Mann & Machine

Mann & Machine was an American science fiction/police procedural series that aired on NBC during 1992. The series premiered on April 5, and only nine episodes were broadcast.

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American - Science fiction - Police procedural - NBC - 1992 - April 5

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The series was created by Dick Wolf and Robert DeLaurentis and starred Yancy Butler as Sgt. Eve Edison, a beautiful police officer who is also a sophisticated android capable of learning and emotion. She is partnered with Det. Bobby Mann, a human officer who holds distain for robots. Rounding out the regular cast was S. Epatha Merkerson as Capt. Claghorn, Mann and Edison's superior - a role almost identical to that which Merkerson would later play on Wolf's Law & Order series.

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Dick Wolf - Robert DeLaurentis - Yancy Butler - Police officer - Android - S. Epatha Merkerson - Law & Order

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The series focused on Mann and Edison's criminal investigations in a Los Angeles of the "near future" - sometime around the beginning of the 21st century though the exact year is never stated. An ongoing subplot of the series focused on Eve's continuing education about what makes humans tick, and her ever-growing capacity for emotion.

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Los Angeles - 21st century

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Although Butler received good reviews for her performance in one of her first major roles, the series was criticized heavily, with many comparing it to a failed 1970s comedy series with a similar premise, Holmes & Yo-Yo. The series was pulled from NBC's schedule after only four episodes; the remaining five were aired as summertime filler.

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1970s - Holmes & Yo-Yo

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A year after the series was cancelled, Yancy Butler would star in another Dick Wolf creation, the action adventure series South Beach.

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