By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Sunday, April 12, 2015
Marc Cherry, the man behind "Desperate Housewives," has stepped down as show runner of his similarly toned soapy drama "Devious Maids" after two seasons. The show, set in Los Angeles but shot in Atlanta for budgetary reasons, is one of the network's more successful scripted shows but ratings fell off season two.
Deadline.com reports that some of the regular cast members have been trimmed. Edy Ganem and Drew Van Acker have been reduced to recurring members. Mark Deklin, a new regular season 2, is out as well.
Ganem was one of the five primary female leads of the show since season one as Zoila's willful daughter. A promo photo on the primary Lifetime "Devious Maids" page shows only the other four: Ana Ortiz (Marisol), Dania Ramirez (Rosie), Roselyn Sanchez (Carmen) and Judy Reyes (Zoila).
Naya Rivera ("Glee") will play a new maid in a recurring role, which means she won't be in every episode.
The show returns June 1 at 9 p.m.
Ric Swartzlander and Brian Tanen will be the new showrunners, replacing Cherry. Cherry's punchy, taut and often hilarious style and writing is so distinctive, can anyone possibly replicate it with the same level of pizzazz? (Showrunners, by the way, are responsible for ensuring a show stays on time and under budget and and has over-arching say over management and casting. By its very description, it's a difficult job but a crucial one.)
Press stories have not clarified if Cherry will have any direct role on the show season three.
During the season two finale, someone is shot during Rosie and Spence's wedding.
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Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
Greg Street, one of the longest-running jocks on V-103, is hosting the 10th annual Sneaker Friends show at Philips Arena for those folks who just love sneakers.
It's $24 a ticket and will run from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 12. Buy tickets here.
According to a press release:
"Sneaker heads", members of the hip hop community and anyone and everyone interested can come to buy, sell, trade, display their sneakers or mix and mingle with some of the biggest influencers and "shoelebrities" from across the world.
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Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
Steve Hegwood, the scrappy one-man radio owner of Streetz 94.5 and Old School 99.3, has expanded the reach of Streetz southward just two months after moving northward.
His company Core Communicators Broadcasting has placed the hip-hop station on WFDR-FM on 94.5, enabling his station to be heard in Union City, Newnan, Peachtree City, Riverdale, Fayetteville, Lagrange, Coweta and Columbus. His original signal could be heard mostly in town.
In January, he also acquired WIPK-FM, a 94.5 signal that reached northwest to Chattanooga. Areas where Streetz can now be heard in that direction include Rome, Calhoun, Acworth, Dalton, Cartersville and Kennesaw.
Hegwood launched Streetz in 2012 as a counterpoint to V-103 and Hot 107.9 (where he had worked before) and despite a relatively weak signal, pulled impressive ratings.
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