WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB

'''Women's Murder Club''' is an upcoming American police procedural and legal drama set in San Francisco. Created by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain, they also serve as executive producers alongside Joe Simpson, James Patterson, Brett Ratner and Scott Gemmill. The latter also serves as showrunner, with Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts co-executive producing.^[1] The pilot was directed by Scott Winant.^[2]
Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, the series will air on Friday nights at 9:00/8:00c. It will premiere on October 12, 2007. It will also air on Channel Ten and E! in Australia and Canada respectively.^[3][4]

Contents

About

Cast

Series Regulars

Recurring Cast

Episodes

Season 1: 2007-

References

External Links

About

Based on the best-selling series of books by James Patterson, the series revolves around the lives of four women in San Francisco - a homicide detective, an assistant district attorney, a medical examiner and a newspaper reporter - who come together to use their expertise and talents in their respective fields to solve murder cases. Though they lead distinctly different lives, they are bound together by a strong bond of friendship which lead the women to realize that pooling their resources during investigations leads to undiscovered clues and answers in both work and their personal lives.

Cast

Series Regulars

★ Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer (Angie Harmon) - Lindsay is the principal character on the series. As the series begins, she has only recently been promoted to police lieutenant. Lindsay was the driving force behind the creation of the "Women's Murder Club". She was formerly married to Tom Mitchell, but continues having sex with him every once in a while.

★ Dr. Claire Washburn (Paula Newsome) - Claire is a medical examiner for the San Francisco police. She is happily married.

★ A.D.A. Jill Bernhardt (Laura Harris) - Jill is a successful assistant district attorney, who works at City Hall. She is sometimes seen as cold, but a warm interior lurks beneath her emotionless facade.

★ Cindy Thomas (Aubrey Dollar) - Cindy is the youngest member of the Women's Murder Club. She works as a crime reporter for a San Francisco paper, and is desperate for her big story. She is currently dating biker Laurent (Joshua Leonard), but secretly wishes to break up with him.

★ Yuki Castellano (Linda Park) - Unlike the books, the series sees Yuki written as a perky protege of Jill's, who works in the same offices as her. The character in the original pilot was played by Elizabeth L. Ho but was replaced by Linda Park later on^[5]. More evidence to support this comes from the ABC Medianet website, where all traces has been erased. No reason for the change has been given.

★ Detective Warren Jacobi (Tyrees Allen) - Jacobi is a misogynistic police lieutenant, who is unhappy when Lindsay is assigned as his new partner.

★ Owen Haight (Rob Benedict) - Owen is a CSI tech who works alongside Lindsay.

Recurring Cast

★ Joe Sandoval (Matthew Davis) - Joe is a charming aide in the San Francisco mayor's office. He flirts with Lindsay when they first meet, setting up a possible relationship for the pair.

★ Tom Mitchell (Rob Estes) - Lindsay's ex-husband. He revealed that he was getting married to another woman shortly after he and Lindsay slept together, despite their separation. Tom was played by Christopher Wiehl in the pilot^[6].

★ Ever Carradine has joined to play Tom's fiancee. Character name has not been announced.

★ And Kyle Secor will play a lawyer who has a romantic history with Jill^[7]. His character's name has also not been released.

Episodes

Season 1: 2007-

#	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Original Airdate

ABC has ordered 13 initial episodes of the series, which could be increased or decreased depending on the show's success. Production on the series began in July 2007.

References

1. New shows begin off-camera shuffle
2. The Futon Critic
3. Ten picks up Fox, NBCU programming
4. TV lineup launch disrupted
5. Park in 'Club'; M
6. Estes commits to "Murder"
7. Carradine and Secor join "Murder"

External Links

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★ Three pilots using 'Sex' guide

★ It's a repeat: ABC to add 11 series next season