Tag Archives: Jaina Lee Ortiz

Television

STATION 19 COMES IN HOT WITH A FULL-SEASON ORDER FROM ABC!

STATION 19 – Jack Gibson (Grey Damon), Maya Bishop (Danielle Savre), Dean Miller (Okieriete Onaodowan), Captain Pruitt Herrera (Miguel Sandoval), Andy Herrera (Jaina Lee Ortiz), Ben Warren (Jason George), Victoria Hughes (Barrett Doss), Travis Montgomery (Jay Hayden), and Ryan Tanner (Alberto Frezza) – Photo by Ed Herrera/Courtesy of ABC.

Station 19 has received an order for its back-nine – giving a full second season.

Staion 19 airs Thursdays on ABC.

Continue reading STATION 19 COMES IN HOT WITH A FULL-SEASON ORDER FROM ABC! →

Television

Rosewood: Chestnut and Ortiz Rise Above the Material!

ROSEWOOD: Morris Chestnut as Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. in the "Pilot" series premiere episode of ROSEWOOD airing Wednesday, Sept. 23 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2015 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Eddy Chen/FOX.
ROSEWOOD: Morris Chestnut as Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. in the “Pilot” series premiere episode of ROSEWOOD airing Wednesday, Sept. 23 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2015 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Eddy Chen/FOX.

FOX’s Rosewood (Wednesday, 8/7) is a procedural teaming a ‘private pathologist’ with a Miami detective. Do they solve crimes? Damn Skippy!

Does the show work? Well, the pilot suggests possibilities – mostly variations on buddy/cop shows where the partners start off not getting along but having chemistry – but despite the potential for clichés, the chemistry (there’s that word again) between Morris Chestnut (as Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr.) and Jaina Lee Ortiz (as Detective Karissa Villa) may – I repeat, may – make up for its missteps while the show finds its rhythm.

Continue reading Rosewood: Chestnut and Ortiz Rise Above the Material! →