Adam (D. J. Cotrona) is the son of the Los Angeles County District Attorney, and Jewel (Olivia Wilde) is the daughter of a pornographer.

Despite heavy promotion, the series was cancelled after three of its eight filmed episodes aired, amid poor ratings and mixed reviews.

[4] Thomas Roam is a Catholic Los Angeles district attorney running for re-election, at a time when missing children, linked to child pornography, dominate the news.

[4] Other recurring characters included D. W. Moffett as Skip Ziti, Laura Leighton as Cynthia Peterson, and Ginger Lynn Allen as Amber Synn.

In the lead-up to its premiere, promos for Skin were frequently shown during Fox's coverage of the 2003 Major League Baseball postseason.

was singled out by critics in particular; after its cancellation, ESPN writer Bill Simmons joked that Skin "[broke] Falcone's record for 'most promos shown during a prolonged sporting event versus number of actual episodes that made the air'."

Chicago Tribune media writer Phil Rosenthal acknowledged the program when discussing TBS's similarly-excessive promotions for series (such as Frank TV) during its own postseason coverage, noting that Silver's "loud, urgent line-reading" had become "a punch line through repetition".

"[9] Robert Bianco of USA Today said, "Skin traps a 21st-century Romeo and Juliet between two dirty worlds: politics and porn.

"[4] Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe begins his review by saying, "If you were to write a book about MTV's influence on series television, you'd have to devote a long chapter to Skin.

In addressing the conceptual similarities to Romeo and Juliet Goodman wrote, "This kind of forced drama may have worked in Shakespeare's time, but the modern audience doesn't want a tease it can predict.

Roam panics when someone breaks into Cynthia's apartment; Adam and Jewel pretend to date others; Zelda insinuates to Barbara that Goldman is unfaithful; Darlene schemes to overthrow reigning pornography queen Geena Devine.