60 minSeason 2 • Episode 7
LatestIn the second season finale, an overweight sitcom actor goes out of his way to avoid being DirtNow's latest cover story. Meanwhile, Willa and Farber find their relationship tested by a former child star, and Lucy is forced to examine her romances due to recent circumstances.
Dirt is 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 and Now.
Acting
Cox's ferocious career pivot from Friends sweetheart.
Writing
Matthew Carnahan's venomous love-hate letter to tabloid culture.
Production
BuzzFeed-era Hollywood before smartphones killed paparazzi.
Creator
Matthew Carnahan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
FX originally ordered 13 episodes but cut to 7 after disappointing ratings—then renewed anyway because Cox's star power mattered more than numbers in 2007.
Dirt premiered six months before Britney Spears' 2007 public breakdown, making its tabloid-as-villain narrative accidentally prophetic and immediately dated.
US
