October 6 - 12, 2024
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BY JAY BOBBIN
Gina Rodriguez OF LUCKY 13 ON ABC/HULU
Jesse L. Martin stars in “The Irrational”
Q: I was surprised to read that Gina Rodriguez will be joining “Will Trent” for its new season. Does that mean she won’t be doing the game show “Lucky 13” anymore? A: That remains to be seen, at least as of the time this answer was written. The ABC and Hulu contest — for which Rodriguez and Shaquille O’Neal have shared hosting duties — recently ended its freshman season, and its future is still to be determined. Rodriguez has a particularly vested interest in that, since she’s also an executive producer of the program. One would think that her staying in the ABC family won’t hurt her chances of staying “Lucky,” so to speak, for future seasons. There’s some time for that to be decided, though, if the Las Vegas-based game remains a summer entry as it was this year. Also, it’s very conceivable that Rodriguez could do both “Lucky 13” and “Will Trent.” The latter series is expected to return for its third season early in the new year, and it’s in production now for that … whereas like most primetime game shows, a season of “Lucky 13” can be taped relatively quickly, over the course of a couple of weeks. Presumably, Rodriguez’s work on the “Will Trent” episodes would be finished by the time she was needed for the game again.
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“Law & Order” alum Jesse L. Martin returns in Season 2 of the NBC mystery-drama series “The Irrational,” starting Tuesday, Oct. 8.
In “Will Trent,” the actress is slated to portray Marion Alba, a self-assured assistant district attorney who arrives in Atlanta and soon makes the acquaintance of police detective Will (played by Ramon Rodriguez, no relation to Gina). They reportedly don’t hit it off with each other professionally at first, but they’re soon partnered on a case and have to learn to get along.