{"id":17157,"date":"2022-07-05T10:50:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/freeform-orders-watchful-eye\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T10:50:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:50:54","slug":"freeform-orders-the-watchful-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/freeform-orders-the-watchful-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeform Orders The Watchful Eye to Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freeform has given a series order for <em>The Watchful Eye<\/em>, formerly known as <em>The Nanny<\/em>, from Ryan Seacrest Productions.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Julie Durk (<em>Grace and Frankie<\/em>) and showrun by Emily Fox (<em>Zoey\u2019s Extraordinary Playlist<\/em>), <em>The Watchful Eye<\/em> centers on a savvy young woman hired as the live-in nanny to an affluent Manhattan family. When she moves into their building, she quickly learns that every wealthy inhabitant has deadly secrets and ulterior motives.<\/p>\n<p>Mariel Molino (<em>Promised Land<\/em>) stars as Elena Santos, the nanny, while Warren Christie (<em>The Village<\/em>) plays the wealthy widower. The cast also includes Kelly Bishop (<em>Gilmore Girls<\/em>), Amy Acker (<em>The Gifted<\/em>), Jon Ecker (<em>Firefly Lane<\/em>), Lex Lumpkin (<em>All That<\/em>), Henry Joseph Samiri (<em>The Bold and the Beautiful<\/em>) and Aliyah Royale (<em>The Walking Dead: The World Beyond<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Fox serves as executive producer alongside Ryan Seacrest Productions\u2019 Ryan Seacrest, Nina Wass, Andrea Shay and Jeffrey Reiner. Reiner (<em>Dirty John<\/em>) also directed the pilot. ABC Signature is producing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly excited about this series because it presents a contemporary twist on the classic mystery and thriller genre,\u201d said Jamila Hunter, executive VP of programming and development for Freeform. \u201cJulie, Emily and everyone on the team have created a surprising world of haves and have-nots that\u2019s perfect for Freeform\u2019s audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so excited to be working with our partners at Freeform and ABC Signature on <em>The Watchful Eye<\/em>, an updated twist on a classic Hitchcockian thriller featuring an empowered female lead who\u2019s got an ax to grind,\u201d said Fox, Wass and Shay. \u201cAn elegant New York City apartment building called The Greybourne provides a backdrop where nothing is as it seems and where the palace intrigue has an undercurrent of terror. Elena Santos is very much a force to be reckoned with, and the Manhattan power players who underestimate her may soon realize they\u2019ve met their match. In this day and age, who doesn\u2019t secretly long to eat the rich?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freeform has given a series order for The Watchful Eye, formerly known as The Nanny, from Ryan Seacrest Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":17158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[451,5086],"class_list":["post-17157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-freeform","tag-ryan-seacrest-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Freeform Orders The Watchful Eye to Series - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/freeform-orders-the-watchful-eye\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Freeform Orders The Watchful Eye to Series - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Freeform has given a series order for The Watchful Eye, formerly known as The Nanny, from Ryan Seacrest Productions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/freeform-orders-the-watchful-eye\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-05T14:50:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-05T14:50:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/freeform-919.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"337\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/freeform-orders-the-watchful-eye\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/freeform-orders-the-watchful-eye\/\",\"name\":\"Freeform Orders The Watchful Eye to Series - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-05T14:50:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-05T14:50:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/freeform-orders-the-watchful-eye\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/freeform-orders-the-watchful-eye\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/freeform-orders-the-watchful-eye\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Freeform Orders The Watchful Eye to Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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