The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)

The Cleaning Lady is an upcoming American drama television series created by Miranda Kwok, based on the 2017 Argentinian television series La Chica Que Limpia. The series is set to premiere on Fox on January 3, 2022.

The Cleaning Lady
Genre
Created by
Based onLa Chica Que Limpia
by Lucas Combina
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Production companies
DistributorWarner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
Release
Original networkFox
External links
Official website

Premise

The Cleaning Lady is a drama that centers on Thony De La Rosa, a Cambodian medical doctor, whose son Luca is diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening immunodeficiency disorder. Leaving her husband Marco back in the Philippines, Thony comes to the United States in search of urgent medical treatment for her son, but when the only matching bone marrow donor backs out and her visa expires, Thony finds herself trapped in Las Vegas, forced to support her son by working as a cleaning lady alongside her Filipino sister-in-law Fiona.

After accidentally witnessing a murder, Thony is recruited by mobster Arman Morales to use her medical skills as a "cleaner", erasing evidence of the mob's crimes. Crossing into a world of moral grey, Thony begins to live a double life, keeping secrets from her family while cleaning crime scenes and dodging the law, playing the game by her own rules in a dangerous criminal underworld.

Cast and characters

Main
  • Élodie Yung as Thony De La Rosa
  • Adan Canto as Arman Morales
  • Oliver Hudson as Garrett Miller
  • Martha Millan as Fiona De La Rosa
  • Sebastien and Valentino LaSalle as Luca De La Rosa

Recurring

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byTeleplay byOriginal air date [1]U.S. viewers
(millions)
1TBAMichael Offer[2]Miranda Kwok[3]January 3, 2022 (2022-01-03)TBD

Production

Development

On October 22, 2019, it was announced that Warner Bros. Television Studios had acquired the remake rights to the Spanish-language Argentinian television series La Chica Que Limpia and was developing an English-language adaptation of the series for Fox with a script commitment attached. Miranda Kwok was set to write and create the series, with Kwok also attached to executive produce with Melissa Carter and Shay Mitchell.[4] On January 23, 2020, Fox gave the project a pilot order, the first for the network's 2020–21 television season, with Fox Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Studios set as co-production partners.[5] The series was ultimately pushed back to the 2021–22 television season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Fox giving a series greenlight consisting of 10 hour-long episodes on May 7, 2021. Carter was set as showrunner with Michael Offer also announced as director and executive producer of the pilot.[2] On May 17, 2021, during Fox's Upfront presentation, it was confirmed the series would premiere as a midseason entry during the 2021–22 television season.[6] On November 8, 2021, the series was announced to be premiering on January 3, 2022.[7]

Casting

In March 2020, Shannyn Sossamon, Adan Canto, Ginger Gonzaga, and Vincent Piazza were cast in main roles for the pilot.[8][9][10] However, Sossamon exited the project after the pilot's initial table read.[11] On April 6, 2020, Élodie Yung was cast to replace Sossamon in the lead role. It was announced that the ethnicity of Yung's character would be changed to match Yung's Cambodian background, but that aspects of Filipino culture would still be integrated.[12] On July 2, 2020, Fox extended the cast options for the pilot through September 30, with the previous option having expired on June 30.[13] Due to the pandemic, cast options were extended further on October 2, 2020.[14] Upon the series order announcement, it was announced that Martha Millan had replaced Gonzaga in the series, and that Piazza had dropped out. In addition, twins Sebastien and Valentino LaSalle were also cast in a shared starring role.[2] On July 13, 2021, Oliver Hudson was cast to replace Piazza.[15] On September 21, 2021, Shiva Negar and Jay Mohr joined the cast in recurring roles.[16] On December 14, 2021, Liza Weil and Eva De Dominici were cast in recurring capacities.[17][18]

Filming

The pilot originally started filming on March 10, 2020, in New Mexico,[11] but production was suspended three days later due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19] By July 2020, Fox had committed to filming the pilot alongside the network's five other pilots ordered for the 2020–21 television season, with production set to resume that summer.[13] However, filming was delayed again to October 5, 2020, and again to February 2021.[20][21]

References
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  3. "The Cleaning Lady". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
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  16. Petski, Denise (September 21, 2021). "'The Cleaning Lady': Shiva Negar & Jay Mohr Join Fox Drama Series As Recurring". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  17. Iannucci, Rebecca (December 14, 2021). "The Cleaning Lady: Fox Drama Adds HTGAWM's Liza Weil in Recurring Role". TVLine. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  18. Petski, Denise (December 14, 2021). "'The Cleaning Lady': Eva De Dominici Joins Fox Drama Series As Recurring". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
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