''Mapleworth Murders'' is an American

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series. It stars

Paula Pell Paula Pell (born April 15, 1963) is an American comedy writer, producer, and actress, best known for her work writing for the sketch series ''Saturday Night Live,'' being recognized with a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety ...

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and Hayley Magnus.

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and

Seth Meyers Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host. He hosts ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'', a late-night talk show on NBC. Prior to that, he was a cast member and head writer for NBC ...

serve as executive producers. It premiered on August 10, 2020, on

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Premise

A murder-mystery writer investigates homicides in her small town, with each episode featuring guest victims and suspects, to answer the question: why are there so many murders in one small town?

Production

Development

Lutz and Pell created the series as a parody of ''

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'' following a suggestion from Lutz's wife, fellow writer Sue Galloway. In June 2019, it was announced Pell and Lutz would star, write and executive produce the series, with

and

serving as producers under their

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and Sethmaker Shoemeyers banner, alongside

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for

. In December 2019, it was announced

Claire Scanlon Claire Elizabeth Scanlon (born 1971) is an American editor and director. She has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one, for editing work on The Office (American TV series), ''The Office'' and The Apprentice (American TV serie ...

would direct the series. Due to the format of Quibi, each episode was 10 minutes, but they were developed as three-part story arcs to allow the series to later be reformatted to a traditional 30-minute, three-act comedy series.

Casting

In December 2019,

and Hayley Magnus joined the cast as series regulars, with

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, Pam Murphy,

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, and

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in recurring capacity and

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and Jimmy Carlson to guest star.

Cast and characters

Main

as Abigail Mapleworth * Hayley Magnus as Heidi *

as Gilbert Pewntz *

as Chief Billy Bills

Guest

as Branda Bcbillan *

as Brody Bcbillan/Belk *

as Richard Belt *

as Julia Squift *

as Server * Jimmy Carlson *

as Yoda *

as Martha *

as Brent Davenport *

as Dink Choadler *

as Andy Hapsburg *

as Paige Wellingtont * Pam Murphy as Camille Canelli-Twat *

as Jerry Sprinks *

as Ben Canelli *

as Broda Bcbillan *

as Bran Bcbillan *

as Leigh Drain *

as Ben Jr.

Episodes

Awards

References

External links

* * {{Quibi 2020 American television series debuts 2020s American comedy television series American comedy web series Television series by Broadway Video Television series by Universal Television Quibi original programming