{"id":33900,"date":"2022-02-28T16:54:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T21:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=33900"},"modified":"2022-02-28T16:54:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T21:54:39","slug":"abc-orders-david-e-kelley-mystery-drama-avalon-straight-to-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/28\/abc-orders-david-e-kelley-mystery-drama-avalon-straight-to-series\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Orders David E. 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Kelley (&#8220;<em>Big Sky<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Big Little Lies<\/em>&#8220;) and bestselling author Michael Connelly (&#8220;<em>The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Bosch<\/em>&#8220;). Based on a short story by Connelly, the series takes place in the main city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where LA Sheriff Department Detective Nicole &#8220;Nic&#8221; Searcy heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island. Kelley will write the pilot episode and the series will join ABC&#8217;s 2022-2023 programming slate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;David E. Kelley is one of the great storytellers of our time and we are excited to continue our successful relationship with him on what we believe will be his next epic series on ABC,&#8221; said Craig Erwich, president, Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment. &#8220;Michael Connelly&#8217;s short story is ripe with mystery and intrigue, and we can&#8217;t wait for David and Michael to bring this eerie and captivating world to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Excited to reunite with Michael Connelly,&#8221; said David E. Kelley. &#8220;He&#8217;s written a fantastic short story, a great protagonist. Can&#8217;t wait to get started.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being on a project with David E. Kelley again is amazing,&#8221; said Michael Connelly. &#8220;This whole team of David, A+E, and Ross Fineman has been wonderful to work with previously; and now joining up with ABC, well, I can&#8217;t wait to start. Catalina is full of mystery and good storytelling. We&#8217;re going to put it on the screen.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-2048489052\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I read Michael Connelly&#8217;s short story, moments after it was sent to me by Ross Fineman. The knowledge that David E. 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