…Welcome to the Family
Last week, the word was that Night Shift, also known as After Hours, had been given a “pass” by the Powers That Be on NBC. Now it’s “never mind”–both Night Shift and the Latino/Anglo “blended family” show Welcome to the Family are on the schedule after all.
Freddy Rodríguez plays Michael Ragosa, the new no-nonsense boss of the night shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. Relative newcomer Alma Sisneros has a regular role as Nurse Diaz as well.
Welcome to the Family stars Mike O’Malley, the coolest Dad in the world in Glee, and Mary McCormack of In Plain Sight whose daughter hooks up and gets pregnant by Joseph Haro (Glee,” “Awkward”), of East L.A. His parents, played by Ricardo Chavira (Desperate Housewives) and Justina Machado (Six Feet Under, ER) are just as unhappy with all this…but it seems like their kids are serious about making a life together, so…let the blended family hijinks begin
L-r: Ricardo Chavira, Justina Machado, Mary McCormack
and Mike O’Malley Welcome to the Family
It’s actually great news: a Latino character in the key role in one show, and an actual Latino family from East L.A. as the focus of another series. Exactly the sort of development we’d been hoping for, and along with the far darker and more complex drama Gang-Related, already announced by Fox, represents a significant step forward for Latino Hollywood this fall.
