“This is the most difficult show we have ever undertaken, because the goal was to keep people safe,” declares Michelle King about the (literally) jaw-dropping new six-part limited series she co-created with her husband and collaborator Robert King. “The Bite” was conjured up by the Emmy-winning duo as a way to get actors and TV crews back to work safely and innovatively, during a time when most of the TV industry was still shut down because of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Watch our exclusive video interview with the duo above.
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The Kings’ ambitious new satirical drama focuses on two neighbors juggling everyday life, careers, relationships and possibly the end of the world when a deadly new virus starts turning unsuspecting New Yorkers into zombies. The series stars six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (Dr. Rachel Boutella), Emmy nominee Taylor Schilling (Lily...
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The Kings’ ambitious new satirical drama focuses on two neighbors juggling everyday life, careers, relationships and possibly the end of the world when a deadly new virus starts turning unsuspecting New Yorkers into zombies. The series stars six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (Dr. Rachel Boutella), Emmy nominee Taylor Schilling (Lily...
- 5/23/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
In today’s TV news roundup, coronavirus drama “The Second Wave” adds Phillipa Soo, Will Swenson and Leslie Uggams to its cast, and “Adventure Time: Distant Lands” unveiled the first four minutes of its upcoming special “Obsidian.”
Casting
CBS Studios and Spectrum Original’s coronavirus drama “The Second Wave” announced new casting updates with Will Swenson as a series regular and Phillipa Soo and Leslie Uggams as recurring guest stars. Swenson, best known for his work in musical theatre productions such as “Les Miserables” and “Hair,” will portray Brian Ritter, a thrill-seeking top photojournalist who is not looking forward to the upcoming citywide lockdown. Soo, known for playing the role of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in the critically-acclaimed “Hamilton,” will portray Cyndi Estereo, a White House liaison to the CDC who will stop at nothing to conceal the truth. Tony Award-winning actor and singer Uggams, best known for her portrayal of...
Casting
CBS Studios and Spectrum Original’s coronavirus drama “The Second Wave” announced new casting updates with Will Swenson as a series regular and Phillipa Soo and Leslie Uggams as recurring guest stars. Swenson, best known for his work in musical theatre productions such as “Les Miserables” and “Hair,” will portray Brian Ritter, a thrill-seeking top photojournalist who is not looking forward to the upcoming citywide lockdown. Soo, known for playing the role of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in the critically-acclaimed “Hamilton,” will portray Cyndi Estereo, a White House liaison to the CDC who will stop at nothing to conceal the truth. Tony Award-winning actor and singer Uggams, best known for her portrayal of...
- 11/16/2020
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
Robert and Michelle King’s upcoming Coronavirus drama series for Spectrum Originals is getting its second wave of casting.
Broadway stars Will Swenson, Phillipa Soo and Leslie Uggams have joined The Second Wave, which stars The Good Fight’s Audra McDonald, Orange Is the New Black’s Taylor Schilling and The Comey Rule’s Steven Pasquale.
Swenson, who has starred in Priscilla: Queen of the Desert and Hair as well as Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, joins as a series regular, while Soo, best known for starring in Hamilton, and Uggams, who starred in Hallelujah, Baby! and is best known for her role in Roots, join as recurring guest stars.
Swenson and Uggams have both worked with The Kings before on The Good Wife.
Spectrum gave the six-episode pandemic drama a straight-to-series order, as revealed by Deadline last month, and it is co-produced by Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios,...
Broadway stars Will Swenson, Phillipa Soo and Leslie Uggams have joined The Second Wave, which stars The Good Fight’s Audra McDonald, Orange Is the New Black’s Taylor Schilling and The Comey Rule’s Steven Pasquale.
Swenson, who has starred in Priscilla: Queen of the Desert and Hair as well as Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, joins as a series regular, while Soo, best known for starring in Hamilton, and Uggams, who starred in Hallelujah, Baby! and is best known for her role in Roots, join as recurring guest stars.
Swenson and Uggams have both worked with The Kings before on The Good Wife.
Spectrum gave the six-episode pandemic drama a straight-to-series order, as revealed by Deadline last month, and it is co-produced by Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios,...
- 11/16/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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