While more than a dozen Houston “housewives” have been strutting their stuff for slots in various rumored reality series, Lucinda and Javier Loya have risen as the creme-de-la-creme of the chic set, garnering leading roles in an hour-long special tentatively titled True America.
But unlike the catty, bickering, truly bad behavior of characters in Real Housewives, Bachelor Pad and the like, the Loyas get to play themselves — a highly-successful, philanthropically-minded couple, both of whom come from humble beginnings. No play-acting, no scripted situations, no sleaze.
The project is being produced by Current TV‘s Vanguard division, winner of Peabody and Emmy Awards and, according to producer John Henion of San Francisco, the production follows a veritas, observational approach to filmmaking. True America examines two Houston area families — the self-made Loyas and a hardworking family from New Caney tragically caught in the economic downturn.