In 1946, Peggy Carter must balance the routine office work she does for the Strategic Scientific Reserve, while secretly working with Howard Stark on missions.[1]
By September 2013, Marvel Television was developing a series inspired by the Agent CarterOne-Shot, featuring Peggy Carter, and was in search of a writer for the series.[2] Actress Hayley Atwell, who portrayed Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the Agent Carter short film, expressed interest in returning as the character.[3] In January 2014, ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee confirmed that the show was in development, as well as confirming Atwell's involvement. He added that Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas would act as the series' showrunners and a script for the pilot had been written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, writers on the Captain America films.[4]
In March 2014, Markus and McFeely stated that, while the series had not been greenlit, Atwell remained interested and added that Howard Stark would be a recurring character, contingent on Dominic Cooper's involvement. The series, which they envisioned as a limited series of approximately 13 episodes, would be set in 1946, occurring in the middle of the timeline established in the One-Shot, and would focus on one case for Carter. Additional seasons would then advance a year and examine a new case.[5] By April 2014, there were indications that the series would be ordered straight to series, bypassing a pilot order, and would air between the late 2014 and early 2015 portions of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., if that series got a second season renewal.[6] On May 8, 2014, ABC officially ordered the series,[7] and later confirmed that Agent Carter would air between the 2014 finale and 2015 premiere of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[8] Later in May, Atwell stated in a interview that the series would consist of eight episodes.[9]
