Who starred in the US version of PRIME SUSPECT?
PRIME SUSPECT was a critically-acclaimed drama series that aired across seven series from 1991 to 2006. Created by Lynda La Plante, the show was a police procedural in which the lead character was a a female DCI confronting institutionalized sexism within the force. Helen Mirren starred as DCI Jane Tennison, a role that made her a household name for many in the US after the series ran on PBS on MYSTERY (and later MASTERPIECE).
As any regular viewer of commercial television knows, a successful program on British telly is bound to be considered for an American adaptation. Sometimes the show doesn't make it pass the initial discussion or pilot stage (RED DWARF, BEANE'S OF BOSTON, THE IT CROWD), sometimes it becomes as successful, if not more so, than its British counterpart (ALL IN THE FAMILY, GHOSTS, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?). Quite often, the show can make it to series but end after one season (or less) because the same magic wasn't quite there (GRACEPOINT, AMANDA'S BY THE SEA, LIFE ON MARS).
The US version of PRIME SUSPECT falls into the latter group. Developed by Alexandra Cunningham and based on the Helen Mirren hit, the drama ran on NBC from September 2011 to January 2012. The main character's name was changed from Jane Tennison to Jane Timoney, for some reason, but the premise was essentially the same in that it followed a New York police detective who was often at odds with her colleagues. The cast featured Aidan Quinn, Kirk Acevedo and others but was headed by an actress who's appeared in dozens of films and TV shows in the course of her career. She won a SAG Award and has been nominated for a Golden Globe but has yet to receive an Emmy or Oscar nod. In 2009, The Guardian named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
So who who was it? Who starred as Detective Jane Timoney in the NBC version of PRIME SUSPECT?
Think about it and I'll post the correct answer later.
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