Martha Millan on What to Expect This Season on ‘The Cleaning Lady’

*** Please note the article contains spoilers from the season 2 premiere of FOX’s The Cleaning Lady ***

Grief is a very difficult feeling to process, especially when it’s the loss of a close loved one. It becomes even more complicated when you find out it was at the hands of another loved one — although it was accidental.

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Sean Lew on That Tragic Accident and What’s Next on ‘The Cleaning Lady’

*** Please note the article contains spoilers from the season 2 premiere of FOX’s The Cleaning Lady ***

FOX’s The Cleaning Lady has returned for its sophomore season. And already, there is so much drama that will have an effected on the trajectory of the entire season. After Thony (Elodie Yung), Fiona (Martha Millan), and Chris (Sean Lew) finds Marco (Ivan Shaw) at the local motel, with Luca safely sleeping in the room, they confront him. As Chris attempts to get Luca, he accidentally causes Marco to fall down the stairs, killing him in the process.

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Naveen Andrews on What to Expect from His Role in ‘The Cleaning Lady’

With the premiere of The Cleaning Lady set for this Monday, little is known about what to expect for the series in its sophomore season. Thony (Elodie Yung) is dealing with Marco (Ivan Shaw) taking Luca at the end of last season after helping Arman (Adan Canto) take over Hayak’s (Navid Negahban) empire. But now, there seems to be a new foe added to the mix.

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FOX’s ‘The Cleaning Lady’ is Ready to Defy Stereotypes

With series like Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and The Blacklist focusing on white men dealing with the mafia, it’s about time there was one that centers around a badass woman of color. Actress Elodie Yung (Daredevil, Love Death and Robots) stars as Thony De La Rosa, an undocumented Cambodian doctor whose son Luca (Sebastien and Valentino LaSalle) is diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening immunodeficiency disorder.

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FOX’s ‘The Cleaning Lady’ Promotes Sean Lew and Faith Bryant to Series Regulars

Ahead of its highly anticipated premiere on January 3, FOX’s upcoming drama, The Cleaning Lady, starring multi-talented Elodie Yung (Daredevil, The Hitman’s Bodyguard) has announced two new series regulars for the show!

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NOC Exclusive Clip: Reggie’s Grand Gesture Backfires in the Season Finale of ‘The Big Leap’

The Big Leap‘s season finale airs tonight at 9PM ET/PT on FOX! The dramedy is a modern tale about second chances, chasing your dreams, and taking back what’s yours. The innovative show-within-a-show takes viewers on a journey of self-acceptance and empowerment at any age.

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FOX’s ‘The Cleaning Lady’ Teases What a Mother is Willing to Do For Her Child

What are you willing to do for your child? If you had a chance to save your child’s life, how far would you go? That’s the question in the the new FOX midseason drama, The Cleaning Lady, coming this January.

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NOC Exclusive Clip: Find Out Wayne’s Idea to Bring Everyone Together in ‘The Big Leap’

The Big Leap returns with episode 1×08, “Big Dumb Life.” The dramedy is a modern tale about second chances, chasing your dreams, and taking back what’s yours. The innovative show-within-a-show takes viewers on a journey of self-acceptance and empowerment at any age. New episodes air Mondays at 9:00 – 10:00 PM ET/PT on FOX.

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NOC Interview: Kevin Daniels Discusses FOX’s ‘The Big Leap’

Kevin Daniels portrays Wayne Fontaine in the new FOX dramedy The Big Leap. The series is an innovative show-within-a-show that takes viewers on a journey of self-acceptance and empowerment at any age. The Big Leap premieres on Monday, September 20 at 9/8c.

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Simone Recasner Previews Her New Series, ‘The Big Leap’

Simone Recasner stars as Gabby Lewis in the new FOX dramedy The Big Leap. The series is an innovative show-within-a-show that takes viewers on a journey of self-acceptance and empowerment at any age. The Big Leap premieres on Monday, September 20 at 9/8c.

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Get Ready for Fox’s New Drama, ‘The Big Leap’

The Big Leap premieres on Monday, September 20 at 9/8c. The talented cast includes Scott Foley, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo, Simone Recasner, Ser’Darius Blain, Jon Rudnitsky, Raymond Cham Jr., Mallory Jansen, Kevin Daniels, and Anna Grace Barlow. As we approach the show’s release, FOX has shared the official promo!

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ATX Television Festival 2021: The Cast and Creatives of ‘The Big Leap’ Discuss Fox’s New Dramedy

Fox premiered The Big Leap at this year’s ATX Television Festival! The show tells a modern tale about second chances, chasing your dreams, and taking back what’s yours. This virtual screening and panel, which The Nerds of Color attended, showed an early look at the pilot episode and a Q&A with cast and creatives. The panelists included Liz Heldens (Creator/EP), Jason Winer (EP/Director), Scott Foley, Teri Polo, Ser’Darius Blain, and Simone Rescasner.

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FOX Releases Trailers for its New Comedies and Dramas

FOX has released their first trailers for the new 2021-2022 season to include two new dramas – The Big Leap and The Cleaning Lady — and two new comedies — Pivoting and Welcome to Flatch. In an unusual move by FOX, the series are for shows that will be released during the mid-season rather than in the fall. The series do look promising and offer a diverse and inclusive cast in several of the shows.

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The Rise of Disney and the Future of Fantasy in the Shadow of the Empire

When I first saw The Force Awakens after a fully funded summer media apparatus of hype in the winter of 2015, I remember the following Christmas morning my mother turned the corner, threw me a Force Awakens pillow, and coldly chuckled “Merry Christmas.” It was a good joke — like many the Force is moderately strong in my family — but it left me to wonder, what Christmas spirit at Walmart possessed my Mom to buy me this gift? I suspect my mother may have unknowingly become a Disney market research statistic. But after the last five years and our predestined Rise of Skywalker, I am largely left to ask the same question.

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‘Spies in Disguise’ Directors Knew They Wanted Will Smith from the Start

Spies in Disguise opens in theaters this week and stars Will Smith as famous super-spy Lance Sterling who turns into a pigeon when he accidentally ingests a ‘biodynamic concealment’ invention by young scientist Walter Beckett (Tom Holland). Now, Lance Sterling must find a way to stop a cybernetic villain from destroying the world as a small creature.

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Hard NOC Life: Return of a New Empire Strikes the Jedi Hope Back

With Rise of Skywalker and the end of the Skywalker Saga at the end of the month to look forward to, Hard NOC Life is going to be a Star Wars podcast for the month of December. Because there aren’t enough Star Wars podcasts on the internet! Each week, Dominic and Keith will be breaking down a different trilogy that make up the beloved Star Wars franchise.

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Hard NOC Life: The Phantom Attack of the Sith Menace Revenge Clones

With Rise of Skywalker and the end of the Skywalker Saga at the end of the month to look forward to, Hard NOC Life is going to be a Star Wars podcast for the month of December. Because there aren’t enough Star Wars podcasts on the internet!

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Hard NOC Life: Fancasting the Impeachment

For the last two weeks, the most riveting show on television was actually the impeachment hearings. So naturally, Dominic and Keith convened an episode of Hard NOC Life to talk all about it.

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