MC Lyte To Play Role Of The Lieutenant In New York Undercover Television Reboot

ABC is rebooting the hit 1990’s police drama, New York Undercover. The pilot will star legendary emcee MC Lyte and series originals, Malik Yoba and Laren Velez.

According to Deadline, the new series will pick up two decades after the original Fox drama ended and will center on detectives Nat Gilmore (Toby Sandeman) and Melissa Ortiz (Otmara Marrero) as they work to take down New York City’s most dangerous criminals.

MC Lyte will star as Lt. April Freeman, “a hard-driving boss with a genius IQ,” while Yoba and Velez will reprise their roles as JC Williams and Nina Moreno respectively. Anna Enger and Octavio Pizano will also appear as Lisa Kim, an ambitious officer looking to make a name for herself, and Moses Hernandez, an over-eager cop with a hero complex.

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