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*Nasty Boys*
Nasty Boys
Created by	Dick Wolf; David Black
Developed by	Victor N. Davich; Richard Wechsler
Starring	Don Franklin; Jeff Kaake; Benjamin Bratt; Craig Hurley; Nia Peeples; Dennis Franz; James Pax; Sandy McPeak
Opening theme	"Nasty"; performed by Lisa Keith
Composer	Basil Poledouris
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Wolf Films; Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	February 19 –; May 18, 1990

Nasty Boys is an American action drama television series based on the real life Narcotics Officers of the North Las Vegas Police Department.^[1]^[2] It follows the 1989 film Nasty Boys and aired on NBC from February 19 to May 18, 1990.

Overview

The innovative cops were known locally as the NTNB which stood for the North Town Narcotics Bureau but quickly were nicknamed the North Town "Nasty Boys" by the local drug dealers because of the unit's all black hooded raid uniforms and their quick breaching methods for serving search warrants.^[3] The unit caught the attention of the producers of "The Reporters" while they were in Las Vegas for an unrelated show. It was the practice of the unit at the time to allow the local press to ride with them and tape their raids and "Reversals", that's where the cops take over a drug sales location and then pretend to be the drug sellers busting the arriving buyers one by one. Then with the help of the local NBC affiliate would air the bust on the 11:00 p.m. news with the opening, "The Nasty Boys shut down another drug sales location at ..." The Reporters aired a segment showcasing the Nasty Boys serving warrants and speaking their "Say No To Drugs" presentation to local adult and children's organizations.^[1]

Two of the undercover narcotics officers, Jimmy Jackson and Larry Bradley, began the anti-drug presentations with a rap song, BUSTED, written by Bradley and sung by three of them. This was followed by T-shirts that read, "BUSTED by the Nasty Boys" and another showing a photo of the hooded team with the caption "We Make House Calls!". The NBC affiliate KVBC produced several award-winning anti-drug Public Service Announcements that featured real-life footage of the Nasty Boys making busts, one of which shows the North Las Vegas Chief of Police looking into the camera, with the heavily armed team behind him, saying, "If you sell drugs in North Las Vegas, we'll be knocking at your door."^[4]

Cast

Don Franklin as Alex Wheeler
Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo Cruz
Craig Hurley as Danny Larsen
James Pax as Jimmy Kee
Jeff Kaake as Paul Morrissey^[5]
Dennis Franz as Lt. Stan Krieger
Nia Peeples as Serena Cruz
Sandy McPeak as Chief Bradley

Jimmy Jackson and Larry Bradley were technical advisors/actors.

Episodes

Pilot Movie

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
Pilot	"Nasty Boys"	Unknown	Unknown	September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22)

Series

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Fire and Ice"	Unknown	Unknown	February 19, 1990 (1990-02-19)
2	"Fire and Ice"	Unknown	Unknown	February 19, 1990 (1990-02-19)
3	"End Game"	Vern Gillum	Story by : Jack Richardson Teleplay by : David Black & Michael Duggan	March 2, 1990 (1990-03-02)
4	"The Good, the Bad and the Nasty"	James Quinn	Story by : Michael Duggan & Robert Palm & Daniel Sackheim Teleplay by : Brad Markowitz & Robert Glass	March 9, 1990 (1990-03-09)
5	"Last Tango in Vegas"	Janet Greek	Story by : Dick Wolf Teleplay by : Robert Palm	March 16, 1990 (1990-03-16)
6	"Flesh and Blood"	James Quinn	Story by : Michael Duggan & Edward Tivnan Teleplay by : Brad Markowitz	March 30, 1990 (1990-03-30)
7	"The Candidate"	Vern Gillum	Story by : Dick Wolf & Michael Duggan Teleplay by : Brad Markowitz & Robert Palm	April 6, 1990 (1990-04-06)
8	"The Line"	Michael Fresco	Story by : Robert Glass & Edward Tivnan Teleplay by : Michael Pavone & Dave Alan Johnson	April 20, 1990 (1990-04-20)
9	"Home Again"	Aaron Lipstadt	Russell Levine	April 27, 1990 (1990-04-27)
10	"Crossover"	Jim Johnston	Story by : Bob Roe Teleplay by : Bob Roe & Robert Palm	May 11, 1990 (1990-05-11)
11	"Desert Run"	James Quinn	Harv Zimmel	May 18, 1990 (1990-05-18)
12	"Blaze of Glory a/k/a/ Kill or Be Killed"	René Balcer & Brad Markowitz	TBD	unaired (unaired)
13	"Blaze of Glory a/k/a/ Kill or Be Killed"	N/A	TBD	unaired (unaired)

Production and broadcast history

Producer Dick Wolf, of Miami Vice fame and later of Law & Order fame, noticed the Nasty Boys and proposed to the two North Las Vegas Narcotics Officers, Jimmy Jackson and Larry Bradley, who had produced the anti-drug song that a television show to be released by Universal Studios, and broadcast on the NBC network.^[6] Jackson and Bradley agreed and provided stories to the writers, were technical advisors and acted in the pilot and several episodes. A pilot episode was aired as a TV movie September 21, 1989, and 13 episodes aired as a mid-season replacement show. The show was not renewed because that same year, NBC had begun producing many of their own television shows and only renewed one non-NBC production that year.

The Nasty Boys featured a diverse North Las Vegas Police narcotics unit consisting of six undercover police officers who fought crime in drug-ridden neighborhoods using “unorthodox” methods. The show starred Benjamin Bratt, Don Franklin, Craig Hurley, Jeff Kaake, James Pax, and Dennis Franz, who played Lieutenant Stan Krieger.^[7] William Russ played Lieutenant Farlow in the pilot movie and was killed off unexpectedly.