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[08/22/07 - 09:15 PM]
The Futon's First Look: "Man, The" (CBS)

[08/17/07 - 06:21 PM]
Development Update: Week of August 13-17
Updates include: Fates come down on three HBO originals and Sci Fi's "Painkiller Jane," Lifetime shuffles its Sunday lineup and NBC preps a syndicated version of "Deal or No Deal."

[03/16/07 - 02:09 AM]
Development Update: Friday, March 16
Updates include: Lots of work for "24" alums plus new projects from David Eick and Steven Spielberg.

[03/08/07 - 12:05 AM]
Development Update: Thursday, March 8
Updates include: Pilots for Kal Penn, Jeffrey Tambor, Michelle Trachtenberg, Hector Elizondo, Mia Maestro, Adam Goldberg and many more!

[02/23/07 - 12:20 AM]
Development Update: Friday, February 23
Updates include: Alyssa Milano, Danny Comden and Angie Harmon all tapped for lead roles as pilot season rolls on.

[02/20/07 - 12:39 AM]
Development Update: Tuesday, February 20
Updates include: "Sleeper Cell" reaches its end, Melinda Clarke joins CBS's "The Man" and other casting news.

[02/16/07 - 12:42 AM]
Development Update: Friday, February 16
Updates include: Ryan Murphy gets new overall deal/season of "Nip/Tuck," the CW lines up pilot directors and TBS adds Frank Caliendo's sketch comedy series.

[02/08/07 - 12:44 AM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 8
Updates include: Loads of casting news as leads are set for NBC's "Business Class," "Chuck" and "Journeyman" plus three new comedies get pilot orders from ABC.

[09/22/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: September 18-22 (Weekly Round-Up)

[07/28/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: July 24-28 (Weekly Round-Up)







MAN, THE (CBS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
7/28/06 - 8/22/07
STATUS:
previously in development (2007-2008 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
series order rescinded
DESCRIPTION:
drama about an undercover l.a.p.d. cop who spends the nights running sting operations to break criminal rings and the days raising his three adopted kids - an abused boy with an aggression problem, a former streetwalker girl he put in community college and a skateboarder boy who is a recovering drug addict
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· David Castro as Kiko
· Domenick Lombardozzi as Cueball
· Jessica Collins as Constance Brielle
· LL Cool J as Manny "The Man" Baxter
· Melinda Clarke as Lt. Brooke McClusky
· Mia Maestro as Dr. Lola Fiero
CREW INFORMATION:
· Anthony Zuiker as CRTR/EP
· Jason Barrett as PROD
· LL Cool J as PROD
· Simon West as EP/DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Alchemy Entertainment
· CBS Television Studios