Move over, Dora! A new crop of Latina housekeepers could be taking over our televisions in the near future…
“Desperate Housewives” creator Marc Cherry is currently developing an hour-long drama for ABC that would center around four Latina maids working in Beverly Hills.
The cast of Televisa's "Ellas son... la alegría del hogar"
Entitled “Devious Maids,” the series is an adaptation of Televisa’s popular telenovela “Ellas son… la alegría del hogar” (“The Disorderly Maids of the Neighborhood”), which centers around five housekeepers who work in a quiet condominium where nothing much ever happens until the residents became divided over the building of a new swimming pool during a severe water shortage. One of tenants then mysteriously disappears, a suitcase full of money appears—along with a dead body at the bottom of the half-finished pool—and the find themselves smack dab in the middle of it all.
ABC has given a script order for the project, which Cherry will write and executive produce.
Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry’s drama about Latina maids in Beverly Hills is one step closer to becoming a reality. ABC has just ordered a pilot of the hour-long drama Devious Maids, an adaptation of Televisa’s popular telenovela Ellas son… la alegría del hogar (The Disorderly Maids of the Neighborhood), which centered…
Judy Reyes is trading in her scrubs for a maid’s outfit… The 44-year-old Dominican American actress—best known for her role as nurse Carla Espinosa on Scrubs—has been cast as the fourth lead in the ABC pilot Devious Maids, from Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry. Based on the Mexican telenovela Ellas…
Dania Ramirez is apparently maid for ABC’s latest project from Desperate Housewives’ creator Marc Cherry. The 32-year-old Dominican actress is the first lead cast to star in the pilot for Cherry’s Devious Maids, which centers on four ambitious maids trying to realize their own dreams while working for the rich and…
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