From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   Sarah Michelle Gellar Opens Up About Her Big Return to TV   
      
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   ROBERTA FIORITO | OCT. 3, 2019   
      
      
   Nope, it's not a Buffy reboot.   
      
   But Sarah Michelle Gellar is making a big move: She's returning to the small   
   screen once again. It's been five years since we saw the actress on TV, when   
   she starred in the single season of The Crazy Ones alongside the late Robin   
   Williams. Before that, the mom of two was in the CW's Ringer for its one   
   season before it was also canceled. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gellar's   
   breakout role, ended its six-year run in 2003. (No, we can't believe it's   
   been 16 years, either.)   
      
   So, yeah, it's a pretty big deal that Gellar, 42, will be returning to TV   
   next year in not one, but two new shows. PureWow sat down with the actress   
   on behalf of her partnership with Colgate Optic White (and yes, we can   
   confirm that she has a gorgeous set of chompers, even those vampires would   
   be jealous...) to chat about her upcoming projects.   
      
   Both shows are based on novels and currently in pre-production. Her first   
   show, 'Other People's Houses', is set to air on Fox and is based on the Abbi   
   Waxman book about a group of affluent moms in L.A. who discover a juicy   
   secret (veryyy Big Little Lies meets Desperate Housewives).   
      
   "I was fascinated by the idea that, through social media, is how we live our   
   lives these days," said Gellar, whose character, Anne Porter, is a mommy   
   blogger in the novel. "We make all of our assumptions about how people are   
   thinking, feeling and how we validate ourselves through the lens of social   
   media. But no one's using that as a storytelling device. Why not?"   
      
   "That's sorta the lens we're going to take with the view of these women and   
   their stories," Gellar said, although she refused to "give any clues" about   
   her character, which she said will deviate from the book quite a bit.   
      
   'Other People's Houses' will see Gellar reunited with her "really good   
   friends" and 'Ringer creators, Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, who are   
   writing the script.   
      
   "We felt like we had more storytelling to do," Gellar said. " 'Ringer' was   
   amazing, but it was ahead of its time. It came out when people were still   
   doing 22 episodes each season, which is no longer sustainable. We just   
   wanted to do something that was bigger and better. This was the perfect time   
   to re-team."   
      
   The second TV show, helmed by Ellen DeGeneres and Warner Bros. Television,   
   is called 'Sometimes I Lie'. Gellar will star as main character Amber   
   Reynolds, and will also executive produce.   
      
   "It was one of the most exciting books I had read in a very long time,"   
   Gellar gushed, referring to the debut novel by former BBC journalist Alice   
   Feeney that the show will be adapted from.   
      
   "I love thrillers," the former Buffy star said (and we're not surprised).   
   "This book has all these twists and turns that I didn't see coming."   
      
   After reading the psychological thriller about a woman who wakes up from a   
   coma in a hospital bed with no recollection of how she got there, Gellar   
   "tracked the author down—no joke, people think I exaggerate this story—to a   
   shed on her property where she writes" and tried to convince her to bring   
   the novel to the small screen. "Her friend was a huge Buffy fan," Gellar   
   admits, which she believes is the only reason Feeney took her call in the   
   first place.   
      
   The novel centers on a "dangerous female friendship," as Gellar puts it. "We   
   talk about male-female toxic relationships, but nobody's ever studied the   
   toxicity that can happen between two women," Gellar said of the novel's   
   plot. "That's the story I wanted to tell."   
      
   Feeney acquiesced, telling the actress she had three months to shop the   
   novel to different production companies. That's when she called DeGeneres   
   and her company, A Very Good Production.   
      
   "They loved it," Gellar said, and hinted at "exciting news" about the show   
   coming out next month.   
      
      
      
      
   David   
      
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