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28-06-2025
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Not Even Ben Rappaport Knows What's Coming on ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society' — and That's What ‘Excites' Him (Exclusive)
Not Even Ben Rappaport Knows What's Coming on 'Grosse Pointe Garden Society' — and That's What 'Excites' Him (Exclusive) originally appeared on Parade. Grosse Pointe Garden Society may have concluded its first season on NBC, but fans of the TV drama are still left with questions — even star Ben Rappaport is looking for answers! 'We were really building suspense,' the 39-year-old actor, who plays Brett, a divorced father who works as a manager of a gardening store in Grosse Pointe, Mich., exclusively tells Parade. Without spilling too many beans for those still wanting to stream the show on Peacock, Grosse Pointe Garden Society follows four members of a suburban garden club who find themselves caught up in a murder they're trying to conceal. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 Throughout the season, the big question on everybody's mind was: Who is the dead body? 'We didn't know who the body was until later on in the season,' Rappaport reveals. 'Jenna [Bans] and Bill [Krebs], our showrunners, wouldn't tell us. So it was a mystery for us, too. There is something fun about playing when you don't know what it is. Each [cast member], I think internally, decided who it was for ourselves, so it created interesting reactions.' As fans await to hear if the show will be renewed for a second season, Grosse Pointe Garden Society ended on a big cliffhanger when the finale aired last month. Flashing forward to Halloween, viewers see Brett, Birdie (Melissa Fumero) and Catherine (Aja Naomi King) confronting someone in a duck costume who is tied to a chair. With the person's identity unknown, fans — and even the show's stars — are dying to quack the case. Related: 'It's between two people, for me, who I think it is. We don't know,' Rappaport insists. 'I won't say who, but I'm cool with one of those two.' 'I'm someone who just really enjoys the surprise aspect of it all,' adds the actor, who is excited to see what's in store for Brett if Grosse Pointe comes back for more. 'Brett is a divorced dad of two, and you see throughout the season, he's in this really interesting dynamic with his ex-wife, who is now with the guy that she cheated on him with,' he says. 'Throughout the season, you see Brett kind of step up and stand up for himself in ways that he wasn't before. He was sort of like this put-upon guy at the beginning and not quite sure what to do. Throughout the season, you see him really take ownership. And I'd like to keep seeing him do that. He's really evolved a ton throughout the first season. At the end of Season 1, they have this massive secret that they have to keep, and it's going to make things really hard. I want to see him get creative in how he manages keeping this secret.' Now that his days with the gardening club are temporarily on pause now that Season 1 has wrapped, Rappaport is going back to his theater roots as he travels to London to reunite with friend Sean Hayes in the play Good Night, Oscar. Related: 'Sean has become a very good friend of mine, and we have a very special bond, especially on stage,' says Rappaport, who plays talk show host Jack Paar opposite Hayes' portrayal of pianist and humorist Oscar Levant. The two starred in the play when it made its premiere in 2022 at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and reprised their performances on Broadway. On July 31, it will begin performances at the Barbican Centre in London's West End. Rappaport, who is making his West End debut with the production, is looking forward to getting back on stage with Hayes, whom he calls his 'showbiz older brother.' After all, the Will & Grace alum has provided Rappaport with some sound advice as he juggles multiple projects both on stage and TV. 'His advice in show business in general is it's all about planting a million different little seeds and watering each one little by little as you go, in terms of having multiple projects going on at the same time,' Rappaport explains. 'At one point, one of them is going to bloom, and then the other one still growing. And you just keep watering. So it's kind of this idea of not getting too hyper-focused on one thing. 'He's really inspired me… I'm also writing a script right now, and sometimes I tend to get laser-focused on what I'm doing and what's in front of me at the moment, but he's really of inspired me to be a bit more of a creative multitasker.' All episodes of Grosse Pointe Garden Society are streaming now on Peacock, and Good Night, Oscar is currently scheduled to play through Sept. 21 in London. Not Even Ben Rappaport Knows What's Coming on 'Grosse Pointe Garden Society' — and That's What 'Excites' Him (Exclusive) first appeared on Parade on Jun 3, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
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28-06-2025
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Fans Saddened After NBC Cancels Popular Show
Fans Saddened After NBC Cancels Popular Show originally appeared on Parade. Put down your shovels and pruning shears, because NBC has made the surprising decision to cancel the suburban, gardening-centric mystery series Grosse Pointe Garden Society after only one season. While there was a glimmer of hope that the series might be picked up by NBC streamer, Peacock, it seems that Peacock officially passed. The season one finale is now the series finale, and fans are nothing short of devastated. Grosse Pointe Garden Society was created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs, a duo best known for the hit series Good Girls, which was also cancelled despite its loyal following. Good Girls, however, made it four seasons before NBC dropped the hammer. Grosse Pointe Garden Society centers around four friends who have two things in common: they are all members of the local garden club and they are all entangled in a complex murder mystery. The series amassed a small, but mighty following during its short-lived stint on NBC, as did its ensemble cast starring Melissa Fumero Aja Naomi King, Ben Rappaport, and AnnaSophia Robb. Fans are sad to say goodbye, but sadder still to never know how the series' massive end-of-season cliffhanger was meant to resolve. "Damn. Hard to get invested in shows anymore," one disappointed fan wrote on X. "I thought for sure this show was getting renewed," commented another. It's never easy when a series jumps from one network to another, or to a streamer, for that matter. Peacock reportedly struggled with how difficult it would be for Grosse Pointe Garden Society to widen its audience on the streaming platform, ultimately sealing the show's fate. Fans Saddened After NBC Cancels Popular Show first appeared on Parade on Jun 27, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
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27-06-2025
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Grosse Pointe Garden Society Cancelled at NBC After One Season
Grosse Pointe Garden Society has been uprooted: NBC has cancelled the murder mystery drama after one season, TVLine has confirmed. The news comes after NBC opted to relocate the series following its first three episodes; it switched from Sundays at 10/9c to Fridays at 8 pm. More from TVLine Farmhouse Fixer Cancelled at HGTV, Host Jonathan Knight Says: 'Still Processing the Reasons' Mariska Hargitay Thinks Benson and Stabler Should Get Together in SVU's Last Episode - Respectfully? Nope. Casting News: Chicago Fire Adds On Call's Brandon Larracuente, Shane Gillis to Host ESPYS and More Grosse Pointe Garden Society Season 1 averaged just 1.77 million total viewers (with delayed playback). Out of the 11 dramas that NBC has aired this past TV season, it ranked… dead last, distantly trailing even the similarly cancelled Suits LA (which averaged 2.2 mil). The dramedy, which hailed from Jenna Bans (Desperate Housewives, Scandal, Good Girls) and Bill Krebs (No Tomorrow, Good Girls), followed four suburban gardeners: Birdie (played by Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Melissa Fumero), Catherine (Lessons in Chemistry's Aja Naomi King), Brett (For the People's Ben Rappaport) and Alice (The Carrie Diaries' AnnaSophia Robb). But the ragtag group of gardeners wasn't just planting your garden-variety gardenias — they were also covering up a death. TVLine's Renewal/Cancellation Scorecard has been updated to reflect the news. Are you sad to see go? Hit the comments with your thoughts! When Is Your Favorite TV Show Back? View List Best of TVLine 'Missing' Shows, Found! Get the Latest on Ahsoka, Monarch, P-Valley, Sugar, Anansi Boys and 25+ Others Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More
