I'll Take Manhattan is a 1987 American television miniseries, adapted from Judith Krantz's 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 the 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.
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Valerie Bertinelli
Maxime Amberville
Barry Bostwick
Zachary Amberville
Francesca Annis
Lily Amberville
Jane Kaczmarek
Nina Stern
Jack Scalia
Rocco Cipriani
Paul Hecht
Pavka Mayer
Tim Daly
Toby Amberville
Julianne Moore
India West
Adam Storke
Justin Amberville
Perry King
Cutter Amberville
Ken Olin
Nat Lammerman
Kate Vernon
Nanette Alexander
Brett Cullen
Dennis Brady
Lynne Griffin
Candice Alexander
Georgia Slowe
Young Lily
Adam LeFevre
Jumbo Booker
Doug Davidson
Male Model
Staci Keanan
Angelica Cipriani
Barbara Barrie
Sarah Amberville
Fritz Weaver
Mr. Amberville
Season 1
4 episodes · 1987
1985
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2017
Follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children focusing on Fallon Carrington, the daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington, and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal, a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America’s most powerful class.
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2005
The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.
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2010
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
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2019
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.
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2016
Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to outmaneuver the other. The stakes are in the billions in this timely, provocative series.
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2006
The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.
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2023
A respected London surgeon's affair with his son's fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.
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2022
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
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2024
The story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.
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2025
A rising-star restaurateur is forced into New York's criminal underworld when his chaotic brother returns to town with loan sharks on his trail.
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2019
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
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2020
An African American washerwoman rises from poverty to build a beauty empire and become the first female self-made millionaire.
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2025
A charming tutor infiltrates a wealthy family's life, revealing a sinister agenda.
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2026
Sofía Peralta-Avitia Villaseñor, a successful businesswoman and great mother, who feels lonely in her marriage to Gonzalo Balmori-Ricci Nava. At the same time, her daughter, Bárbara Balmori-Ricci Peralta-Avitia, and her young bodyguard, Salvador "Chava" Reyes Encino, will transform their rebelliousness into passion. But none of them know that the evil, ambitious people around them will try to meddle in their paths on their road to love.
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2019
A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
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2018
Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
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2025
Amanda Knox arrives in Italy for her study abroad only to be wrongfully imprisoned for murder weeks later. Follow Knox's relentless fight to prove her innocence and reclaim her freedom and examines why authorities and the world stood so firmly in judgment.
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2024
Set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents, a multifaceted group of women sets off a chain of life-altering events that leaves everyone navigating the intricate balance between blame and accountability.
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1977
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
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