{"id":1836735,"date":"2023-02-06T11:06:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T16:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836735"},"modified":"2023-02-06T11:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T16:07:18","slug":"accused-showrunner-howard-gordon-reveals-why-people-are-obsessed-with-crime-shows-they-want-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/accused-showrunner-howard-gordon-reveals-why-people-are-obsessed-with-crime-shows-they-want-order\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAccused\u201d Showrunner Howard Gordon Reveals Why People Are Obsessed with Crime Shows: \u201cThey Want Order\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faccused-showrunner-howard-gordon-reveals-why-people-are-obsessed-with-crime-shows-they-want-order%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\">Howard Gordon offers some theories about why people are so obsessed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crime shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Gordon said that crime dramas are what people love during a Fox News Digital interview. &#8220;people want order \u2026 they want to see the right thing happen,&#8221; He said he hopes that audiences will enjoy his take on the genre.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There aren&#8217;t going to be very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many detectives.<\/a> It&#8217;s really from the point of view of the accused, which I think is really the unique twist on this,&#8221; He shared. &#8220;What&#8217;s familiar, and I think comfortable for the audience, but it&#8217;s really kind of a Trojan horse for a much deeper, much more human story is the courtroom and the crime that will eventually unfold, and we don&#8217;t learn what that crime is &#8217;til later.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Accused&#8221; Anthology series, which is a fresh take on traditional crime shows. &#8220;each week you have someone who&#8217;s a new person, new cast, new place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/640\/320\/Howard-gordon.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Howard Gordon has a few theories why people are so obsessed with crime shows.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Howard Gordon offers some theories about why crime shows are so popular.<\/span> <span>(Michael Buckner\/Variety via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/executive-producer-of-24-brings-new-terror-themed-drama-homeland-to-showtime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF &#8220;24&#8221; BRINGS NEW TERROR DRAMA &#8216;HOMELAND &#8216;TO SHOWTIME<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One episode takes place on indigenous lands in Arizona, another one takes place in Boston. You&#8217;re all over the country, but you&#8217;re always with an accused person, and you don&#8217;t know who that person is. \u2026 It looks like a good guy. What happens? And you go back, and you learn that story,&#8221; Gordon explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gordon says that his goal is to reach audiences. &#8220;to think a little differently about their assumptions about the world,&#8221; He said that he hopes viewers will not be able to determine whether the main character was innocent or guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon was the producer behind the project and this is what really excites him. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/kiefer-sutherland-wanted-to-jack-bauer-to-die-on-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shows like &#8220;Homeland&#8221; And &#8220;24,&#8221;<\/a> His landing was successful. &#8220;wish list&#8221; There are many actors who direct episodes of the show, including Marlee Mattlin, Billy Porter, and Michael Chiklis. &#8220;Accused.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got to, as just a human being, experience these other storytellers and these other voices that were fantastic,&#8221; He stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/ACCU-S1_BTS-109-ED_0266-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Gordon was drawn to Billy Porter&#039;s enthusiasm when he first approached him to direct an episode of the show.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>When Billy Porter approached Gordon to direct an episode, he was immediately drawn to Gordon&#8217;s enthusiasm.<\/span> <span>(FOX)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This was an episode on a drag queen who is kind of a Southie. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/casey-affleck-no-show-ben-affleck-jennifer-lopezs-wedding-had-other-things\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casey Affleck Southie<\/a> Boston. Gordon stated that it was &#8220;really improbable&#8221;. &#8220;And Billy, first when he read the script and agreed to talk, I was just, again, transfixed by his enthusiasm, his vision. And he did a great job. I&#8217;m really proud of that episode, too. I can&#8217;t wait for people to see it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gordon was also shocked by the revelations. &#8220;cultural hero&#8221; Porter has been, and will continue to be, a saying &#8220;it was great walking around Toronto with him&#8221; He was always open to talking to people. Gordon called Porter &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/oscars-2020-billy-porter-gold-ensemble-red-carpet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater than life<\/a>&#8220;Explaining what he feels &#8220;incredibly lucky&#8221; It was an honor to be a part the public&#8217;s appreciation of Porter&#8217;s genius.<\/p>\n<p>Matlin Porter, Tazbah Chazavez and Porter spoke at a press event about the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/ACCU-S1-6_BTS_SW0178.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"During a press event for the show, Matlin discussed how important representation for the deaf community was.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Matlin spoke out about the importance of representation for the deaf community during a press conference for the show.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(FOX)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s time for the people whose stories are being told to tell their own stories,&#8221; Porter stated. &#8220;And so, when I read this, it was like this is a queer sort of story, and they&#8217;re actually calling a queer person. It&#8217;s about a Black drag performer, and they&#8217;re actually calling a Black queer person to direct it.\u00a0Yay! So it was an immediate yes for me because what I love in this space for my life is I get to shape these narratives and control these narratives in the most authentic way possible, and that is a gift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chavez said that she was told the same thing previously &#8220;there aren&#8217;t Native actors,&#8221; She thanked them all. &#8220;Accused&#8221; Since &#8220;three of our four leads were actually Navajo actors playing Navajo characters.&#8221; She said: &#8220;created a certain comfort and energy on the set&#8221; Which &#8220;creates a really fun experience that I think reads across in performance in the final product.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/ACCU-S1-1_SCN1_SW0093.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Michael Chiklis stars in and directs one episode of \" Accused \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Michael Chiklis stars and directs an episode of &#8220;Accused.&#8221;<\/span> <span>(Steve Wilkie\/FOX)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The same with me in the deaf community,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/marlee-matlin-reacts-ex-william-hurt-death-amid-abuse-allegations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matlin explained<\/a>. &#8220;The fact that we were able to cast the actors, I applauded Howard and the entire production team\u2019s encouragement of that, knowing we were telling authentic stories and representing our community appropriately, showing our culture, showing our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Accused&#8221; Airs Tuesdays at 9 PM ET on FOX ET on FOX<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Lori Bashian works as an entertainment production assistant at Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howard Gordon offers some theories about why people are so obsessed. crime shows. Gordon said that crime dramas are what people love during a Fox News Digital interview. &#8220;people want order \u2026 they want to see the right thing happen,&#8221; He said he hopes that audiences will enjoy his take on the genre. &#8220;There aren&#8217;t &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1836738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4029,7204,8096,8541,16248,4096,4370,5114,8550,3710,4510],"class_list":["post-1836735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-accused","tag-crime","tag-gordon","tag-howard","tag-obsessed","tag-order","tag-people","tag-reveals","tag-showrunner","tag-shows","tag-they"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1836735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1836738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1836735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1836735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1836735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}