32 | JANUARY 30 • 2020
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STREAMING/BROADCAST
The Stranger, an original Netflix
eight-episode series, will premiere
Jan. 30. It’
s based on a 2015 novel
of the same name by mystery/thrill-
er novelist Harlen Coben, 35. The
book was set in New Jersey, where
Coben was born and still lives, but
the mini-series has moved the
story to England and the cast is all
British. The lead character, Adam
Price, believes he has a perfect
life when a mysterious stranger
approaches him and whispers into
his ear a devastating secret (spoiler
alert!) about Price’
s wife. British
Jewish actor Paul Kaye, 55, has a
supporting role. He is best known
in America for playing Thoros of
Myr (aka “the Red Priest”) in Game
of Thrones.
Starting Feb. 6 on NBC (9:30) is
the comedy series Indebted. Dave
(Adam Pally, 37) and Rebecca
(Abby Elliot) look forward to some
“down time” after their main
parenting duties are behind them.
Then Dave’
s parents, Linda (Fran
Drescher, 62) and Stew (Steven
Weber, 58), show up without warn-
ing on Dave’
s doorstep. They are
broke and Dave is obliged to take
them in. The two couples don’
t get
on that well.
You might best remember
Weber as the younger of the two
pilot brothers in the 1990s sit-com
Wings. Pally has a host of recent
credits, including co-starring roles
in Happy Endings and The Mindy
Project. He married his (Jewish)
high school sweetheart Daniella
Liben and they have three children.
Everyone knows Drescher as
the star of The Nanny, the hit
’
90s sit-com. (She is slated to
appear in Detroit April 30 at Adat
Shalom Synagogue for Federation’
s
Women’
s Philanthropy Signature
Event.) Last month, it was
announced that Rachel (My Crazy
Ex-Girlfriend) Bloom, 32, will work
with Drescher to bring a musical
version of The Nanny to Broadway.
A “five-star” team of songwriters,
producers, etc., are attached to the
project.
Indebted was created by Dan
Levy, 38, a stand-up comedian and
TV comedy series writer/producer.
His wife is Rachel Specter, 39, a
pretty actress and comedy writer
who has a lot of credits. They have
two children.
SUPER BOWL NOTES
The Super Bowl will be played on
Sunday, Feb. 2. It begins at 6:30
p.m. on Fox. I knew no matter
who won the AFC championship
(Jan. 18) that a Jewish player
would be in the Super Bowl. The
Kansas City Chiefs vied with the
Tennessee Titans for the AFC title
and K.C. won. Mitchell Schwartz,
30, was K.C.’
s starting defensive
right tackle in that game and, as I
write this, he’
s listed as a starter
for the Super Bowl. Playing for the
Titans was Anthony Firkser, 24, a
tight end. He caught a touchdown
in the AFC championship game and
a touchdown in the Jan. 6 playoff
game against New England (he is
the first Harvard grad to score a
post-season TD). Both players are
from religious Jewish homes and
both had a bar mitzvah.
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