K-Ville (TV series)

K-Ville (an abbreviation of Katrinaville) is an American crime drama television series created and executive produced by Jonathan Lisco, centering on policing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Deran Sarafian directed the pilot.

On May 15, 2008, the series was officially canceled.

Production Companies

 * Lockjaw Productions
 * 20th Century Fox Television

Length
60 minutes

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FOX Broadcasting Company

Aspect Ratios
480i (4:3 SDTV)/16:9 (16:9 HDTV)

Distributor
20th Television

Premise
The pilot episode was written by Lisco (who also served as executive producer), directed by Deran Sarafian, and stars Anthony Anderson as Marlin Boulet and Cole Hauser as Trevor Cobb, partners who "have conflicting ideas about how to handle the city's problems." The pilot also features John Carroll Lynch, Tawny Cypress and Blake Shields.

The first episode featured a 1970 Pontiac Catalina as the get-away car early in the show.

The show had permission to use the official New Orleans Police Department logos, particularly the unique "star and crescent" badge design, and was filmed on location in the city in March and April 2007. According to the NOPD's public integrity bureau, the production emphasizes the "good work that the men and the women of the Police Department performed [after Katrina], which was not portrayed by much of the media."

Lisco, a former lawyer who has previously written scripts for The District and NYPD Blue, did several ride-alongs with the New Orleans Police Department before writing a script for the pilot. It was during one such ride-along that he spotted some graffiti sporting the shorthand for "Katrinaville" that became the show's title.

In order to promote the series, Fox made the pilot episode available for streaming on a number of television media websites on August 22, 2007.

Due to the Writers Guild of America strike, K-Ville shut down production for a total of eleven episodes and the show did not appear on Fox's midseason schedule.

Cast

 * Anthony Anderson (Marlin Boulet)
 * Cole Hauser (Trevor Cobb)
 * Tawny Cypress (Ginger "Love Tap" LeBeau)
 * Blake Shields (Jeff Gooden)
 * John Carroll Lynch (Captain James Embry)
 * Maximiliano Hernandez (Billy Faust)

Episodes
Production Code: KV-101 Production Code: KV-102 Production Code: KV-104 Production Code: KV-103 Production Code: KV-105 Production Code: KV-106 Production Code: KV-107 Production Code: KV-108 Production Code: KV-109 Production Code: KV-110 Production Code: KV-111
 * 1) Pilot - September 17, 2007
 * 1) Boulet in a China Shop - September 24, 2007
 * 1) No Good Deed - October 1, 2007
 * 1) Cobb's Webb - October 8, 2007
 * 1) Bedfellows - October 15, 2007
 * 1) Game Night - October 22, 2007
 * 1) Critical Mass - October 29, 2007
 * 1) AKA - November 5, 2007
 * 1) Melissa - November 12, 2007
 * 1) Flood, Wind and Fire - November 19, 2007
 * 1) Ride Along - November 26, 2007