WEEK IN WOMEN: Reba McEntire Cooks Up FRIED GREEN TOMATOES Series – Brandy McDonnell reports

October 14, 2020October 23, 2020 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments fried green tomatoes, Jennifer Cecil, norman lear, Reba McEntire, the week in women, twiw

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Country Music Hall of Famer, Golden Globe-nominated actor and Kennedy Center honoree Reba McEntire is attached to star in a series based on the acclaimed book and movie Fried Green Tomatoes, with Norman Lear executive producing, on NBC.

Along with starring, McEntire will executive produce the hourlong drama series. Jennifer Cecil (Hell on Wheels, Notorious) is attached to write and executive produce.

Lear, who was an executive producer on the 1991 film, and his producing partner Brent Miller will executive produce under their Act III Productions banner. Universal Television will serve as the studio.

The series is billed as a modernization of that delves into the lives of the descendants of the original 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and the 1991 film directed by Jon Avnet. Continue reading on THE WEEK IN WOMEN.

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell is the longtime features writer covering arts and entertainment for The Oklahoman and Oklahoman.com, part of the USA Today Network. In 2025, she garnered a Rabkin Prize, which recognizes the nation’s top visual arts writers. An approved critic for RottenTomatoes.com, she is a member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle and of the Alliance of Wome\n Film Journalists, for which she writes The Week in Women news blog.