An American remake of the gritty and taut Brit TV thriller Prime Suspect? Colour me skeptical. The series premieres on Global and ABC on Sept 22 but I get to see it a day early. The new series — written by Alexandra Cunningham (Desperate Housewives, NYPD Blue), directed by Peter Berg (NBC’s Friday Night Lights) and starring Maria Bello (A History of Violence) in the role made famous by Helen Mirren — is being screened as part of the New York Television Festival’s PrimeTime progra. The screening is Wed Sept 21 at 7 p.m.at the SVA Theater (333 West 23rd)Tickets are free!

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If you’re going to be in New York for the New York TV Festival please come to one or both of the Ruby Skye P.I. screenings: Tuesday Sept. 19 at 6:30 and Saturday Sept 24 at 3 p.m. We’ll be there on Saturday giving out buttons and posters.Tickets are free! Please come out and see the shows.

The New York TV Festival’s Independent Pilot Competition screenings will be held at Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street, Tribeca) in Theatre 1. Forty-eight independently produced pilots will be screened over the course of the week. You can watch all the trailers on YouTube.