SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers forThe Chicken Sistersfinale.
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DellAntonia wasnt in the writers room every day, but she did visit set.
L-R: Wendie Malick, Genevieve Angelson and Schuyler Fisk in ‘The Chicken Sisters’Hallmark
DEADLINE: Hallmark does really well with small-town-set stories.
What specifically does the Kansas setting add to the catalog?
MEBANE: We never indicate exactly where its set in the show.
Rukiya Bernard in ‘The Chicken Sisters’
The book is set in Kansas.
I thought that move would broaden it in a certain way.
Amanda makes her choice in the finale about their marriage.
Is he a redeemable character?
MEBANE: We hope so.
How did he get this way?
What made him do the things he does in the show?
I think hes more complicated than just a villain, which I think would be interesting to explore.
Could you talk more about that theme?
Is that a complication for her, or is it something that just boosts her confidence in a moment?
With Amanda, we just wanted a contrast of a different kind of person.
She never imagined a life with anyone else, or any different kind of life.
DEADLINE:I wanted to ask about thesoundtrackas well.
Did you have input on that?
What was your goal with the soundtrack?
MEBANE: Im so glad you asked about that, because were really passionate about that.
Our music supervisor, Angela Asistio, helped us craft this soundtrack that I would describe as yallternative.
Were really proud of the soundtrack to this show.
Was that in the book?
What does it add at the end?
MEBANE: In the book, that character has Parkinsons.
Shes had things happen to her, including this diagnosis that has changed her.
Its a way to explain also why her character had to learn how to accept a little more help.
MEBANE: It was so much fun to work with Wendie in these two different capacities.
Really, two different characters to be playing at the same time.
DEADLINE:It seems like you planted some seeds in the finale that could make for another season.
What can you say about those moments?
A lot of that was planting seeds in case we were to get a second season.
Its a question that came up in the room, of Who are Mae and Amandas parents?
Do they even have the same father?
What was her past?
MEBANE: Thats how I feel about gossip.
You get to hear how everyones perceiving you.
DEADLINE:Shawna is so funny and a great addition.
MEBANE: That actress was such a find.
Shes a comedy scene staple.
Shes been doing improv every Sunday night for like 20 years.
