solid Ratings]. ''Broadcasting & Cable'', 13 March, 2007. Retrieved 17 March, 2007 The show averaged 5.9 million cumulative viewers per week in the USA, sufficient for FX to commission a second season to be shown in 2008. 'Dirt' and 'Riches' get a second season . ''Newsday'', 1o May, 2007. Retrieved 18 May, 2007 CRITICAL RECEPTION Television critics were generally favorable in their reviews of ''The Riches''. Rave reviews for Izzard's US show . ''BBC News'', 13 March, 2007. Retrieved 15 March, 2007 '''' reporting "together, and Driver are superb." For This Family of Pros, the Con Is Everything . ''The New York Times'', 13 March, 2007. Retrieved 13 March, 2007. Minnie Driver has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Series for her performance. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTS REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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