STATUS: previously in development (2012-2013 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE: script
DESCRIPTION: (from USA's press release, May 2011) In a stark contrast to the stereotypical TV cop, THE SPECIAL is about an energetic, optimistic homicide detective who suffers from hypomania. Despite his high clearance rate, he remains an enigma to his colleagues in a high-profile unit of the LAPD. Writer/Producer is Bill Wheeler ("Empire," "the Cape"). Executive Produced by Mark Gordon ("Saving Private Ryan," "Grey's Anatomy," "Criminal Minds") along with the Mark Gordon Company. The studio is ABC Studios.
