Lifetime renews 'Devious Maids,' from producers Marc Cherry, Eva Longoria, for 2nd season

The Associated Press
August 13, 2013 at 10:40PM

LOS ANGELES — The Lifetime channel says it's renewing "Devious Maids" for a second season.

Lifetime says the series about the lives of domestic workers and their wealthy bosses has proved the network's fastest-growing drama since its June debut.

"Devious Maids" is from "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry and includes Eva Longoria, who starred in the ABC drama, as an executive producer.

Inspired by a Spanish-language telenovela, the "Devious Maids" ensemble cast includes Ana Ortiz and Judy Reyes. Lifetime ordered 13 episodes for the second season.

about the writer

about the writer

More from Minnesota Star Tribune

See More
card image
J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE, ASSOCIATED PRESS/The Minnesota Star Tribune

The "winners" have all been Turkeys, no matter the honor's name.

In this photo taken Monday, March 6, 2017, in San Francisco, released confidential files by The University of California of a sexual misconduct case, like this one against UC Santa Cruz Latin Studies professor Hector Perla is shown. Perla was accused of raping a student during a wine-tasting outing in June 2015. Some of the files are so heavily redacted that on many pages no words are visible. Perla is one of 113 UC employees found to have violated the system's sexual misconduct policies in rece