UPDATED with quotes from news conference, 1:02 PM: A helicopter has crashed onto the roof of a midtown Manhattan high rise building at 51st Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, in rainy conditions and what looks to be a forced landing. The neighborhood, just north of Times Square, is home to various media…

UPDATED with new information: New York police and fire units are at Trump Tower to investigate “multiple suspicious packages” found inside Trump Tower in Manhattan. The bomb squad is on the scene, but President Donald Trump is not in the building. Busy 5th Avenue had been closed between East 56th and East 57th but has…

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. today announced a new effort to engage survivors of work-related sexual violence, encourage reporting of these incidents and deploy specially trained sex crimes prosecutors to swiftly investigate such reports. The effort comes at a time of heightened awareness of the problem…

Refresh for updates: A 29-year-old man is in custody after a terrifying incident in Lower Manhattan in which a rented truck drove down a major bike path for about 20 blocks and struck several people. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news conference that at least eight people are dead and more than a dozen…

After lengthy deliberations, WGN America has opted not to order a third season of its period drama series Manhattan. The show, from Lionsgate TV, Skydance TV and Tribune Studios, was well received by critics but it was a modest ratings performer and, with its sprawling Los Alamos setting, it was expensive. Still, the…

We’re getting the first look at the Season 2 key art for WGN America’s nuclear drama Manhattan. In the stills above (and video below) we see Ashley Zukerman (Charlie Isaacs) & Rachel Brosnahan (Abby Isaacs) and John Benjamin Hickey (Frank Winter) & Olivia Williams (Liza Winter). Below is CSI alum William Petersen as…

Ask any creative director what an opening title sequence should encapsulate and you'll get a similar answer from them all: In a minute or less, it needs to set the mood for the show you're about to see, and be robust and reliable enough to do so on a weekly basis. It is, after all, the only aspect of a series that…

The first footage from the second season of WGN America’s nuclear drama Manhattan confirms actress Neve Campbell on board in a recurring role. Creator Sam Shaw’s fictionalized rendering of the 1940s’ Manhattan Project in Los Alamos and the build-up to the detonation of the Trinity A-bomb returns October 13, 9 PM…

At this afternoon’s TCA panel for WGN’s Manhattan, the cast provided some hints in regards to where season 2 was headed for the World War II period drama which returns on Tuesday, October 13 at 9PM. Manhattan follows the residents and scientists at "The Hill" in Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II. Frank Winter…

Season 2 of WGN America’s drama about the best and brightest who came together to create the world’s first nuclear weapon has a premiere date. The sophomore session of Manhattan, which was ordered in October, will bow Tuesday, October 13, at 9 PM. The network also released the first images of the upcoming episodes…

It is evident that the set and costume designers of the WGN America drama Manhattan put much thought into staying true to the 1943 era. The series premiered in July 2014 and follows the lives of those in Los Alamos, NM, as they race to build the world's first nuclear bomb to help end World War II. The second season is…

Griffin Dunne (Dallas Buyers Club, After Hours) has landed a recurring role on the second season of the WGN America drama series Manhattan. Created and written by Sam Shaw and directed by Thomas Schlamme, Manhattan is set against the backdrop of the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb and follows the…