Series

I'll Take Manhattan

1987 · 1 season · Drama

I'll Take Manhattan is a 1987 American television miniseries, adapted from Judith Krantz's novel of the same name. Screened by CBS, it tells the story of the wealthy Amberville family, who run their own publishing company in New York. After Zachary Amberville, the patriarch of the family, dies, the company is taken over by his unscrupulous brother Cutter. Zachary's children, especially his energetic and intelligent daughter Maxi, begin a battle to regain control of the father's company. I'll Take Manhattan was the highest-rated miniseries of the 1986–87 US television season with a 22.9/35 rating/share.

Valerie Bertinelli

Maxime Amberville

Barry Bostwick

Zachary Amberville

Francesca Annis

Lily Amberville

Jane Kaczmarek

Nina Stern

Jack Scalia

Rocco Cipriani

Paul Hecht

Pavka Mayer

Tim Daly

Toby Amberville

Julianne Moore

India West

Adam Storke

Justin Amberville

Perry King

Cutter Amberville

Ken Olin

Nat Lammerman

Kate Vernon

Nanette Alexander

Brett Cullen

Dennis Brady

Lynne Griffin

Candice Alexander

Georgia Slowe

Young Lily

Adam LeFevre

Jumbo Booker

• Diana GouldWriter
• Sherman YellenWriter
• Judith KrantzNovel
• Stanley KallisProducer
• Steven PosterDirector of Photography
• Larry PizerDirector of Photography
• Lee HoldridgeOriginal Music Composer
• Michael BrownEditor
• John C. HorgerEditor

First aired

March 1, 1987

Last aired

March 3, 1987

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

4

Genres

Drama

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  Season 14 episodes · 1987

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  Meteor Rain

  2001

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  Cashmere Mafia

  2008

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  Siew Sum Noi

  2021

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  A.U.S.A.

  2003

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  Backstairs at the White House

  1979

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  Brideshead Revisited

  1981

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  My Brother Jonathan

  1985

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  The Veil

  2024

• 

  Good American Family

  2025

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  The Black Donnellys

  2007

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  The Singing Detective

  1986

• 

  The Rhinemann Exchange

  1977