Esquire Sets Scripted Series Premiere Date
Male-targeted network Esquire will debut its first scripted series Spotless on Nov. 14, the network said Tuesday.
The series stars Marc-André Grondin (C.R.A.Z.Y.) Miranda Raison (24: Live Another Day) Denis Ménochet (Inglourious Basterds), and Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey) and follows two estranges brothers forced to reconnect after the lives were torn apart by a terrible childhood secret, said network officials.
Spotless will mark the first scripted series for the NBC Universal-owned cable network.
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