Venice: The Series
Venice: The Series | |
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Starring | Crystal Chappell |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 49 |
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Production location | Venice Beach, California |
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Production company | Open Book Productions |
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Release | December 4, 2009 present | –
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The Grove: The Series |
Venice: The Series is a
Venice is described by Chappell as "a show about families, and life, and all the simplicity of it, and the turmoil of it. We're going to be following a character named Gina who is a designer, and she is a gay woman."[1]
Cast and characters
Venice: The Series stars Crystal Chappell as Gina, a designer and a gay woman, and Chappell's love interest from Guiding Light, Jessica Leccia, this time as Ani, Gina's love interest. Some of Chappell's and Leccia's former Guiding Light co-stars also appear in the series, including Tina Sloan, Gina Tognoni as Sami and Jordan Clarke as The Colonel. Other Venice cast members include daytime actress Hillary B. Smith of One Life to Live as Guya, Nadia Bjorlin as Lara, Galen Gering as Owen, Gina's brother, Michelle N. Carter as Michele, Lesli Kay as Tracy, Michael Sabatino, Chappell's husband, as Alan, and Robert Newman as an old boyfriend of Gina's. Other cast members include Shawn Christian, Eric Martsolf and Molly Burnett from Days of Our Lives. Gregory Zarian joined the cast in Season 5 as Detective Nick Pfander.
Production
Creation and development
In 2009, after Guiding Light was cancelled, Chappell, with help from her writing partner and co-producer Kim Turrisi, decided to create Venice: The Series drawing inspiration from the popular romance between her Guiding Light character, Olivia Spencer, and GL co-star
Although Chappell's character in the show is an openly gay woman, the show is not a "gay web series" but rather a show that "embodies all kinds of people, with all kinds of issues".[1]
Chappell heavily publicized the series through the
Filming
The web series is set in, and filmed in, Venice Beach, California, United States. It is filmed digitally. Each episode of season 1 is 6–10 minutes long, while episodes from subsequent seasons run approximately 15 minutes.
Distribution and release
The first three seasons were released for free, and are viewable, on the video sharing website YouTube. The fourth, fifth and sixth seasons are available streaming on the show's website to rent or buy.
DVDs of past seasons of the show are also available for sale online at the website.
Reception and awards
In 2011, Venice: The Series won the first
Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Alina Adams named the series one of the "4 best soap operas on the web" in 2015.[7]
References
- ^ a b Crystal Chappell, venicetheseries.com Fan Q&A Part 1 www.venicetheseries.com
- ^ Lisa Bernhard "Love That Dares to Tweet Its Name Sparks Web Series", The New York Times, August 24, 2009
- ^ "38th Annual Daytime Emmy® Award Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. June 19, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- ^ "41st Annual Daytime Emmy® Award Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. June 22, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- ^ "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Nominations For the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 22, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ^ "2018 Daytime Emmy Awards Nominees". Daytime Emmy Awards. New York City: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 13 April 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ Adams, Alina (February 3, 2015). "The 4 best soap operas on the web". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Venice en Lesbicanarias Episode recaps (Spanish)