Dana Calvo (Good Girls Revolt) has been tapped as showrunner and executive producer on ABC’s Avalon, a drama series based on Michael Connelly’s short story, from David E.
Kelley (Big Sky, Big Little Lies), A+E Studios and 20th Television. It’s slated to be part of ABC’s 2022-2023 programming slate.Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A.
Sheriff’s Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island.
Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.Avalon is created and executive produced by Kelley, who will write the pilot episode, and Connelly.
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