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Overview
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Ride along with the boys in blue.Plot:
The gritty details of life as a member of a New York City police unit. full summaryPlot Keywords:
Italian American Cop | Irish American | Female Nudity | Cop | Irish American Cop moreAwards:
Won 4 Golden Globes. Another 78 wins & 163 nominations moreUser Comments:
NYPD: The First Season moreUS TV Schedule:
| Wed. May 21 | 3:00 AM | TNT | Show and Tell | #6.10 | |
| Wed. May 21 | 4:00 AM | TNT | Big Bang Theory | #6.11 |
Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 7 of 629)| Dennis Franz | ... | Det. Andy Sipowicz / ... (261 episodes, 1993-2005) | |
| Gordon Clapp | ... | Det. Greg Medavoy (225 episodes, 1993-2005) | |
| Bill Brochtrup | ... | John Irvin (156 episodes, 1995-2005) | |
| James McDaniel | ... | Lt. Arthur Fancy (145 episodes, 1993-2001) | |
| Kim Delaney | ... | Det. Diane Russell (119 episodes, 1995-2003) | |
| Nicholas Turturro | ... | Det. James Martinez (115 episodes, 1993-2000) | |
| Henry Simmons | ... | Det. Baldwin Jones (105 episodes, 2000-2005) |
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USA:60 min (including commercials) (261 episodes) | Israel:45 minCountry:
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EnglishColour:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalCertification:
Singapore:M18 (season 3) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 2) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG (season 1)MOVIEmeter: 
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The exterior of the 9th Precinct station house is used to represent the fictional 15th Precinct's station house. It is the same building used to represent the station house on "Kojak" (1973). moreQuotes:
Det. John Kelly: How's the drying out going?Andy: Helps when the first week's unconscious. Now I go two, three minutes where booze never crosses my mind.
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Referenced in "Married with Children: Something Larry This Way Comes (#9.21)" (1995) moreFAQ
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Believe-it-or-not, I never watched this show until I bought the DVD when it came out. I just never watched it, even though I enjoy crime shows. Anywhere, here are my thoughts, just randomly said:
David Caruso may have gotten top billing as the star of the show but Dennis Franz is the actor who dominates when on screen. He is the most dramatic figure in this crime series that features character studies, almost to the point of being soap opera-like. In fact, all the love-lives of the main characters are explored, especially as the episodes developed that first season.
In the beginning, some sex scenes were used to grab viewers. This was new to TV then. All the characters in the show may not have been likable but they were all interesting. To me, the most likable was Nicholas Turturro's "Martinez."
The cops - men and women - all talked tough and the show's writers liked to insert words like "a-hole" and "prick" because, I suspect, they could get away with using them. This was TV's first drama to use words like that and have the open sexuality that was shown here. We saw side shots of breasts and Caruso's butt, etc. Speaking of Caruso, he left after this first season and that really annoyed a lot of the viewers, I am told. After an unsuccessful movie career, he landed back on his feet in TV with the very successful CSI: Miami show. Franz, meanwhile, stuck it out for the long NYPD run.
I found the first season interesting but too much soap opera and not enough straight crime story didn't encourage me to buy any further season DVD sets.