Dirt (styled
d!rt for logos) was an
American television serial broadcast on the
FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred
Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy
tabloid" magazine
DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications:
drrt (a tabloid) and
Now (a glossy magazine with a more respectable reputation.).
The show centres on the publication of the
DirtNow magazine and the lives of Spiller and her long time friend Don Konkey, a
paparazzo and functioning
schizophrenic who is deeply loyal to her. Also included are the lives of some of the celebrities covered by the magazine, including Holt McLaren and Julia Mallory, a celebrity couple.
A 13 episode second season was announced on May 8, 2007.
Only seven episodes were produced prior to the
2007 WGA strike shut down production. The shortened second season began airing on March 2, 2008.