ABC continues to round out its pilot slate.
The network on Thursday handed out formal orders for a reboot of dikk Wolf's
New York Undercover and
Woman, Up, a comedy starring Zoe Lister-Jones that is produced by
New Girl creator Liz Meriwether.
The pickup for
New York Undercover arrives as the reboot of the former Fox drama from dikk Wolf already had a pilot-production commitment at the network. The new take is a sequel that picks up 20 years after the end of the iconic series.
It will follow detectives Nat Gilmore and Melissa Ortiz as they investigate the city's most dangerous criminals, from Harlem to Battery Park. Some cast members from the original series are expected to reprise their roles.
Wolf and Ben Watkins (Amazon's
Hand of God) will pen the script and exec produce alongside Wolf Films' Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski. Anthony Hemingway (
People v. O.J. Simpson) has signed on to direct and exec produce the pilot, which will begin filming in early March in New York. The reboot will be a co-production between Universal Television — where Wolf is under an overall deal — and ABC Studios.
'New York Undercover,' Zoe Lister-Jones Comedy Join ABC Pilot Slate