Women's Murder Club | |
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Genre |
Police procedural Legal drama |
Created by |
Elizabeth Craft Sarah Fain |
Based on | Women's Murder Club (book series) by James Patterson |
Starring |
Angie Harmon Laura Harris Paula Newsome Aubrey Dollar Tyrees Allen Linda Park Rob Estes |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 + Pilot |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Elizabeth Craft Sarah Fain Joe Simpson James Patterson |
Production company(s) |
20th Century Fox Television Papa Joe Television Rat Entertainment |
Distributor | 20th Television |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | October 12, 2007 – May 13, 2008 |
Women's Murder Club is an American police procedural and legal drama, which aired on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California, and is based on the series of novels by the same name written by James Patterson. Series creators Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain also served as executive producers alongside Patterson, Joe Simpson, Brett Ratner, and R. Scott Gemmill. The latter also served as showrunner, with Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts co-executive producing. The pilot was directed by Scott Winant.
Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, the series first aired on Friday nights at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central. On October 31, 2007, ABC ordered an additional three scripts.
On March 31, 2008, it was announced that Women's Murder Club would return with three new episodes, beginning on Tuesday April 29, 2008, at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central, replacing Boston Legal. On May 12, 2008, ABC confirmed that the series would not return for a second season.
Based on the best-selling series of books by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, 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 leads the women to realize that pooling their resources during investigations leads to undiscovered clues and answers in both work and their personal lives.