Editing Mann & Machine (section)

==Synopsis==
Created by [[Dick Wolf]] and Robert De Laurentis, the series starred [[Yancy Butler]] as Sgt. Eve Edison, a beautiful [[police officer]] who is also a sophisticated [[gynoid]] capable of learning and emotion. She is partnered with Det. Bobby Mann ([[David Andrews (actor)|David Andrews]]), a human officer who disdains robots. Rounding out the regular cast was [[S. Epatha Merkerson]] as Capt. Claghorn, Mann and Edison's superior officer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Garcia |first1=Frank |last2=Phillips |first2=Mark |title=Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004: Histories, Casts and Credits for 58 Shows |date=September 27, 2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786491834 |page=141}}</ref>

The series focused on Mann and Edison's criminal investigations in [[Los Angeles]] twenty years in the future.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Longworth |first1=James |title=TV Creators: Conversations with America's Top Producers of Television Drama, Volume 1 |date=2000 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=0815606524 |page=7}}</ref> An ongoing subplot of the series focused on Eve's continuing education about what makes humans tick, and her ever-growing capacity for emotion, highlighted by the penultimate episode "Billion Dollar Baby" in which Eve is placed in charge of caring for an infant, activating unexpected maternal feelings.

Although Butler received good reviews for her performance in one of her first major roles, the series was criticized heavily, with many comparing it to a failed 1970s comedy series with a similar premise, ''[[Holmes & Yoyo]]''. The series was pulled from NBC's schedule after only four episodes. The remaining five were aired in a [[Burning off|burnoff]] as summertime filler.