[2] The show stars Luke Kirby as Bellwether Prescott, an eccentric with a crippling anxiety disorder and a penchant for deduction, and Tiana Okoye as Cammie Lord, a traffic cop from the nearby (fictional) town of Boggsville, Florida.
[2] Rich, eccentric, agoraphobic Bellwether Prescott has been confined to his family mansion and grounds because of a severe anxiety disorder since the death of his wife Vida Perez five years ago, and obsessively investigates local homicides as a hobby.
Cammie Lorde, a cop stuck on traffic duty and notorious for handing out speeding tickets, is a recent arrival in the nearby town of Boggsville with her son Tyler and is hiding secrets about her past and true identity.
[4] [3] [3][7] On December 5, 2019, it was announced that Nicholas Stoller, Carla Kettner and Sony Pictures TV obtained a put pilot deal from Fox for their one-hour rom-com procedural originally titled Florida Man.
"[11] By March 1, 2022, when the casting of Luke Kirby, who also came on as a producer, and Tiana Okoye in the lead roles was announced, as well as the news that Emmy-winning director Colin Bucksey had been brought on for the pilot, the project had become a co-production between Spectrum Originals and Roku and been renamed Panhandle.