: The lead character, a prosecutor turned vigilante.
This is where the concept for Manhunters germinated. While the show would eventually air in 2008, the development and pilot phases were active in the years prior, drawing inspiration from the grittier news-magazine formats of the mid-2000s. The show promised something different: no-nonsense, tactical police work carried out by the U.S. Marshals, the oldest and most versatile federal law enforcement agency in the United States. Manhunters -2006- 29