Big Apple (TV series)
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.
| 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 language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (2 originally unaired) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Red Board Productions Yerkovich Productions Paramount Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | March 1 – April 5, 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
- Ed O'Neill as Det. Michael Mooney
- Kim Dickens as Sarah Day
- Michael Madsen as Terry Maddock
- Jeffrey Pierce as Det. Vincent Trout
- David Strathairn as FBI Agent Will Preecher
- Glynn Turman as Ted Olsen
- Titus Welliver as FBI Special Agent Jimmy Flynn
- Donnie Wahlberg as Chris Scott
- Brooke Smith as Lois Mooney
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Charles Haid | David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich | March 1, 2001 |
| 2 | "Best Laid Plans" | Matthew Penn | Story by : David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich Teleplay by : Elizabeth Sarnoff | March 8, 2001 |
| 3 | "No Good Deed" | J. Miller Tobin | David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich | March 14, 2001 |
| 4 | "A Passport to the Universe" | David Jones | Story by : David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich Teleplay by : Stephen Adly Guirgis | March 21, 2001 |
| 5 | "A Ministering Angel" | Charles Haid | Story by : David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich Teleplay by : Anthony Yerkovich & Elizabeth Sarnoff & Bernadette McNamara | March 29, 2001 |
| 6 | "Follow the Blender" | Matthew Penn | Story by : David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich Teleplay by : Roger Wilson | April 5, 2001 |
| 7 | "Untitled" "Episode 7"[lower-alpha 1] | Charles Haid | Story by : David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich Teleplay by : Stephen Adly Guirgis | 2008[1] |
| 8 | "Untitled" "Episode 8"[lower-alpha 1] | Matthew Penn | Story by : David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich & Walon Green Teleplay by : Elizabeth Sarnoff & Bernadette McNamara | 2008 |
Broadcast
Big Apple was originally slated to compete with NBC's very popular 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
- The title of the episode on the series's 2015 DVD release.
References
- "Big Apple on CBS". The Futon Critic. Futon Media. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
the show's remaining episodes were eventually shown on universal hd
- Carman, John (March 1, 2001). "Taking a bite of ER". San Francisco Chronicle.
- "Big Apple". Amazon. July 10, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- Speier, Michael (March 1, 2001). "Big Apple". Variety.
- Tucker, Ken (March 16, 2001). "The Beat Goes On". Entertainment Weekly.
External links
- Big Apple at IMDb
- Big Apple at epguides.com