Big Apple (TV series)

Big Apple
GenreCrime drama
Created byDavid Milch
Anthony Yerkovich
StarringEd O'Neill
Michael Madsen
David Strathairn
Jeffrey Pierce
Donnie Wahlberg
Kim Dickens
Titus Welliver
Opening themeMarc Bonilla
Country of originUnited 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
NetworkCBS
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.

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 HaidDavid Milch & Anthony YerkovichMarch 1, 2001 (2001-03-01)
2"Best Laid Plans"Matthew PennStory by : David Milch & Anthony Yerkovich
Teleplay by : Elizabeth Sarnoff		March 8, 2001 (2001-03-08)
3"No Good Deed"J. Miller TobinDavid Milch & Anthony YerkovichMarch 14, 2001 (2001-03-14)
4"A Passport to the Universe"David JonesStory 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. ^ a b The title of the episode on the series's 2015 DVD release.

References

  1. ^ "Big Apple on CBS". The Futon Critic. Futon Media. Retrieved September 17, 2022. the show's remaining episodes were eventually shown on universal hd
  2. ^ Carman, John (March 1, 2001). "Taking a bite of ER". San Francisco Chronicle.
  3. ^ "Big Apple". Amazon. July 10, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Speier, Michael (March 1, 2001). "Big Apple". Variety.
  5. ^ Tucker, Ken (March 16, 2001). "The Beat Goes On". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 18, 2007.