In the latest TV ratings, with #TheFBIs in rerun mode: ABC’s Will Trent was Tuesday’s most-watched show and landed in a five-way tie for the nightly demo win.
ABC | Will Trent (with 4.7 million total viewers and a 0.3 demo rating) was up in eyeballs (possibly hitting a series high, check back later!)
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ABC has made it a priority this season to turn sophomore series “Will Trent” into an established hit — and so far the strategy seems to be working. The drama’s Season 2 premiere already posted one of the Alphabet net’s most-watched scripted drama episodes among live+same day total viewers in years, at 4.77 million.
Now, after three days of viewing on ABC, Hulu and digital platforms, “Will Trent” (which returned on Tuesday, Feb. 20) has grown by nearly 3 million viewers, to 7.68 million. And its adults 18-49 average is up 142%, from 0.33 to 0.8.
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Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding, Anyone But You) has been cast in the upcoming Starz drama The Hunting Wives in a series regular role alongside previously announced co-leads Malin Åkerman and Brittany Snow.
Written by Rebecca Cutter based on the novel of the same name by May Cobb, The Hunting Wives tells the story of Sophie O’Neil (Snow) and her family’s move from the East Coast to deep East Texas, where she succumbs to socialite Margo Bank’s (Åkerman) irresistible charms – and finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction and murder.
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Starz’s upcoming thriller series The Hunting Wives has cast Brittany Snow to act alongside Malin Åkerman, as reported by TVLine.
The show, based on May Cobb’s novel, is often likened to Desperate Housewives, Big Little Lies, and Mean Girls. Consisting of eight episodes, its production is slated to start in Charlotte, N.C., by this spring.
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Malin Åkerman has been cast in a leading role of the Starz series adaptation of the May Cobb novel “The Hunting Wives,” Variety has learned.
Cobb is also an executive producer on “The Hunting Wives” along with Erwin Stoff for 3 Arts Entertainment. The series is produced by Lionsgate Television and 3 Arts.
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Starz has handed an eight-episode series order to thriller drama The Hunting Wives. The project, based on the novel by May Cobb, is executive produced by Cobb, Hightown creator Rebecca Cutter, who wrote the adaptation and will serve as showrunner, and 3 Arts Entertainment’s Erwin Stoff. Lionsgate Television produces with 3 Arts. . . .
“The Hunting Wives is a juicy, suspenseful and sultry thrill-ride,” said Kathryn Busby, Starz’s President of Original Programming. “We’re excited to continue to work with Rebecca and Erwin on this propulsive series that perfectly complements Starz’s slate of edgy, female-forward premium content.”
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Ramón Rodríguez, star of the WILL TRENT TV show based on Karin Slaughter’s novels, appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He taught Jimmy how to Salsa and discussed working with a dialect coach to develop his character’s sound. Click below to watch:
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Ramon also appeared on GMA, GMA3 and The Tamron Hall Show where he touted the show and shared stories from his time on set.
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Crime-writing queen and Atlanta resident Karin Slaughter sees her creation Will Trent come to life in this new series featuring the fictional Georgia Bureau of Investigation special agent, played by the Puerto Rico native Ramón Rodríguez. The first episode, which has garnered generally good reviews, aired at 10:00 p.m. on ABC on Tuesday, January 3, and is also available on Hulu to stream; new episodes will air and stream on subsequent Tuesdays. Can’t wait?
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Karin Slaughter's bestselling crime novels Will Trent are being brought to life on the small screen, and Ramón Rodríguez relished the opportunity to dig into the "compelling, complicated" character the author created, he told Newsweek.
Rodríguez takes on the titular role of Special Agent Will Trent, who works for the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) in Atlanta and who is tasked with solving a grisly murder and missing persons case.
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New series based on Karin Slaughter's bestselling novels joins strong ABC drama lineup.
Will Trent season 1 will lean heavily on the stories from Karin Slaughter's first Will Trent novel, Triptych.
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Rodríguez benefits, perhaps, from the source material; Trent, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent based in Atlanta, emerged from the mind of novelist Karin Slaughter. Here, he’s an astute but fallible sleuth, brought to the point of frustration both by his learning disability and an incident in which he seemed to have missed crucial clues.
“Will Trent” will premiere Tuesday, January 3 at 10 p.m. ET
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Georgia Bureau of Investigation special agent Will Trent is a figment of Atlanta author Karin Slaughter’s imagination come to life in 10 best-selling books.
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ABC has picked up drama pilot Will Trent (working title) to series for a midseason launch.
Based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling “Will Trent” series, the series stars Rodriguez as Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI), who was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. But now, determined to use his unique point of view to make sure no one is abandoned like he was, Will Trent has the highest clearance rate in the GBI.
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