Kerry Washington Developing Female LAPD Cops Drama for ABC
Scandal star Kerry Washington is now also on Patrol for ABC, developing a new drama about LAPD cops.
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Per our sister site Variety, the series will follow four female LAPD officers who, five years after attending the police academy together, go to work for a man named Charlie are forced to reconnect by a secret from their past.
Patrol marks the second project (following HBO’s Confirmation) to come from Washington’s Simpson Street production company.
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Chitra Sampath (Secrets and Lies) will pen the pilot and serve as a co-EP, while Washington will executive-produce alongside her producing partner Sharla Sumpter Bridgett, plus Michael London and Janice Williams.
Washington’s Scandal is due to premiere Season 6 in January 2017.
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