NBC has picked up J.J.'s new show called Undercovers. But what got me excited about this is... well, Boris Kodjoe is in it. But the leads are people of color!
It's been a while since we've seen lead characters of color on a major network show. Here's more:
This may be good. I'm looking forward to it."Undercovers" is a sexy, fun, action-packed spy drama that proves once and for all that marriage is still the world's most dangerous partnership. Outwardly, Steven Bloom (Boris Kodjoe, "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," "Soul Food," "Resident Evil: Afterlife") and his wife, Samantha (Gugu Mbatha-Raw, "Doctor Who," "Bonekickers"), are a typical married couple who own a small catering company in Los Angeles and are helped by Samantha's easily frazzled younger sister, Lizzy (Jessica Parker Kennedy, "Smallville").
Secretly, the duo were two of the CIA's best spies until they fell in love on the job five years ago and retired. When fellow spy and friend Nash (Carter MacIntyre, "American Heiress") goes missing while on the trail of a Russian arms dealer, the Blooms are reinstated by boss Carlton Shaw (Gerald McRaney, "Deadwood") to locate and rescue Nash. The pair is thrust back into the world of espionage as they follow leads that span the globe — and Steven and Samantha realize that this supercharged, undercover lifestyle provides the excitement and romance that their marriage has been missing. Also starring is Ben Schwartz (NBC's "Parks and Recreation").
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6 comments:
If Boris is in it, I'll watch it.
Same here!!Plus JJ being involved is a bonus as well...
I loved ALIAS...
It seems interesting...
I would watch boris if he was covered in cockroaches.
Boris, Abrams, and people of color! I'm there.
I'll cautiously watching it since I enjoyed Alias, but know how clumsy NBC is with good series. Also since some shows regardless of how egalitarian the audience presumes to be will go bye-bye because of the lack of white faces as leads.
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