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Red Widow

American TV series

Field	Value
image	Red Widow logo.jpg
genre	Drama
based_on
creator	Melissa Rosenberg
starring	{{Plain list
composer	Dave Porter
country	United States
language	English
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	8
executive_producer	{{Plain list
producer	Tim Iacofano
location	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
company	{{Plain list
runtime	60 minutes
network	ABC
first_aired
last_aired

Radha Mitchell
Goran Visnjic
Clifton Collins Jr.
Luke Goss
Jaime Ray Newman
Rade Šerbedžija
Lee Tergesen
Erin Moriarty
Sterling Beaumon
Jakob Salvati
Suleka Mathew
Wil Traval
Pedro Pascal
Melissa Rosenberg
Alon Aranya
Howard Klein
ABC Studios
Endemol
Tall Girls Productions

Red Widow is an American drama television series created by Melissa Rosenberg, starring Radha Mitchell and Goran Visnjic. On May 11, 2012, ABC picked up Red Widow as a series. The series ran from March 3 to May 5, 2013 and aired on Sundays. The series is based on a 2010 Dutch drama series titled Penoza created by Pieter Bart Korthuis and Diederik van Rooijen.

On May 10, 2013, ABC canceled the series after one season.

Overview

The series stars Radha Mitchell as Marta Walraven, a housewife from Northern California whose husband, a marijuana smuggler, was killed. She has to continue his work to protect her family.

Cast and characters

Radha Mitchell as Marta Walraven (née Petrova), housewife and widow of Evan Walraven, a marijuana smuggler
Goran Visnjic as Nicholae Schiller, San Francisco's premier crime boss and the man to whom Marta owes money
Clifton Collins Jr. as James Ramos, the FBI agent assigned to Marta's case
Rade Šerbedžija as Andrei Petrov, Marta's father, an organized crime boss in the Richmond and a rival of Schiller
Luke Goss as Luther, one of Andrei's trusted men
Jaime Ray Newman as Katrina "Kat" Petrova, Marta's and Irwin's sister
Wil Traval as Irwin Petrov, Marta and Kat's brother, and business partner to Mike and Evan, and now Marta
Lee Tergesen as Mike Tomlin, business partner to Irwin and Evan, and now Marta
Sterling Beaumon as Gabriel Walraven, Marta's older son
Jakob Salvati as Boris "Bobo" Walraven, Marta's younger son
Erin Moriarty as Natalie Walraven, Marta's daughter and middle child
Suleka Mathew as Dina Tomlin, Mike's wife and Marta's long-time best friend
Pedro Pascal as Jay Castillo, Katrina's husband, a tattoo artist

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers
(million)
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Reception

The show received mixed to negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 24% approval rating, based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 4.6/10. The website's consensus reads, "Red Widow boasts a strong cast, but its outlandish premise and lackluster execution keep it from being anything but middle-of-the-road." Metacritic assigned the show a score of 48 out of 100 based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Mary McNamara, the Los Angeles Times television critic, called the show's two-hour pilot "high-aspiring but poorly executed"; according to McNamara:

Working from the original Dutch series *Penoza*, *Red Widow* is plagued by sanctimony. It wants to have it all: a sympathetic soccer mom heroine suddenly willing and able to do business with murderous thugs....It's easy to see the sort of show [creator Melissa] Rosenberg envisioned, one in which a "normal" woman finds herself juggling the mundane tasks of motherhood with the high-octane exploits required to keep one step in front of a drug lord. But the show is too busy hedging its bets—hey, he was just running pot, not the hard stuff, and she feels sort of guilty about dragging him into it—that it undercuts its own potential power.

DVD releases

Red Widow - The Complete 1st Season was released onto DVD on May 28, 2013 in Region 1.

References

Andreeva, Nellie. (May 11, 2012). "ABC Picks Up To Series '666', 'Last Resort', 'How To Live', 'Nashville', 'Penoza', 'Neighbors', 'Zero Hour', 'Red Van'". Deadline Hollywood.
Kondology, Amanda. (December 4, 2012). "ABC Announces Midseason Premiere Dates for 'Body of Proof', 'Dancing With the Stars' + New Series 'Red Widow', 'Family Tools', 'The Taste' & More". TV by the Numbers.
Andreeva, Nellie. (May 17, 2012). "Upfront 2012: More Returning Than New Series With Shorter Orders This Year". Deadline Hollywood.
Kondolojy, Amanda. (May 10, 2013). "'Body of Proof' & 'Red Widow' Canceled by ABC". TV by the Numbers.
"RED WIDOW (ABC)". The Futon Critic.
Kasperowicz, Leslie. (August 20, 2012). "ER's Goran Visnjic Joins ABC's New Drama Red Widow". Television Blend.
"Red Widow: GORAN VISNJIC". [[American Broadcasting Company.
Bibel, Sara. (March 5, 2013). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', 'The Amazing Race', 'Celebrity Apprentice', 'Red Widow', 'The Cleveland Show', 'America's Funniest Home Videos' Adjusted Up; '60 Minutes', 'The Simpsons' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers.
Kondolojy, Amanda. (March 12, 2013). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', 'Family Guy', 'Celebrity Apprentice' & 'The Mentalist' Adjusted Up; 'Red Widow' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers.
Bibel, Sara. (March 19, 2013). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', 'The Amazing Race', 'Family Guy', 'The Cleveland Show', 'The Simpsons', 'Bob's Burgers' & 'The Mentalist' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers.
Kondolojy, Amanda. (March 26, 2013). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time' & 'Celebrity Apprentice' Adjusted Up + Unscrambled CBS". TV by the Numbers.
Bibel, Sara. (April 2, 2013). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'All-Star Celebrity Apprentice' Adjusted Up & Unscrambled CBS Numbers". TV by the Numbers.
Bibel, Sara. (April 30, 2013). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Family Guy', 'The Simpsons', 'The Amazing Race', 'The Mentalist', 'Celebrity Apprentice' & 'America's Funniest Home Videos' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers.
Kondolojy, Amanda. (May 7, 2013). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Amazing Race' & 'Celebrity Apprentice' Adjusted Up; 'Red Widow' Adjusted Down + Final FOX Numbers". TV by the Numbers.
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McNamara, Mary. (March 2, 2013). "TV review: Drug-smuggling 'Red Widow' is hard to get behind". [[Los Angeles Times]].
Lambert, David. (March 29, 2013). "Red Widow - Official ABC/Disney Announcement for USA Release on DVD: Box, Cost, Date". TV Shows On DVD.

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