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‘GRAND’ PLAN

- By Johnny Diaz Staff writer

Eva Longoria’s new show is set in Miami Beach.

ABC is picking up a pilot from Eva Longoria called “Grand Hotel,’’ a drama series set at a Miami Beach hotel and focused on the family and staff who run it.

The show, which would broadcast during the 2018-19 TV season, is based on the Spanish drama “Gran Hotel” that was set in Spain in the early 1900s, according to Variety.

That soapy series, which has been called a “Spanish Downton Abbey,” chronicled the mysteries of the owners of a hotel and their servants during the reign of Spanish King Alfonso XIII. That series ran for 39 episodes from 2011-13 in Spain.

The entertainm­ent industry magazine also reported that Longoria, the “Desperate Housewives” alum, and Ben Spector will executive produce the project under their UnbeliEVAb­le Entertainm­ent production company, which produces films, documentar­ies and television programmin­g.

It’s the second program that Longoria has produced with a Miami backdrop.

In 2016, the actor starred in, produced and directed “Telenovela,” an NBC sitcom about the on-and-off camera drama of a Spanish-language soap opera in Miami.

That series also starred Miami Cuban-American singer Jencarlos Canela, who played a soap star and the fictional ex-husband of Longoria’s character.

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AMANDA EDWARDS/GETTY IMAGES Eva Longoria’s show, “Grand Hotel,’’ would broadcast during the 2018-19 TV season.

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