Big Apple
Format	Drama Police procedural
Created by	David Milch
Starring	Ed O'Neill Michael Madsen David Strathairn Jeffrey Pierce Donnie Wahlberg Kim Dickens Titus Welliver
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	March 1, 2001 – April 19, 2001

Big Apple is a Primetime Emmy Award-nominated American television police procedural that aired in the US on CBS in 2001. The story centers on two NYPD detectives Mooney and Trout (O'Neill and Pierce) working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties to organized crime. A subplot involves Mooney's sister (played by Brooke Smith) who is receiving hospice care for Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Big Apple was originally slated to compete with NBC's ER.^[1] Although 13 episodes were commissioned, only 8 aired before CBS canceled the show and replaced 48 Hours in the 10pm Thursday time slot. In 2008, the series aired in syndication on Universal HD.

[edit] 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.^[2] Entertainment Weekly praised O'Neill's performance as Detective Mooney and gave the show higher marks than Denis Leary's The Job.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Big Apple (TV series) at the Internet Movie Database