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. 

NATE BLOOM
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