| I'll Take Manhattan | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Directed by | Richard Michaels, Douglas Hickox |
| Starring | Valerie Bertinelli Barry Bostwick Francesca Annis Jane Kaczmarek Jack Scalia Perry King |
| Theme music composer | Lee Holdridge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Stanley Kallis |
| Production locations | Toronto Milton, Ontario |
| Cinematography | Steven Poster Larry Pizer |
| Editors | Michael Brown John C. Horger |
| Running time | 375 minutes |
| Production companies | I'll Take Manhattan Productions Steve Krantz Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | March 1 – March 22, 1987 |
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I'll Take Manhattan is a 1987 American television miniseries, adapted from Judith Krantz's 1986 novel of the same name. Screened by CBS, it tells the story of the wealthy Amberville family, who run their own publishing company in New York. After Zachary Amberville, the patriarch of the family, dies, the company is taken over by his unscrupulous brother Cutter. Zachary's children, especially his energetic and intelligent daughter Maxi, begin a battle to regain control of their father's company.
I'll Take Manhattan was the highest-rated miniseries of the 1986–87 US television season with a 22.9/35 rating/share.[1]
- ^ TV Guide magazine, June 27–July 3, 1987, issue #1787. All figures are based on the Nielsen ratings. The rating represents the percentage of the 87.4 million TV households tuned to a station (sets watching this show). The share represents the percentage of TV sets tuned to a television station at the time of the broadcast (sets in use).