Rollin'

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Rollin'; 2016-17 Season Preview

Liberty Television returns again to the City of Detroit, setting for other offerings such as Detroit 1-8-7 and Prince of Motor City, with a critical look at the seedy side of Detroit's auto industry and how it mirrored the demise of the city itself in a sewage of drugs and corruption. The project will be driven by Al Profit, formerly an independent documentary producer whose seminal works on the rise of crimes and drugs in cities such as Detroit and New York provide the backdrop for the gritty parts of the show. Joining Profit is veteran television man Bert Salke (Boomtown, Tru Calling, Prince of Motor City) and Donnie Wahlberg and Neal McDonough better known for their roles on the other side of the camera. McDonough has also signed on to play the show's lead man.

The rookie show will air Monday nights at 9:00pm/8:00CST following the comedy pair of Buy More and Alyssa Luvs Sean. Competition will be the second hours of Dancing With the Stars (ABC) and The Voice (NBC), 2 Broke Girls & Odd Couple (CBS), Jane the Virgin (CW), and Lucifer (FOX) in the fall, followed by APB in the Winter. It's a very diversified competition but no true "gritty" or crime procedurals match directly against Rollin'. The network believes that in that landscape the show should be able to produce at least the network average of around 1.0-1.2.

Rollin' is a time piece drama, set in the late 1970's Detroit, this anti-hero drama features an unusual alliance between a black FBI agent (Kareem) sent to Detroit to clean up the drug trade, with a white blue-collar "lifer" auto worker (Elliott). Elliott gets tired of seeing the city within the city, his massive auto plant, besieged by drugs and gangs, and the effect that has on morale, quality, and the long term decision by the company to keep production here or move it off shore. The writing seems to be on the wall for both the auto industry with the Japanese starting to take over market share, and with the city of Detroit crumbling around them. Unable to gain a foothold outside the factory Kareem agrees to help Elliott by bending and then breaking the laws, in return for progress he can show to his superiors.

CREW

Bert Salke as Producer

Al Profit as Producer

Donnie Wahlberg as Co-executive Producer

Neal McDonough as Co-executive Producer

WRITERS

Hamish Linklater

Bert Salke

Al Profit

Nicholas Pileggi

COMPANIES

Salter Street Films

Sony Pictures Television

CAST

Neal McDonough as Elliott Long

B.J. Britt as Kareem Jackson (FBI agent)

Michael Stuhlbarg as Dieter Toeffer (union boss)

Judy Greer as Teresea Long (Elliott's wife)

Randy Couture as Dale Hardaway (Elliot's friend and co-worker)
Gains Charles as Dwight Poolman
Sean Cook as Dutch McKnight (auto line manager)
Christopher Bucholz, Jakob Hessler (German born auto executive/consultant)

Zoe Belkin as Patti Long (Elliott's daughter)

Damon Herriman as Nessie St. James (auto supervisor - drug lord)
Jamie Renell as Dave Franks (Elliott's brother in-law)

Shonna Major as Cherelle Jackson (Kareem's sister)

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Rollin'
Episode Guide

1.01 - "Pilot" (2016) (Sep 19/2016) 0.7/2 2.36
When Dwight Poolman a drug dealing young man gets transferred to straight arrow Elliot Long's work team at Imperial Motors' Detroit plant it sets off a series of events. Long and his buddy and co-worker Dale Hardaway confront Dwight but he is backed by their boss Dutch McKnight, so the duo decide to turn to the union rep Dieter Toeffer for help. The FBI sends controversial African American agent Kareem Jackson to the Detroit office to stop the organized crime system that makes the drugs flow. Kareem settles into his new apartment with his troubled younger sister Cherelle, and the two immediately face racism from the neighbours. The union betrays Long and Hardaway. Long's temper bottles over at home and his wife Teresea gives him an ultimatum; therapy or leave.

1.02 - "Forest For The Trees" (2016) (Oct 3/2016) 0.5/2 1.62
Long and Hardaway take matters into their own hands and beat up Poolman and a drug dealing buddy of his; and Kareem picks up the scent of the case because of its ties to drugs. Kareem has a meeting with Imperial consultant and executive from Germany, Jakob Hessler who lays out the plant's existence and perhaps the American auto industry history is threatened by the drug trade and the effect it has on the quality and efficiency of the assembly lines; but Kareem makes an enemy of Hessler by accusing the company of racism. Long and his wife argue over their daughter Patti dating a black man. Dutch McKnight and Dieter Toeffer meet with Poolman to decide how to deal with Long.

1.03 - "Dysfunctional" (2016) (Oct 10/2016) 0.6/2  1.98
Tempers boil over at a company baseball game and Poolman uses the opportunity to stab Long. Kareem visits Long in the hospital but can't see past Long being a suspect in the Poolman beating so Long won't co-operate with police on the stabbing. Hardaway goes to pay another visit to Poolman but his people tell him that Long's daughter is dating one of their crew and if he makes waves she will be hurt; so he backs off. Elliot Long's brother in law, Dave Franks begins to deal amphetamines to primarily the white workers at Imperial. Teresa takes a job at a department store as part of her plan to become independent from her husband. Hessler reports to the board of directors that the plant is dysfunctional and the unions too strong and they should look at moving operations overseas.

1.04 - "Gun" (2016) (Oct 17/2016) 0.6/2  1.77
A black assembly line worker, a Vietnam Veteran, has a drug induced breakdown at work and shoots two of his white and one latino co-worker. Nessie St. James is also shot in the altercation but survives surgery. Hardaway convinces Long that they should just lie low; but after the shooting incident and seeing Poolman still dealing heroin he tries to talk to him about pride, history, and the war; only for Poolman to laugh in his face. Patti's boyfriend convinces her to try heroin. Long sabotage's the line and it has the intended effect of getting Dutch McKnight reprimanded by Nessie. Kareem has a drug operation on the streets go wrong and ends up with nothing except for egg on his face. One of Teresea's co-workers takes a shine to her even though she is married.

1.05
McKnight and Toeffer conspire to takedown Long and Hardaway but they are saved by Hessler; in return Hessler asks for their help in trying out some Japanese management techniques. Kareem discovers the link between Long's daughter Patti and Poolman's gang and leads a charge to save her at a drug party. Kareem returns Patti home and he and Long decide to try working together. Teresa has a one night affair with her co-worker Eric. Hessler turns Toeffer back to the side of management with the spectre of the shooting still on his mind and a promise of a career in management.


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