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This pilot season could prove different.
The original creators of thepopular 90s Fox dramaChris Keyser and Amy Lippman are helming the new version.
Its such a present issue, Lippman said.
Its unavoidable and heartbreaking and its on the news every single night.
And all these show creators are feeling that same incredibly rich source of storytelling.
Nobody ever said, why are there two shows about white people and white peoples families?
Its at the heart of the debate about what this country is and what its going to be.
It triggers all of that.
Lippman said she and Keyser were surprised by the high level of interest in their pilot.
Under consideration at CBS are a multi-camera comedyWelcome to Maineand medical dramaHave Mercy.
The CW is reviewing single-camera comedyRafa the Great,about a teenager who discovers his undocumented status.
ABCs single-camera comedySanctuary Familycenters on a white family that provides sanctuary for their nanny and her family.
(The book is slated for release in spring of 2019.)
Aside fromParty of Five, the rest should learn within the next few weeks if pilots will be ordered.
In the original series, the children were orphaned when their parents died in an accident.
Having living parents will change the stakes for the reboot, Keyser said.
Those were made-up circumstances that gave us a lot of dramatic power.
But that could change if President Trump eliminates DACA in March.
We are at the mercy of what the government ends up doing, Keyser said.
But right now we are hopeful that the oldest child is a Dreamer.
We are looking to give some voice to original Latino voices, Keyser said.
We are not doing this alone.
And to be honest about it, we need to include those voices in the process.
The series will be loosely based on her experiences.
We are going to expose it for what it is a broken system that is busted for anyone.
Currently, immigration law is torn between criminal law and administrative law.
Agustin said, laughing.
I was like,Mom!
Im the frickin prom king!
Agustin wound up enrolling in a community college as he waited for his green card.
He stayed at Mt.
It was blocks away from Homeland Security.
I was freaking the fuck out, he said.
While he was at Mt.
I gained this sense of self-worth, Agustin said.
I wasnt ashamed anymore.
And the two of them guided me to be a writer and to write my voice down.
Gina is ghetto wholesome, which I am too.
Whats interesting about that time is none of us were woke.
Everyone used the word illegal freely.
No one knew what undocumented students were or how to deal with them.
Not much has changed.
A lot of us are still that ignorant.
Rodriguezs heroine inHave Mercyis an accomplished Cuban doctor who is unable to practice medicine when she arrives in Miami.
They realize theres a doctor in their midst, and she starts treating them illegally in her home.
Thats why their ratings are so high.
I pitched Mercedes as aWonder Womanwho is an immigrant.
Earl grew up in a small Vermont town and spent his summers with his grandparents in Maine.
Reading about the cultural developments over the last year or so in Lewiston, Maine, caught his attention.
My goal is not to tell some huge political story.
