Big Apple (TV series)

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 company(s) Red Board Productions
Yerkovich Productions
Paramount Television
Release
Original network CBS
Original release March 1 (2001-03-01) – April 19, 2001 (2001-04-19)

Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001.

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

Production

Broadcast

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

  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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