{"id":399267,"date":"2022-01-26T03:18:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T00:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/promised-land-brings-soapy-drama-back-to-prime-time\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T03:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T00:18:09","slug":"promised-land-brings-soapy-drama-back-to-prime-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/promised-land-brings-soapy-drama-back-to-prime-time\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Promised Land&#8217; brings soapy drama back to prime time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Promised Land&#8217; brings soapy drama back to prime time<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Starr\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s been a while since we\u2019ve had a good old-fashioned juicy primetime soap \u2014 and \u201cPromised Land\u201d fits the bill nicely.<\/p>\n<p>The new ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> stars <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abc.com\/shows\/promised-land\/cast\/john-ortiz\">John Ortiz<\/a> (\u201cMessiah,\u201d \u201cTogetherness\u201d) as Joe Sandoval, the wealthy and powerful owner of Heritage House, a sprawling vineyard in the picturesque Sonoma Valley. It\u2019s the third-largest producer of wine in the US \u2014 but, of course, there are those pesky little problems bubbling underneath the sunshine and soil feeding Joe\u2019s grapes: family infighting, backstabbing, violence and Joe\u2019s spiteful ex-wife, Margaret (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellamyYoung?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Bellamy Young<\/a>), who\u2019s set on reclaiming the vineyard she thinks Joe stole from her late father. \u201cDon\u2019t mess with my company,\u201d Joe warns her in a chilly sitdown meeting. Oh, but you know she will. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s enough intrigue crammed into the opening episode to fuel a short miniseries, including a major subplot in which several illegal immigrants from Mexico, including wannabe teacher Juana (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5425163\/\">Katya Martin<\/a>), cross the border, encounter bloody violence in Bakersfield, then head north to the hoped-for \u201cbetter life\u201d at Heritage House that won\u2019t await them.  It\u2019s a timely twist, but with a sly caveat: \u201cPromised Land\u201d is set in the 1980s Reagan Era.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/promised-land-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Bellamy Young as Margaret. She's seated at a table and looking up and smirking.\" class=\"wp-image-20965750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/promised-land-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/promised-land-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/promised-land-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/promised-land-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Bellamy Young as Margaret Honeycroft, Joe\u2019s ex-wife and the mother of his three children.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And then, of course, there\u2019s the blended Latino Sandoval family at the heart of the melodrama: Joe\u2019s loving second wife, Lettie (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cecilia_suarez\/\">Cecilia Suarez<\/a>); his two daughters, vineyard heir-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent Veronica (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ochoachristina\/?hl=en\">Christina Ochoa<\/a>) and the younger Carmen (Mariel Molino); his prodigal, scheming son Antonio (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abc.com\/shows\/promised-land\/cast\/tonatiuh\">Tonatiuh<\/a>), back after being exiled to New York City; his rebellious high school-aged son Junior (Miguel \u00c1ngel Garc\u00eda); and his bitter stepson, Mateo (Augusto Aguilera), who\u2019s managing the vineyard but feels that he, not Veronica, should assume the top-dog leadership position from Joe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/promised-land-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Cecilia Suarez as Lettie Sandoval, Joe's wife and Mateo's mother. She's sitting at the dinner table with her hands on her chin.\" class=\"wp-image-20965781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/promised-land-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/promised-land-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/promised-land-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Cecilia Suarez plays Joe\u2019s wife, Lettie, who\u2019s the mother of his stepson, Mateo.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s more, much more, but you\u2019ll need to watch \u201cPromised Land\u201d to absorb the impact of several other characters thrown into this spicy stew. You may need a scorecard to keep track of everyone and their multi-layered arcs \u2014 it\u2019s a lot to track with \u2014 but the action trots along at a nice clip and there\u2019s certainly a lot to sink your teeth into in the upcoming episodes. <\/p>\n<p>The series\u2019 \u201980s-era timeframe and its multi-generational story arc brings to mind sprawling nighttime soaps from that era \u2014 most notably \u201cDynasty\u201d and \u201cDallas\u201d \u2014 and \u201cPromised Land\u201d should prove itself a worthy successor in the genre.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The new ABC series stars John Ortiz (\u201cMessiah,\u201d \u201cTogetherness\u201d) as Joe Sandoval, the wealthy and powerful owner of Heritage House, a sprawling vineyard in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":399268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/promised-land-4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[124795,1769,124880,124881,124882,124883,25348],"class_list":["post-399267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-1-25-22","tag-abc","tag-augusto-aguilera","tag-bellamy-young","tag-cecilia-suarez","tag-christina-ochoa","tag-soap-operas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}