Manhattan, AZ
tv show

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.
The Indian War
Season 1 - Episode 3 - 0h 0m
Air Date
August 06, 2000
Overview
Daniel gives a speeding ticket to a man that claims to be a Native American. He claims that he was ticketed because Daniel is prejudice which results in a conflict between the Indians and the residents of Manhattan. Daniel finds out that no one in the tribe is more than one-sixteenth Indian and discovers that the Indians are just trying to get the town to attack them so they can get government funding to repair their casinos.