‘The Cleaning Lady’ & ‘Welcome To Flatch’ Survived Volatile Journeys To Fox — Contenders TV
deadline.comTwo very different Fox shows each persevered against all odds to make it to air. The comedy Welcome to Flatch survived the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown and the drama The Cleaning Lady adapted its story when they cast Élodie Yung.
Talent from each show spoke on a panel for Deadline’s Contenders TV on Saturday.The Cleaning Lady creator Miranda Kwok said she imagined her show would end up on cable.
The show stars Yung as Thony, a Cambodian doctor who has to work as a maid in the U.S. Thony gets embroiled in a life of crime to provide for her son.Contenders TV: Deadline’s Complete Coverage“Originally I thought I would pitch this to cable and streaming because that’s where stories like this normally land,” Kwok said. “Warner Bros.
said, ‘Let’s try network first because there’s a greater appetite for diverse stories.’ Fox was actually the first network we pitched.
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