Battery Park (TV series)

Battery Park
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Gary David Goldberg Chris Henchy
Starring	Elizabeth Perkins Justin Louis Jacqueline Obradors Jay Paulson Bokeem Woodbine Frank Grillo
Composer	Danny Pelfrey
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7 (3 unaired) [1]
Production
Executive producer	Gary David Goldberg
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Ubu Productions DreamWorks Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 23 (2000-03-23) – April 13, 2000 (2000-04-13)

Battery Park is an American sitcom television series starring Elizabeth Perkins and Justin Louis. The series premiered Thursday March 23, 2000, at 9:30 p.m Eastern time on NBC. ^[2] The show was cancelled after four episodes. ^[3] The series was about a police department in Battery Park, Manhattan, New York City.

Cast

• Elizabeth Perkins as Captain Madeleine Dunleavy
• Justin Louis as Lieutenant Ben Nolan
• Jacqueline Obradors as Detective Elena Vera
• Frank Grillo as Detective Antony "Stig" Stigliano
• Bokeem Woodbine as Detective Derek Finley
• Robert Mailhouse as Detective Kevin Strain
• Jay Paulson as Detective Carl Zernial
• Wendy Moniz as Maria DiCenzo
• Sam Lloyd as Ray Giddeon

Production

The series was loosely based on Sugar Hill, an unaired ABC pilot produced in 1999. ^{[2] [4]}

Episodes

Seven episodes are registered with the United States Copyright Office.^{[ citation needed ]}

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	Andy Cadiff	Gary David Goldberg & Chris Henchy	March 23, 2000 (2000-03-23)	100	14.70 [5]
2	"Rabbit Punch"	Arlene Sanford	Unknown	March 30, 2000 (2000-03-30)	104	9.60 [6]
3	"How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?"	Lee Shallat-Chemel	Unknown	April 6, 2000 (2000-04-06)	101	11.60 [7]
4	"You Give Law a Bad Name"	Arlene Sanford	Unknown	April 13, 2000 (2000-04-13)	103	10.77 [8]
5	"Fast Times at Union High"	Lee Shallat-Chemel	N/A	Unaired	102	N/A
6	"Black Monday"	Arlene Sanford	N/A	Unaired	105	N/A
7	"Walter's Rib"	Arlene Sanford	N/A	Unaired	106	N/A

Reception

Henry Winkler had received an Emmy nomination for 'Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy' for his appearance in the episode Walter's Rib, but after newspaper reporter Alan Sepinwall pointed out that the episode had been postponed to June from an earlier scheduled airdate and therefore missed the Emmy's May 31 deadline, the nomination was withdrawn. ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. Schneider, Michael (April 17, 2000). "NBC yanks 'Battery Park'". Variety . Retrieved July 9, 2009.
2. Baldwin, Kristen (February 14, 2000). "What to watch when Sweeps is over". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved July 9, 2009.
3. Lowry, Brian (April 17, 2000). "NBC Cancels 'Battery Park' and Adds 'Frasier' Reruns". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 9, 2009.
4. Schneider, Michael (November 12, 1999). "NBC charges Goldberg's 'Battery'". Variety. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
5. "National Nielsen Viewership (March 20–26)". The Los Angeles Times . March 29, 2000. Retrieved June 23, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
6. "National Nielsen Viewership (March 27-April 2)". The Los Angeles Times . April 5, 2000. Retrieved June 23, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
7. "National Nielsen Viewership (April 3–9)". The Los Angeles Times . April 12, 2000. Retrieved June 23, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
8. "National Nielsen Viewership (April 10–16)". The Los Angeles Times . April 19, 2000. Retrieved June 23, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
9. TV Guide August 12-18, 2000. pg. 12.
10. Sepinwall, Alan (May 29, 2023). "'Barry' Finale: Henry Winkler on That Shocking Revenge Moment". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

External links

• Battery Park at IMDb