Charter Picks Up L.A.’s Finest

Charter Communications has picked up L.A.’s Finest, a female-driven action drama starring and executive produced by Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba.

The Sony Pictures Television series is based on the character Syd Burnett, originally created for Bad Boys II by Marianne and Cormac Wibberley and Ron Shelton. The show, which hails from Jerry Bruckheimer, marks Charter Communications’ first major series order for Spectrum Original Content.

The series is executive produced and written by Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier and will be joined by veteran producer and writer Pam Veasey as executive producer and co-showrunner. The first 13-episode season is slated to launch in 2019.

“Charter has a strong passion for the project and we could not be more excited. Immediately we knew this innovative new platform was absolutely the right home for L.A.’s Finest,” said Jeff Frost, the president of Sony Pictures Television.

“Charter is excited to partner with top producers Sony, Bruckheimer and the rest of the incredible team behind and in front of the camera on our first Spectrum Original Content endeavor,” said Katherine Pope, senior VP, head of original content at Charter Communications. “Our content partnerships offer us a great opportunity to provide Spectrum customers with the dynamic, authentic and unique programming that drives value for their Spectrum subscription.”