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T2 WHATS UP! January 2 - 8, 2022 TV FEATURE BY KYLA BREWER TV Media M any parents would do anything for their children, but one desperate mother goes to extreme lengths for her sick son and risks every- thing to keep him safe in a thrilling new prime-time dra- ma. French actress Elodie Yung ("Daredevil") portrays Thony De La Rosa, a brilliant Cambo- dian doctor who travels to the United States in the hopes of saving her ailing son in "The Cleaning Lady," premiering Monday, Jan. 3, on Fox. Howev- er, due to a series of unfortu- nate events, Thony soon be- comes a "cleaning lady" for some very dangerous people as she uses her medical knowl- edge to help them get away with murder. The new Fox drama is part of the growing trend of importing international shows and re- vamping them for North Amer- ican audiences. "The Cleaning Lady" is based on the 2017 Ar- gentinian hit "La Chica Que Limpia," which was also hugely successful when it was remade for Mexican audiences under the name "La Muchacha que limpia." Fox's version hails from writ- er Miranda Kwok ("The 100"), who also serves as an executive producer alongside Melissa Carter ("Queen Sugar"), Shay Mitchell ("Pretty Little Liars"), Television Academy of Arts & Sciences member Rose Marie Vega, talent manager David Dean Portelli and late "La Chi- ca Que Limpia" executive pro- ducer Paola Suárez. Carter, who is the showrunner for "The Cleaning Lady," described the series in an exclusive No- vember interview with ET. "'The Cleaning Lady' is a darkly aspirational character drama about a whip-smart doc- tor who comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son," Carter explained. "But when the system fails her, she refuses to be pushed into the shadows. A heartwarming family drama with heart-stop- ping thriller moments, Thony De La Rosa is our 'Alice in Won- derland' who guides us through the glitzy glamour of Las Vegas while navigating the dark un- derbelly of the criminal world." In the series debut, Thony leaves her husband in the Phil- ippines and travels to the Unit- ed States with their son, Luca (played by new-to-the-scene twins Sebastian and Valentino LaSalle), who suffers from a rare immunodeficiency disor- der. She is hopeful that she has found a bone marrow donor, but when things don't work out and her visa expires, she finds work as a cleaning lady along- side her Filipino sister-in-law, Fiona (Martha Millan, "The OA"). Things get even worse when Thony finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. After she witnesses a mob mur- der, she makes a deal to use her medical knowledge to "clean" crime scenes and erase evi- dence of mob crimes in a des- perate bid to stay alive. Adan Canto ("Designated Survivor") stars as Arman Mo- rales, the lieutenant of the pow- erful crime syndicate that re- Bentonville Acupuncture 5 x 5 continued on page T10 Elodie Yung stars in "The Cleaning Lady" Maid for the mob Not a subscriber? No problem, subscribe today and receive an iPad with your subscription*. *iPad must be returned within 30 days of termination of account. now available on the digital replica! NEW INTERACTIVE PUZZLE PAGES Get the new puzzle pages on the digital replica, featuring puzzles daily! CROSSWORDS KIDS' GAMES SUDOKU WORD GAMES STRATEGY & MEMORY NUMBERS Call 479-684-5509 or visit nwaonline.com/nwaipad