Battery Park (TV series)

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Battery Park
Genre Comedy
Created by
Starring
ComposerDanny Pelfrey
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7 (3 unaired) [1]
Production
Executive producerGary David Goldberg
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseMarch 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.

Contents

Cast

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.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
Viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"Andy Cadiff Gary David Goldberg & Chris Henchy March 23, 2000 (2000-03-23)10014.70 [5]
2"Rabbit Punch"Arlene SanfordUnknownMarch 30, 2000 (2000-03-30)1049.60 [6]
3"How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" Lee Shallat-Chemel UnknownApril 6, 2000 (2000-04-06)10111.60 [7]
4"You Give Law a Bad Name" Arlene Sanford UnknownApril 13, 2000 (2000-04-13)10310.77 [8]
5"Fast Times at Union High"Lee Shallat-ChemelTBDUnaired (Unaired)102N/A
6"Black Monday"Arlene SanfordTBDUnaired (Unaired)105N/A
7"Walter's Rib"Arlene SanfordTBDUnaired (Unaired)106N/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postponed to June from an earlier scheduled airdate and therefore missed the Emmy's May 31 deadline, the nomination was withdrawn.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]

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