I'll Take Manhattan (miniseries)

*I'll Take Manhattan*
I'll Take Manhattan
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).

[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).

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