Big Apple (TV series)
Big Apple is an American crime drama television series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS from March 1 to April 19, 2001.
| Big Apple | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | David Milch |
| Starring | Ed O'Neill Michael Madsen David Strathairn Jeffrey Pierce Donnie Wahlberg Kim Dickens Titus Welliver |
| Opening theme | Marc Bonilla |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Red Board Productions Yerkovich Productions Paramount Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | March 1 – April 19, 2001 |
Plot
The story centers on two New York City Police Department detectives Mooney and Trout working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties to organized crime. A subplot involves Mooney's sister who is receiving hospice care for Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Cast
- Ed O'Neill as Det. Michael Mooney
- Kim Dickens as Sarah Day
- Michael Madsen as Terry Maddock
- Jeffrey Pierce as Det. Vincent Trout
- David Strathairn as FBI Agent Will Preecher
- Glynn Turman as Ted Olsen
- Titus Welliver as FBI Special Agent Jimmy Flynn
- Donnie Wahlberg as Chris Scott
- Brooke Smith as Lois Mooney
Episodes
- Pilot (March 1, 2001)
- Best Laid Plans (March 8, 2001)
- No Good Deed (March 15, 2001)
- A Passport to the Universe (March 22, 2001)
- A Ministering Angel (March 29, 2001)
- Follow the Blender (April 5, 2001)
- Episode #1.7 (April 12, 2001)
- Episode #1.8 (April 19, 2001)
Production
Broadcast
Big Apple was originally slated to compete with NBC's very popular medical drama series ER.[1] Although 13 episodes were commissioned, only 8 aired before CBS canceled the show and replaced it with the newsmagazine 48 Hours in the 10pm (EST) Thursday time slot. In 2008, the series aired in syndication on Universal HD.
Reception
Reviews of the show were largely positive. Variety called it "a triumph all around" and compared it favorably to NYPD Blue and Murder One.[2] Entertainment Weekly praised O'Neill's performance as Detective Mooney and gave the show higher marks than Denis Leary's The Job.[3]
References
- Carman, John (March 1, 2001). "Taking a bite of ER". San Francisco Chronicle.
- Speier, Michael (March 1, 2001). "Big Apple". Variety.
- Tucker, Ken (March 16, 2001). "The Beat Goes On". Entertainment Weekly.
External links
- Big Apple at IMDb
- Big Apple at epguides.com