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New Spiritual Detective Show Spotlights Local Digs

The star of a new NBC show says Brooklyn is a real character.

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THE CALLING -- "He's Gone" Episode 101 -- Pictured: (l-r) Juliana Canfield as Janine Harris, Jeff Wilbusch as Avraham Avraham -- (Photo by: Heidi Gutman/Peacock)

New Spiritual Detective Show Spotlights Local Digs

The star of a new NBC show says Brooklyn is a real character.

New Spiritual Detective Show Spotlights Local Digs

One thing you’ll notice about new crime TV show “The Calling” is its setting: haunting and neon-tinged by night, densely populated by subdivided brownstones. As it happens Matthew Tinker, the show’s co-executive producer, says he was precisely in search of a dark, unretouched neighborhood vibe when they decided to shoot the show around Bed-Stuy, Bushwick and Williamsburg.

Tinker says his choice to side-step Manhattan had as much to do with feeling burned out from watching other cop shows…

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