Venice the Series (2009)

"Venice the Series," co-created by Crystal Chappell and Kim Turrisi, focuses on the life of Gina Brogno, a single, gay, self-made interior decorator living and working in Venice Beach, California. The plot follows Gina's human experience in connection with her various love interests, her brother Owen, her father "the Colonel," and a myriad of other characters who make up Gina's network of relationships. Gina is a strong, confident, complex career woman who navigates her relations with people through an intense yet thoughtful prism. The convergence of Gina's experiences with a progressive, bohemian, urban backdrop provides an electrifying plot journey. The storyline offers the best of traditional soap romance, love stories, tragic happenings, and hairpin turns, done in a new, savvy, edgy format with unique character development, diversity of character, and tantalizing plot portrayal.