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While NBC swiftly canned the low-rated – albeit beloved by those who stuck with it – The Playboy Club, the network has thrown some muscle behind its freshmen procedural Prime Suspect ordering six more episodes of the Maria Bello starrer despite the show’s lackluster ratings, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Prime Suspect, based on the beloved British series that starred Helen Mirren, stars the terrific Bello as Jane Timoney, a tough female detective carving a name for herself in a male-dominated, all too sexist work environment.
The critically acclaimed show has struggled to find an audience in its slot airing after a comedy block on Thursday nights. Here’s hoping Prime Suspect finds its audience over the course of the next several episodes as Bello really exhibits an astonishingly high caliber of acting that’s tough to match on network television. Oh, and she's hot!
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
