New Lifetime series ‘Devious Maids’ by Marc Cherry to be shot in Atlanta
Susan Lucci is a star in "Devious Maids," picked up by Lifetime and set to shoot in Atlanta. CREDIT: AP
You lose some, you win some.
Atlanta recently lost Kevin Williamson’s new Fox cop show ‘The Following’ starring Kevin Bacon to New York and J.J. Abrams’ NBC drama “Revolution” to Wilmington, N.C., but the city received good news this week: Marc Cherry’s new Lifetime dramedy “Devious Maids” will be shot in Atlanta.
According to deadline.com, the show’s pilot was taped in Los Angeles but not picked up by ABC. Lifetime gave it a look and decided to take it instead for 13 episodes.
Cherry is best known as the creator of the just-completed ABC series “Desperate Housewives.”
“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’s president Nancy Dubuc and EVP Rob Sharenow said in a joint statement.
The show is based on a hit Mexican telenovela and features the lives of five maids working for the pampered in Beverly Hills. Among the actors involved: Ana Ortiz, Judy Reyes, Dania Ramire, Roselyn Sanchez, Edy Ganem, Grant Show, Brianna Brown and Rebecca Wisocky. The biggest name is Susan Lucci of “All My Children” fame. It’s fair to to say she’s not going to play one of the maids.
“Devious Maids” is set to air in 2013 so production probably won’t start for a little while yet. But soon, one of the most famous soap stars in the world will be in our midst.
I will update this when I find out where they plan to shoot the show.
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By Rodney Ho, Radio & TV Talk
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16 comments Add your comment
Karen
June 23rd, 2012
12:32 pm
I enjoy reading your reviews and entertainment updates, but please….use ’spellcheck’ on your articles BEFORE they go to press (or hire me)! I’m sure you meant to write ‘SERIES’ instead of ’serious’ in your headline. Or, were you trying to say that Lifetime will be producing a serious new show for the upcoming season? If that’s what you meant, then it also doesn’t make sense that you would later write that the new show is a ‘dramedy’. As a writer/editor & proofreader, I find it hilarious when reading some of your articles and other articles in the AJC – that’s dramedy enough for me!
AJ
June 25th, 2012
7:54 am
@Karen – How would spellcheck work for “series” vs “serious”?
MtnMama
June 25th, 2012
10:01 am
AJ….you are so right. Rodney may have needed to “proofread”…but “spell check” would not have worked since he spelled ’serious” correctly. Perhaps Karen should ALSO have “proof read” her post.
Downtown Heffa
June 25th, 2012
12:26 pm
I’ve read where Eva Langoria was a Diva in this new series. Hmmmm. Why would she testify against Marc Cherry during the trial of Nicolle Sheridan?
BigBoomNY
June 25th, 2012
1:04 pm
Sounds Stupid…
Kay
June 25th, 2012
1:08 pm
Looking forward to it.
Treetop Flyer
June 25th, 2012
1:24 pm
I absolutely LOVE Susan Lucci. Seeing her in Atlanta would be wonderful. What a classy lady.
MG
June 25th, 2012
1:35 pm
@Karen, dramedy, while not in Webster’s, is a word. It is a combination of drama and comedy, used quite often to describe tv shows and movies.
Karen
June 25th, 2012
1:57 pm
Thanks, to both of you! You’re both correct…it wasn’t spellcheck that Rod needed but a proofreader. But here’s the clincher…perhaps another pair or two of eyes would have helped. You both missed the point. It isn’t just this article but many articles in the AJC that need proofing AND spellcheck (and use of a thesaurus wouldn’t hurt either). The intent of my comment was simply to draw attention to correcting the headline, and that’s what was done! And by the way, MG, I’m familiar with the word and meaning of dramedy; I wasn’t saying that the word was misspelled, or misused.
The Truth
June 25th, 2012
2:23 pm
The Truth sure didn’t know Susan was built!!
Peggy
June 25th, 2012
3:24 pm
The Mexican version of “The Help” but a tv series……I’ll pass
WTF
June 25th, 2012
3:54 pm
It could be worst… at least it is not a Real HORSEwives of Atlanta movie of the week.
Eboné Smiley
June 25th, 2012
4:03 pm
Thanks for keeping us all updated Rodney.
June
June 25th, 2012
6:36 pm
LMAO @ Peggy and WTF! Rodney you do need to do better. I enjoy your articles but please step up your game, there are way too many mistakes made in your articles.
June
June 25th, 2012
6:43 pm
I’m a big fan of Susan Lucci but there’s a time when a woman needs to stop going strapless. That time has come for her. The cleavage isn’t working anymore. . .nothing makes you look older than when you try to look too young. I saw a lady the other day that had on a halter dress. She had to be around sixty. Now there are a few people that can sport such an outfit at that age at an evening affair, but this was mid afternoon and from the looks of her she couldn’t have pulled it off even if she was younger. Not everybody can show skin.
Will
June 26th, 2012
3:06 pm
@June – Lucci looks fantastic at 65 years of age. When you look that good at 65, you can wear whatever you want. Don’t hate. You know Atlanta is haterville.