Manhattan, AZ

tv show

poster for Manhattan, AZ

13 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired July 23, 2000

Overview

Manhattan, AZ is a short-lived Comedy off-beat television show that aired on the USA Network during the Summer of 2000. Considered to be ahead of its time. LA cop Daniel Henderson (Brian McNamara) makes a living by working for the vice squad until tragedy strikes and his wife is killed in a freak Greenpeace accident. Feeling lost and left alone to raise his teenage son Atticus (Vincent Berry), Henderson takes up the job of sheriff of Manhattan, Arizona, a town so small that it’s not even on the map. Once there, Henderson is confronted by the town’s mayor, Jake Manhattan (Chad Everett), who has stretched the truth about the town and Henderson’s role in it. Henderson quickly finds that social graces and physical laws are very different in the quirky desert town of Manhattan, AZ.

Manhattan Cactus Serial Murders poster unavailable

Manhattan Cactus Serial Murders

Season 1 - Episode 2 - 0h 0m

Air Date

July 30, 2000

Overview

Several elderly residents have been crushed to death by the Saguaro cactus. Jake claims they have ""killer cactus"" and uses this to draw media attention to the town. Daniel discovers that all the deaths are related to a confernce where the elderly were told they could find eternal youth at the roots of the cactus. Since the cactus has very shallow roots they are tipping over and killing the people as they are trying to dig them up.