Advantages: Dramatic, funny and often moving Disadvantages: Don't watch if you're offended by nudity and swearing
...York and was fittingly entitled NYPD Blue.
While Hill Street Blues had been the first TV drama series to provide viewers with a warts-and-all account of inner-city policing methods, Bochco and Milch aimed to push the boundaries still further, with the introduction of even stronger language than had been heard in Hill Street, and a far greater insight into the characters' personal lives. In short, they wanted more swearing and more sex. Not merely ... ...from CSI Miami, but in NYPD Blue, he plays a much warmer and sympathetic character, and his acting is far more relaxed and natural than in his current Miami role. Despite being Sipowicz's junior by several years, Kelly takes on the mantle of protector and confidante to his troubled partner, as well as acting as mentor to rookie cop James Martinez and offering emotional support to crime victims and their families.
The quality and depth of Caruso's ...
silverstreak 20.08.2007 (01.09.2007)
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Advantages: Good, solid police procedural with soap opera elements Disadvantages: None
Introduction
Unbelievably, this series was first shown in 1993! Although it is very much a police procedural, there are some differences with shows of the same genre; mainly the fact that the episodes contain adult content (a few flashes of David Caruso's naked buttocks!) and that although each episode has a 'case', many of them are fairly minor - burglary, theft etc - as opposed to more serious cases a la Morse, Prime Suspect etc. Often storylines ... ...is a major part of the series. It is probably more like The Bill than anything else, with adult content thrown in and more concentration on the main characters. The creators
The show was developed by Stephen Boccho and David Milch, both of whom had previously worked together on Hill Street Blues. Both were also producers and contributed to writing the scripts. The first series won six Emmy awards. The actors/characters
Andy Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) ...
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