As a 33 year old male, Lifetime isn't where I tend to look for my programming but I actually like this show.
The cruel way that the 'actors' are manipulated is very believable.
My favorite is the boss, Constance Zimmer plays a powerful bitch beautifully.
This show is everything I generally don't like: a sequential drama with romantic subplots (and even the main-plot, kinda). But I ended up really liking it so maybe give it a try if the premise is interesting to you. Give it two episodes, if you aren't interested after that then you can probably safely pass on the rest of the season.