Crime & Punishment (1993 TV series)

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Crime & Punishment
Created by Dick Wolf
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Music by Mike Post
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersDick Wolf
Michael Duggan
Producers
  • Daniel Sackheim
  • Carol Flint
    (supervising producer)
  • Kevin Donnelly
    (coordinating producer)
  • Jeanne Byrd
    (associate producer)
Cinematography Roy H. Wagner
Editors
  • Kevin Krasny
  • Laurie Grotstein
  • Chip Masamitu
Running time48–49 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseMarch 3 (1993-03-03) 
April 7, 1993 (1993-04-07)

Crime & Punishment [1] is a police drama television program created by Dick Wolf [2] that ran for 6 episodes on NBC from March 3, 1993, to April 7, 1993. With the exceptions of the first and last episodes, which aired on Wednesdays, the show occupied the 10 p.m. slot of the network's Thursday-night "The Best Night of Television on Television" programming block, a timeslot occupied for the rest of the 1992-1993 season by the 7th season of L.A. Law .

Contents

Premise

Crime & Punishment followed a "case-of-the-week" format, centering around two LAPD detectives, Ken O'Donnell (Jon Tenney) and Annette Rey (Rachel Ticontin), and their superior officer, Lt. Anthony Bartolo (Carmen Argenziano). Subplots were also developed around O'Donnell's relationship with his long-term girlfriend, a medical student named Jen Sorenson (Lisa Darr), and Rey's relationship with her estranged 17-year-old daughter, Tanya (María Celedonio). [3]

The program was also notable for including documentary-style "talking-head" segments, wherein the characters are interviewed by an unseen "Interrogator" (voiced by James Sloyan) to reveal their inner thoughts. The "Interrogator" segments were disliked by critics; Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly said they "stop the action dead and ruin any ambivalence or subtlety we might read into the characters", [2] while Tony Scott, in Variety , called the device "pretentious and disruptive". [4]

Cast

Guest stars

Episodes

No.Episode Title [5] Written byAirdate
1"Best Laid Plans"Dick WolfMarch 3, 1993
2"Right to Bear Arms"Alfonse Ruggiero Jr.March 4, 1993
3"Simple Trust"Mark St. GermainMarch 11, 1993
4"Our Denial"Michael Duggan (teleplay)
Michael Duggan and Carol Flint (story)
March 18, 1993
5"School Ties"Sally NemethMarch 25, 1993
6"Fire with Fire"Carol Flint (teleplay)
Carol Flint and Michael Duggan (story)
April 7, 1993

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientEpisodeResult
1993 Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama SeriesJohn Glover"Best Laid Plans"Nominated

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References

  1. "Crime & Punishment (TV Series, 1993)" . Retrieved May 16, 2022 via IMDb.
  2. 1 2 Tucker, Ken (February 26, 1993). "Crime & Punishment". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  3. Terry Rowan (2015). Whodoneit! A Film Guide. Lulu.com. ISBN   9781312308060.
  4. Scott, Tony (March 2, 1993). "Crime & Punishment Simple Trust". Variety . Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  5. "TV Guide: Crime & Punishment Season 1 Episodes". TV Guide . Retrieved May 16, 2022.