{"id":6828,"date":"2016-10-15T04:33:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T08:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lifetime-picks-up-dark-comedy-mary-kills-people\/"},"modified":"2016-10-15T08:27:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T12:27:53","slug":"lifetime-picks-up-dark-comedic-drama-mary-kills-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lifetime-picks-up-dark-comedic-drama-mary-kills-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime Picks Up Dark Comedic Drama Mary Kills People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Lifetime has commissioned the darkly comedic drama series <em>Mary Kills Peopl<\/em>e, which comes from Entertainment One (eOne) and Cameron Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>The series, created by Tara Armstrong (<em>Private Eyes<\/em>), touches on the topic of assisted suicide. The six hour-long episodes are being directed by Holly Dale (<em>The Americans<\/em>). The show is paired with the hit Lifetime series <em>UnREAL<\/em> for 2017.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mary Kills People <\/em>follows single mother Mary Harris (Caroline Dhavernas, <em>Hannibal<\/em>), an ER doctor by day, but by night, she and her partner, a former plastic surgeon, moonlight as underground angels of death and help terminally ill patients slip away on their own terms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As <em>UnREAL<\/em> drives Lifetime&#8217;s position as a destination for some of the strongest female characters on television, we are thrilled to add to our growing scripted lineup <em>Mary Kills People<\/em>, a unique, rich drama with elements of humor and a fascinatingly complex protagonist that we are thrilled to feature on our network,&#8221; stated Liz Gateley, the executive VP and head of programming for Lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With a creative team led by the incomparable Tassie Cameron, Tara Armstrong&#8217;s richly layered writing, Holly Dale&#8217;s expert direction, and an outstanding cast, <em>Mary Kills People<\/em> will be an intense and thought-provoking series,&#8221; said John Morayniss, the CEO of eOne Television. &#8220;Lifetime is undoubtedly the perfect home for this topical and groundbreaking drama.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Lifetime has commissioned the darkly comedic drama series Mary Kills People, which comes from Entertainment One (eOne) and Cameron Pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[243,275],"class_list":["post-6828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-lifetime","tag-mary-kills-people","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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