How ‘Manhunt: Deadly Games’ Was Reworked for Spectrum Originals
“Manhunt” comes back for its second season next month on a new network, having moved over from Discovery Channel to Spectrum Originals for its follow up story, subtitled “Deadly Games,” about the hunt for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics bomber. Spectrum’s head of originals Katherine Pope spoke to TheWrap on Saturday about the process of reworking the series for its new home, which included adding two extra episodes. “They had written the first episode script and I had seen the [first season], which I thought was really really good. It was a little more straight-ahead than we wanted,” she said during a conversation at the Television Critics Association press tour. “They wanted it to be a little more popcorn.” She said the biggest difference between the Discovery-led season and their version is that they gave the producers more leeway to tell the characters’ story. “We go home with Kathy Scruggs to where she came from,” she said. “There’s lots of life as opposed to just plot.” Also Read: 'Manhunt: Deadly Games' EPs Say Their Show Will Do Right by Kathy Scruggs Andrew Sodroski, the show’s creator, also spoke about the move from Discovery, where they only had the outline for...
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