Poor Richard's Almanack (TV series)

Poor Richard's Almanack was the development-title of an unaired American drama television series-pilot by Jim Danger-Grey.[1] The show was probably set to air in the 2016-2017 TV schedule on USA Network,[2] but on April 29, 2016, the network passed it on in addition to three other USA Network-pilots, Paradise Pictures,[3] The Wilding[4] and Brooklyn Animal Control, with the latter being redeveloped.[5] Shootings for the pilot episode were made in Toronto, Canada in October, 2015.[6] The series was set to be shopped elsewhere by the studio, but even as of November 2017, this was not the case.[7]

Poor Richard’s Almanack
Genre	Drama
Created by	Jim Danger Gray Miguel Sapochnik
Starring	Sam Jaeger Harold Perrineau Jordan Hayes Lynn Collins Athena Karkanis Carly Pope Barbara Eve Harris
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Neil Marshall Marc Helwig
Camera setup	Single-camera
Production company(s)	Universal Cable Productions Legendary Television AppleBox Entertainment
Release
Original network	USA

Plot

The thriller-drama is set around the lives of people who become the new “Founding Fathers” of America after the country is suffering a total collapse from terrorist attacks. The pilot episode shows two separate arcs, a modern-day and a possible future arc, set 15 years later, where some of the protagonists have changed radically.

Cast

• Sam Jaeger as Darwin Fischer, a former CIA field agent-turned-analyst[8]
• Harold Perrineau as Matt Monroe, FBI Agent in charge
• Jordan Hayes as Madison Fischer, Darwin's sister, a paranoid schizophrenic[9]
• Lynn Collins as Julia Winslow, a postal worker[10]
• Athena Karkanis as Penny Richards, a surgeon
• Carly Pope as Brooke Beaudine, a local network journalist
• Barbara Eve Harris as Elizabeth Walker, Director of National Intelligence

References

1. "TV Pilot Tuesday! – Poor Richard's Almanac". ScriptShadow.
2. Nellie Andreeva. "USA Orders Post-Apocalyptic Pilot 'Poor Richard's Almanack' - Deadline". Deadline.
3. Nellie Andreeva. "'Paradise Pictures' Pilot Not Going Forward At USA". Deadline.
4. Nellie Andreeva. "'The Wilding' Pilot Not Going Forward At USA". Deadline.
5. Nellie Andreeva. "'Brooklyn Animal Control', 'Poor Richard's Almanack' Dead At USA - Deadline". Deadline.
6. "Film shoot turns Bay St. into epic bomb scene". blogTO.
7. Daniel Holloway. "USA Passes on 'Poor Richard's Almanack,' Will Redevelop 'Brooklyn Animal Control' - Variety". Variety.
8. Nellie Andreeva. "Sam Jaeger & Harold Perrineau To Star In 'Poor Richard's Almanack' - Deadline". Deadline.
9. Nellie Andreeva. "Neil Marshall To Direct, Jordan Hayes To Star In 'Poor Richard's Almanack' Pilot". Deadline.
10. Denise Petski. "Lynn Collins, Athena Karkanis, More Join USA's 'Poor Richard's Almanack' - Deadline". Deadline.

External links

• Poor Richard's Almanack on IMDb