 |
| Reba McEntire will executive produce the pilot for a new soap opera being pitched to ABC. She will also star as Ruby Adair. If the network likes what they see, the series could land on the fall schedule. |
The drama revolves around Ruby Adair (McEntire), the sheriff of colorful small town Oxblood, Ky., who finds her Red State outlook challenged when a young FBI agent of Middle Eastern descent is sent to help her solve a horrific crime. Together they form an uneasy alliance as Ruby takes the agent behind the lace curtains of this Southern gothic community to meet an assortment of bizarre characters, each with a secret of their own.
The logline marks a subtle change from when the drama was first announced a month ago, when it did not feature any sort of Red State or political affiliation reference.
Cherry will pen the script and executive produce the ABC Studios drama alongside McEntire, Cherry's longtime producing partner Sabrina Wind — who will oversee for the duo's Cherry-Wind Productions banner — with Acme Productions' Mindy Schultheis and Michael Hanel also on board the executive producing team.
Marc Cherry's new ABC pilot, DEVIOUS MAIDS, revolves around four maids (UGLY BETTY's Ana Ortiz, Judy Reyes, AS THE WORLD TURNS' Roselyn Sanchez and Dania Ramirez) with ambition and dreams of their own while they work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills.
Marc Cherry worked with four GOLDEN GIRLS, then a group of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. Up next are four DEVIOUS MAIDS. Cherry is working on his next project, a new hourlong soap at ABC, titled DEVIOUS MAIDS, an adaptation of the Mexican telenovela THE DISORDERLY MAIDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.