Saving Grace: Cast & Creators Live at the Paley Center

The producers of Saving Grace reveal how they landed Holly Hunter, and why the show can’t be shot in Oklahoma City.This Paley Center live event honors Saving Grace, a dramatic series about Oklahoma City police detective Grace Hanadarko, who’s troubled by external and internal demons before she’s “saved” by the angel Earl. Craig Hitchcock (executive director, The Paley Center for Media, Los Angeles) welcomes the audience.Cynthia Littleton (deputy editor, Variety) moderates the following panelists: series creator/executive producer Nancy Miller; and cast members Holly Hunter (Grace Hanadarko), Laura San Giacomo (Rhetta Rodriguez), Bailey Chase (Butch Ada), Lorraine Toussaint (Kate Perry), Dylan Minnette (Clay Norman), Gregory Cruz (Bobby Stillwater), Kenny Johnson (Hamilton Dewey), and Yaani King (Neely Lloyd). Panelists touch on such topics as: what drew big-screen veteran Hunter to television; how Miller pitched the show’s angel-based concept to networks; and why the show isn’t shot on location in Oklahoma City. Questions from the audience then lead to a discussion of the following topics: how Grace has changed due to her recent moral choices; the effort not to make the program into “another police show”; and Hunter’s behind-the-scenes contributions to the series.