Big Apple (TV series)

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Big Apple
Genre Crime drama
Created by David Milch
Anthony Yerkovich
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
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (2 originally unaired)
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesRed Board Productions
Yerkovich Productions
Paramount Television
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseMarch 1 (2001-03-01) 
April 5, 2001 (2001-04-05)

Big Apple is an American crime drama television series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS from March 1 to April 5, 2001.

Contents

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

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Pilot" Charles Haid David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich March 1, 2001 (2001-03-01)
2"Best Laid Plans" Matthew Penn Story by: David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich
Teleplay by: Elizabeth Sarnoff
March 8, 2001 (2001-03-08)
3"No Good Deed" J. Miller Tobin David Milch & Anthony YerkovichMarch 14, 2001 (2001-03-14)
4"A Passport to the Universe" David Jones Story by: David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich
Teleplay by: Stephen Adly Guirgis
March 21, 2001 (2001-03-21)
5"A Ministering Angel"Charles HaidStory by: David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich
Teleplay by: Anthony Yerkovich & Elizabeth Sarnoff & Bernadette McNamara
March 29, 2001 (2001-03-29)
6"Follow the Blender"Matthew PennStory by: David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich
Teleplay by: Roger Wilson
April 5, 2001 (2001-04-05)
7"Untitled"
"Episode 7" [a]
Charles HaidStory by: David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich
Teleplay by: Stephen Adly Guirgis
2008 (2008) [1]
8"Untitled"
"Episode 8" [a]
Matthew PennStory by: David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich & Walon Green
Teleplay by: Elizabeth Sarnoff & Bernadette McNamara
2008 (2008)

Broadcast

Big Apple was originally slated to compete with NBC's medical drama series ER . [2] 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.

Home media

CBS released all eight completed episodes on a two-disc DVD set in the United States on July 10, 2015, without special features. [3]

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 . [4] Entertainment Weekly praised O'Neill's performance as Detective Mooney and gave the show higher marks than Denis Leary's The Job . [5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 The title of the episode on the series's 2015 DVD release.

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References

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