What happens when good girls go bad? That’s the question at the root of Jenna Bans’ new NBC drama “Good Girls,” which finds three friends — played by Retta, Mae Whitman and Christina Hendricks — pushed to their limits by extraordinary situations. Each of their own reasons, they end up robbing a grocery store — and yet manage to stay sympathetic to viewers.
A graduate of Shondaland, with credits on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal,” among others, Bans says she’s learned not be afraid to take risks on screen. Here, she tells Variety how the election fueled her to write the show, how she strikes the right done for the dark comedy, and what Shonda Rhimes taught her about making compelling TV.
How did you come up with the idea for the show?
It was in the heights of the election late last summer. I think the “Access Hollywood” tape had just come out and there were a...
A graduate of Shondaland, with credits on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal,” among others, Bans says she’s learned not be afraid to take risks on screen. Here, she tells Variety how the election fueled her to write the show, how she strikes the right done for the dark comedy, and what Shonda Rhimes taught her about making compelling TV.
How did you come up with the idea for the show?
It was in the heights of the election late last summer. I think the “Access Hollywood” tape had just come out and there were a...
- 2/19/2018
- by Debra Birnbaum
- Variety - TV News
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