Posted: 06/22/2012 5:31 pm
The maids are about to get devious on Lifetime. The female-centric
network has ordered Marc Cherry's "Devious Maids" to series after ABC
passed on the pilot.
“We are thrilled to be getting into business with one of
entertainment’s true visionaries," Lifetime said in statement. "This
show and Marc Cherry’s unique story telling voice perfectly articulate
Lifetime’s strategy of attracting top-tier creatives with their most
original and exciting projects.”
Lifetime, which had been rumored to be in talks to pick up the series,
will air 13 episodes of the series with a 2013 launch. The series
follows the lives of five maids, "with ambition and dreams of their own
while they work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills," according to
Lifetime. "Devious Maids" stars Ana Ortiz ("Ugly Betty"), Judy Reyes
("Scrubs"), Dania Ramirez ("Heroes"), Roselyn Sanchez ("Without a
Trace"), Edy Ganem ("Livin’ Loud"), Grant Show ("Melrose Place"),
Brianna Brown ("Homeland"), Rebecca Wisocky ("American Horror Story"),
Tom Irwin ("Grey’s Anatomy"), Mariana Klaveno ("True Blood"), Brett
Cullen ("Damages"), Drew Van Acker ("Pretty Little Liars") and "All My
Children" veteran Susan Lucci.
“Marc Cherry is a visionary, and we are honored to share his newest
inspiration, 'Devious Maids,' with Lifetime,” Barry Jossen, executive
vice president of creative and production at ABC Studios, said in a
statement. "'Devious Maids' is a perfect series for ABC Studios to
continue its successful collaboration with the incredibly talented team
at Lifetime."
The show earned a bit of criticism about its depiction of the Latino community, but Eva Longoria told HuffPost
that the show is "a reality so why not tell their story and their point
of view ... I think people really need to look at the paradigm of
television and go, 'This is a very powerful medium for Latinos to have a
voice. Let's support it so that they will make more of these.'"
(via The Huffington Post)
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