Renee Zellweger is making her broadcast television debut in “The Thing About Pam,” an NBC limited series based on the bizarre and twisted tale of Betsy.
Renee Zellweger gears up for television debut with The Thing About Pam ANI | Updated: Feb 05, 2021 19:07 IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): Based on the mystery tale of Betsy Faria s 2011 murder, the veteran American superstar Renee Zellweger is all set to make her television debut with the NBC crime thriller series The Thing About Pam .
According to E! News, the two times Oscar-winning actor will be seen enacting a starring role in the drama series based on Dateline s 2019 podcast of the same name.
Susan Rovner, NBC Universal Chairman of Entertainment Content, said in a statement, When you think about what qualifies something like a must-watch, I m not sure you could do any better than the undeniable trifecta of Renee Zellweger, Blumhouse and Dateline.
Renee Zellweger is making her broadcast television debut in “The Thing About Pam,” an NBC limited series based on the bizarre and twisted tale of Betsy.
“The Widower is actually 12 years in the making. “Dateline NBC” producer Dan Slepian was embedding with Las Vegas police in 2008 when Thomas Randolph was arrested for murder. He kept following, and filming, the case until there was a recent resolution, said Liz Cole, the show s executive producer.
HBO s “The Jinx” and Netflix s “Making of a Murderer” and several podcasts have illustrated the appeal of immersive crime stories that go beyond the one- or two-hour format of network newsmagazines.
The risk, however, comes in following a trend and making a story longer than the material merits.
Slepian, who calls Randolph the “Joe Exotica of true crime” and hypes the “The Widower” as “ Tiger King meets ‘Jinx’ meets ‘In Cold Blood,’ vouches for its ability to hold the audience s attention.
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