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  • Sarah Shahi Is Nancy Drew in CBS' Series Drew

    02/29/2016 5:46:35 PM PST · by SMGFan · 36 replies
    TVGuide ^ | Feb 29, 2016
    Sarah Shahi will play Nancy Drew in CBS' upcoming pilot about the famed girl detective, Variety reports. Shahi will portray Drew in her 30s as a NYPD detective solving crimes and navigating modern life.
  • A black Nancy Drew? Rebooting old favourites with new faces

    01/18/2016 8:11:13 AM PST · by rktman · 75 replies
    bbc.com ^ | Taylor Kate Brown
    Beloved detective Nancy Drew is returning to TV - but she'll look different from how fans remember. American network CBS is pledging that the new Nancy Drew won't be white. At the Television Critics Association press previews last week, the head of the CBS entertainment division, Glenn Geller, told reporters his network wanted to focus on diversity, including shows designed around characters who were black and Latino. "We're not casting colour-blind, we're casting colour-conscious," he said.
  • CBS' Nancy Drew Will Be Diverse (NOT Caucasian, stresses CBS honcho)

    01/12/2016 10:38:39 AM PST · by simpson96 · 75 replies
    Hollywood Reporter ^ | 1/12/2016 | Lesley Goldberg
    CBS' new Nancy Drew will look very different should the network move forward with the reboot.CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller revealed Tuesday that the network's reimagining of the iconic character will be diverse."She is diverse, that is the way she is written," the executive told THR immediately following his time in front of the press at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour Tuesday. While Geller said it was too early in the process to explain just what he meant by diverse - whether Nancy is African-American, Asian-American or Latino, he said it would hinge on finding the right actress...