Big Apple (TV series)

*Big Apple*
Big Apple
Genre	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 episodes	8
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Red Board Productions; Yerkovich Productions; Paramount Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 1 –; April 19, 2001

Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001. The story centers on two New York City Police Department detectives Mooney (Ed O'Neill) and Trout (Jeffrey Pierce) working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties to organized crime. A subplot involves Mooney's sister (played by Brooke Smith) who is receiving hospice care for Lou Gehrig's Disease.

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

[1] Carman, John (March 1, 2001). "Taking a bite of ER". San Francisco Chronicle.

[2] Speier, Michael (March 1, 2001). "Big Apple". Variety.

[3] Tucker, Ken (March 16, 2001). "The Beat Goes On". Entertainment Weekly.

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