Manhattan, AZ

Manhattan, AZ
Format	Comedy, Action and Adventure, Science fiction, Drama, Mystery, Crime
Created by	Paul Cajero Stephen Sustarsic Lorraine Vos
Starring	Chad Everett Brian McNamara Vincent Berry Robin Gammell Mindy Sterling Stephen Tobolowsky
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Paul Cajero Bill Freiberger David Silverman Stephen Sustarsic
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	USA Network Bats Left Throws Left Productions
Distributor	USA Network
Broadcast
Original channel	USA Network
Original run	July 23, 2000 (2000-07-23) – September 24, 2000 (2000-09-24)

Manhattan, AZ was a short-lived Mystery television show that aired on the USA Network during the Summer of 2000.

Premise

An undercover Los Angeles, California transvestite vice cop loses his wife to a freak Green peace accident. In his despair he moves his son to Manhattan, AZ to become sheriff. The town is composed of many colorful characters and Area 61, an Air Force base that does mysterious scientific experiments. The situations over the top but all the dialogue is delivered deadpan. The episodes end with one of the actors speaking directly to the audience describing something in the episode with the end line of "We work in Television and we know better than you."

Main Characters

• Brian McNamara as Sheriff Daniel Henderson - Sheriff of very small Manhattan, AZ desert town. Former undercover Los Angeles vice cop. Former solder in US Army in Panama.
• Vincent Berry as Atticus Finch Henderson - Son of Sheriff Daniel Henderson. Named after character from "To Kill A Mocking Bird". Atticus is portrayed by Chace Paddack during the first half of the episode as a chubby version. Episodes end with his voiceover that says "This Place Really Sucks".
• Chad Everett as Jake Manahttan - Mayor of his namesake town where he runs the town bar. He charges "His cost plus ten percent" for everything. He is a former Hollywood TV star.

Recurring Characters

• Mindy Sterling as Lona - Wife of Lon, a pair of sex crazed, gun toting senior citizens.
• Robin Gammell as Lon, Wife of Lona.
• Kate Hodge as Jane Pentowski - A woman Air Force airmen who likes Sheriff Henderson and wears very skimpy outfits off duty.
• Stephen Harold Tobolowsky as Dr. Bob - The town vet that doubles as a human doctor.

External links

• Manhattan, AZ at the Internet Movie Database
• Manhattan, AZ on Hulu
• Manhattan, AZ on USA from the TV Guide website
• Manhattan, AZ at AllRovi
• Manhattan, AZ at the Internet Movie Database
• Manhattan, AZ at TV.com