Karen Sisco

Karen Sisco
Carla Gugino as Karen Sisco
Based on	Characters created by Elmore Leonard
Starring	Carla Gugino Robert Forster Bill Duke
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer(s)	Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher John Landgraf Bob Brush Michael Dinner
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	44 minutes
Production company(s)	Jersey Television Eighty D Productions Universal Television
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01) – April 14, 2004 (2004-04-14)

Karen Sisco is an American crime drama television series starring Carla Gugino in the title role. The series was created by novelist Elmore Leonard, based on a character who had appeared in several of his written works, as well as one film adaptation, 1998's Out of Sight. The series debuted on October 1, 2003 on ABC, and was canceled after seven episodes.

As a U.S. Deputy Marshal, based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, Karen must deal with the underbelly of South Beach nightlife and Palm Beach high life while tracking down fugitives. She also struggles to win the respect of her fellow officers. Karen occasionally gets advice from her father, a retired Miami police officer turned private investigator, who is Karen’s confidant, counselor, and confessor.

TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".^[1]

Character history

Prior to the events of the series, the character appeared in two stories:

• "Karen Makes Out", a 1996 short story, available in two collections: Murder for Love, and When the Women Come Out to Dance, and Other Stories
• Out of Sight, a 1996 novel, and 1998 film wherein she was played by Jennifer Lopez, and Marshall Sisco was played by Dennis Farina.

Cast

• Carla Gugino as Karen Sisco
• Robert Forster as Marshall Sisco, Karen's father
• Bill Duke as Amos Andrews, Karen's boss

Recurring

• Jeffrey De Serrano as Edwards
• Frank Pesce as Sonny
• Robert Deacon as Mordecai Jones
• Obba Babatundé as Daniel Burden
• Jake Mailey as Jethro

Crew

• Scott Frank, nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Out Of Sight, served as an executive consultant.
• Jason Smilovic and Peter Lefcourt were co-executive producers and writers. Smilovic developed the series.

Episodes

Karen Sisco was canceled before airing all of the finished episodes. The last three were first broadcast when the series was re-aired on the USA Network.

Connections to other media

Gugino appeared as the same character in the second episode of the third season of Justified, which is also based on a work by Leonard. There, she had since become an Assistant Director in the Marshals Service, had been married and divorced taking and keeping the last name Goodall.

International broadcasting

•  Croatia – HRT
•  France – TF1
•  Poland – TVN
•  United Kingdom – ITV3 & ITV1
• Asia – Star World
• Middle East – MBC Action
•  Greece – Star Channel
•  Macedonia – Kanal 5
•  Brazil – Rede Globo
•  Finland – SubTV & MTV3
•  Bulgaria – bTV
•  Slovenia – Kanal A
•  Malaysia – Radio Televisyen Malaysia 2
•  India – STAR World India

References

External links

• Karen Sisco at the Internet Movie Database
• Karen Sisco at TV.com