Saints & Sinners (2007 TV series)
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| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Network | MyNetworkTV |
| Release | March 14th, 2007 |
Saints & Sinners is a telenovela set to debut on March 14, 2007 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on the American television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced this serial, based on the a 2000 TV Azteca telenovela titled La Calle de las Novias (Brides’ Avenue). Weekly episodes will run as a two-hour block.
This modern-day Romeo-and-Juliet story revolves around two families – the Capshaws and the Martins – who are plagued by a long, bitter rivalry. Gorgeous Julia Capshaw (Tyler Kain) falls is in love with Roman Martin (Scott Bailey), the man who killed her brother. They are soon caught between their feuding hotel-owner families, who will stop at nothing to succeed.
Mel Harris plays Sylvia Capshaw, Julia's mother. Maria Conchita Alonso and Charles Shaughnessy play Roman's parents, Diana and August Martin. Natalie Martinez of MyNetworkTV's Fashion House will play their daughter, Pilar Martin.[1] Robin Givens will play Kelly Dodd, a New York fashion designer who develops a crush on Roman. Michael Duvert and Joe Tabb were also scheduled to be in the cast.[2]
Development
The show was originally intended to run in syndication as A Dangerous Love under the "Secret Obsessions" umbrella title. Next, MyNetworkTV planned a 65 episode run, airing weekdays with a Saturday night recap. Then the network, facing low ratings, decided to cut back on telenovelas. Instead, new episodes will run on Wednesday nights as a two-hour block.[3]
While MyNetworkTV has stopped development on future telenovelas,[4] Saints and Sinners had already finished shooting before the decision was announced. This show's finale, which is expected to air by the end of September,[1] will likely mark the end of the new network's experiment with serialized dramas.
Trivia
Initially, the Capshaw and the Martin clans were named the Oliveras and the Mazzonis.
References
- ^ Robin Givens and Mel Harris Join Cast of MyNetworkTV's "Saints and Sinners", The Futon Critic, November 29, 2006
- ^ Shaughnessy, Duvert, Givens to "Saints", The Hollywood Reporter, November 27, 2006
- ^ MN Unveils Schedule With Fewer Telenovela Nights, DigitalMediaNet, February 1, 2007
- ^ MyNetwork TV: No More Scripted, TV Week, March 1, 2007
External Links
- Saints & Sinners at IMDb
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- promotional sheet (pdf) from MyNetworkTV.
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