Privileged's perky JoAnna Garcia will give Gossip Girl something rather juicy to talk about this fall, in a four-episode arc on the CW series.
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This Tuesday at 9 pm/ET, the CW's Privileged wraps up what one can only hope is but the first of several seasons. But what's the reality? Will the charming series get a Season 2 pick-up? And if so, what's on tap for the super-cute and ultra-quippy Megan? JoAnna Garcia shared with us a sneak peek at what's to come. Plus: Is talk of an on-set romance true?
TVGuide.com: We have come full circle. I moderated a Paley Center panel previewing the first season of Privileged, and now we are here on what we optimists like to think is perhaps the eve of a Season 2 renewal.
JoAnna Garcia: I think we have a really good shot. I think it's going to come down to the future programming that they have on [the CW], and how long they think each show is going to last. I don't think that developmentally speaking, there is a ton going on, so....
TVGuide.com: Well, there is that one pilot about young and fabulous vampires....
Garcia: Yeah, and there's a Melrose [Place reboot].... But I think they really like our show! Obviously, 90210 has been a focus for them, but I believe we've done everything we can. I'm so proud of this season — and what's to come. [Series creator] Rina [Mimoun], being a consummate professional, already has the second season nailed down and is presenting it this week to the studio.
TVGuide.com: Has she shared with you the places Megan will go if there's a pick-up?
Garcia: Yeah, we talk about ...
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If for some reason you have been flipping the channel after 90210 each week its really time to quit that habit Because if you stick with the CW on Tuesday nights the 9 oclock hour features Privileged a sparkling cleverly written hour starring JoAnna Garcia Rebas Cheyenne as a Yale grade tasked with tutoring a pair of spoiled teen twins But this is no riff on the Hilton celebunots Garcia shared with us why she feels privileged to play this role Matt MitovichTVGuidecom If you look around TVGuidecom its near-unanimous people who are checking out Privileged really really like itJoAnna Garcia Oh my gosh That is so exciting to me Im so in love with the show and so proud of itTVGuidecom What was it specifically that made you say Ive got to do this showGarcia The writing style of [exec producer] Rina [Mimoun Everwood] and Megan is such a strong female voice She has all the quirk and wit to make her accessible as an Everygirl and all of t
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JoAnna Garcia (Welcome to the Captain Reba) has landed the lead role in How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls, a CW pilot about a Yale-educated woman who is hired to move to Palm Beach and serve as the live-in tutor to a pair of rich heiresses.Channeling Paris and Nicky will be Lucy Hale (Bionic Woman) and Ashley Newbrough. As previously reported, Hidden Palms' Michael Cassidy will play Garcia's beau. — MWM
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At last! NBC has found the daughter to Molly Shannon's mother for its much-delayed comedy Kath & Kim (based on the hit Aussie series of the same name). And the winner is... Selma Blair!.... Lifetime has picked Luke Perry and Reba's Joanna Garcia to star in its December MOTW, A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride, which is not a biopic about Jamie Lynn Spears but a feel-good flick about a wedding planner who's all Grinchy about mom Helen Shaver's Eddie Murphy-speed romance with Twin Peaks bad guy Kenneth Welsh. — Ben Katner
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