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[05/09/13 - 07:10 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, May 9 - Networks Pass on Five More Pilots
Updates include: Kiefer Sutherland in talks for "24" limited series; Ken Sanzel to potentially run NBC's "Ironside"; and two new series regulars set on Showtime's "Homeland."

[04/04/13 - 12:13 PM]
2013 ABC Program Development Guide - Drama Series
ABC details its 12 drama pilots under consideration for next season.

[03/01/13 - 11:51 PM]
Development Update: Friday, March 1
Updates include: Marg Helgenberger, Dennis Haysbert return to CBS with pilots; Jim Parsons, Taylor Kitsch join HBO's "The Normal Heart"; and Annie Potts to star in ABC's "Murder in Manhattan."

[02/28/13 - 11:31 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 28
Updates include: Sophia Bush, Rebecca De Mornay board NBC's "Hatfields & McCoys"; John C. McGinley gets in on "Ground Floor" at TBS; and John Benjamin Hickey to "Blink" for The CW.

[02/22/13 - 11:36 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 22
Updates include: Ken Jeong reports to "Spy" at ABC; James Van Der Beek has "Friends With Better Lives" at CBS; and Henry Ian Cusick boards "The Hundred" at The CW.

[02/05/13 - 11:09 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, February 5
Updates include: Kevin Pollak joins "Beverly Hills Cop" at CBS; Charles Michael Davis boards The CW's "The Originals"; and ABC picks up an additional episode of "Castle."

[01/29/13 - 11:05 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, January 29
Updates include: ABC adds four drams to its pilot roster; NBC lands comedy "Brenda Forever"; and Warner Bros. gives "Entourage" feature the green light.

[08/21/12 - 11:07 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, August 21
Updates include: David Mamet to revive "Have Gun - Will Travel" at CBS; Michael Schur, Dan Goor land pilot order at FOX; and Michael Strahan tapped as permanent "Live! With Kelly" co-host.







MURDER IN MANHATTAN (ABC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
8/21/12 - 5/9/13
STATUS:
previously in development (2013-2014 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 5/9/13
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, April 2013) Park Avenue widow Blythe Sutton (Annie Potts) is a woman of money, influence and ....an impeccable taste for solving murders. When a friend and fellow blueblood is found dead of an apparent suicide, Blythe knows in every fiber of her being that it was foul play and she's determined to get to the truth. Enlisting the help of her daughter Lex (Bridget Regan, LEGEND OF THE SEEKER) isn't going to be easy. According to Lex, just because she and her mother uncovered the truth about the murder of another friend, doesn't mean they can solve every suspicious death in Manhattan. Blythe doesn't believe it was just a fluke and she knows that, despite the protestations, Lex loved working with her to solve the crime and is certain they can do it again. The two Sutton women share a strong bond and an active imagination. They will spin, Rashoman-style, their own theories about how the dead woman met her end. Each brings to their sleuthing partnership their own investigative abilities: Lex works in the Mayor's Community Affairs Unit and has a knack for puzzle-solving. It also doesn't hurt that she is romantically involved with her former childhood friend Jack, a NYC detective, from whom she'll extract what information she can while also trying to keep her budding relationship a secret from Blythe. And Blythe, well, Blythe can talk to anyone about anything and will do so to uncover the truth. Her dashingly handsome son Bart vows to stay above the family fray: two strong-willed women with a flair for the dramatic are not going to drag him into this. And through it all, when mother and daughter work this closely together to solve a case, they may ultimately realize the biggest puzzle might just be each other. All the clues point to intrigue, humor and fun when this mother and daughter amateur gumshoe team take on MURDER IN MANHATTAN while also solving the complexities of their own relationship in a one hour dramedy from writer Maria Maggenti and produced by Ryan Reynolds and Allan Loeb's DarkFire Television.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Annie Potts as Blythe Sutton
· Brendan Hines as Bart Sutton
· Bridget Regan as Lex Sutton
· Enver Gjokaj as Jack
· Shirley Rumierk as Winsome Bailey
CREW INFORMATION:
· Allan Loeb as EP
· Cherie Nowlan as DIR (Pilot)
· Jonathon Komack Martin as EP
· Maria Maggenti as CRTR/EP
· Matthew Gross as EP
· Merrill Karpf as CO-EP
· Ryan Reynolds as EP
· Steven Pearl as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· DarkFire
· Gross Entertainment