JamesG
04-01-2014, 05:20 PM
Investigation Discovery Casts '80s Heartthrobs as Real-Life Bad Boys
by Lynette Rice
Apr 1, 2014
EW has learned exclusively that a dream team of ’80s heartthrobs will take part in a new miniseries called "Heartbreakers" for Investigation Discovery.
Slated to premiere later this year, the three-parter will script true stories about how the perfect catch can sometimes turn out to be the perfect criminal.
The celebrity cast consists of:
Christopher Knight (The Brady Bunch)
Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)
Jack Wagner (Melrose Place)
Rob Estes (Melrose Place)
Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club)
Antonio Sabato Jr. (General Hospital)
Tracey Gold (Growing Pains)
Nicole Eggert (Baywatch)
Jamie Luner (Melrose Place)
Though the network has relied on celebrity hosts and narrators in the past, this is the first time actors have actually played roles on an ID series.
“This is a little different from our standard Investigation Discovery series, which are always rooted in true crime,” Executive Producer Pamela Deutsch tells EW. “These are all true stories. But instead of having the narrator with documentary interviews, we have the doc interviews with fully scripted scenes. So it really has the feel of a primetime soap opera.”
“We always looked at our shows and wondered what they would be like if they actually had really big talent acting out the scenes. This was a lot of fun for us.”
Investigation Discovery is expected to discuss "Heartbreakers" and other upcoming shows at their upfront presentation for advertisers Thursday.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/01/investigation-discovery-bad-boys-jack-wagner/
by Lynette Rice
Apr 1, 2014
EW has learned exclusively that a dream team of ’80s heartthrobs will take part in a new miniseries called "Heartbreakers" for Investigation Discovery.
Slated to premiere later this year, the three-parter will script true stories about how the perfect catch can sometimes turn out to be the perfect criminal.
The celebrity cast consists of:
Christopher Knight (The Brady Bunch)
Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)
Jack Wagner (Melrose Place)
Rob Estes (Melrose Place)
Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club)
Antonio Sabato Jr. (General Hospital)
Tracey Gold (Growing Pains)
Nicole Eggert (Baywatch)
Jamie Luner (Melrose Place)
Though the network has relied on celebrity hosts and narrators in the past, this is the first time actors have actually played roles on an ID series.
“This is a little different from our standard Investigation Discovery series, which are always rooted in true crime,” Executive Producer Pamela Deutsch tells EW. “These are all true stories. But instead of having the narrator with documentary interviews, we have the doc interviews with fully scripted scenes. So it really has the feel of a primetime soap opera.”
“We always looked at our shows and wondered what they would be like if they actually had really big talent acting out the scenes. This was a lot of fun for us.”
Investigation Discovery is expected to discuss "Heartbreakers" and other upcoming shows at their upfront presentation for advertisers Thursday.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/01/investigation-discovery-bad-boys-jack-wagner/