EXCLUSIVE: Yasha Jackson (The Flight Attendant) is set as a lead opposite Michaela McManus in ABC’s national parks drama pilot from Rashad Raisani and A+E Studios.Written and executive produced by Raisani, the as-yet untitled drama is a “soapy” procedural set in the world of national parks.
It revolves around the tangled, messy lives of the agents who work for the ISB — an elite law-enforcement unit responsible for solving all serious crimes that occur in our country’s 81,000 square miles of protected land.Jackson will play Tiffany, a brassy, funny Park Service Agent, a helicopter pilot and Audrey’s (McManus) close friend.
Proud to be queer, Tiffany always says exactly what she means and she enjoys taking self-important bureaucrats down a peg or two.
She and Audrey’s other best friend, Lisa, are fascinated to see how the clash between Audrey’s ex Clay and her present fiancé Keldon will turn out.McManus’s Audrey is a beautiful but completely unaffected young Park Service agent, a “wild at heart rule breaker” with a big heart and self-deprecating sense of humor who loves the wilderness.
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