NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue
Format	Police procedural Drama
Created by	Steven Bochco David Milch
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	261
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 21, 1993 – March 1, 2005

NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, inside the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode usually shows a single day and has more than one story.

The show was made by Steven Bochco and David Milch. Its episodes were shown on the ABC network from its beginning on September 21, 1993 to March 1, 2005.

Cast

Cast list

Character	Rank	Years	Actor
Andy Sipowicz	Sergeant	1993–2005	Dennis Franz
John Kelly	Detective	1993–1994	David Caruso
Bobby Simone	Detective	1994–1998, 2004	Jimmy Smits
Danny Sorenson	Detective	1998–2001	Rick Schroder
John Clark, Jr.	Detective	2001–2005	Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Diane Russell	Detective	1995–2003	Kim Delaney
Greg Medavoy	Detective	1993–2005	Gordon Clapp
Baldwin Jones	Detective	2000–2005	Henry Simmons
John Irvin	PAA	1995–2005	Bill Brochtrup
Arthur Fancy	Captain	1993–2001	James McDaniel
James Martinez	Sergeant	1993–2000	Nicholas Turturro
Sylvia Costas	ADA	1993–1999, 2005	Sharon Lawrence
Tony Rodriguez	Lieutenant	2001–2004	Esai Morales
Janice Licalsi	Detective	1993–1994	Amy Brenneman
Thomas Bale	Lieutenant	2004–2005	Currie Graham
Laura Murphy	Detective	2004–2005	Bonnie Somerville
Laura Michaels	ADA	1993–1994	Sherry Stringfield
Eddie Gibson	Sergeant	1994–2004	John F. O'Donohue
Rita Ortiz	Detective	2001–2005	Jacqueline Obradors
Valerie Haywood	ADA	2001–2004	Garcelle Beauvais
Connie McDowell	Detective	1998–2004	Charlotte Ross
Adrienne Lesniak	Detective	1994–1996	Justine Miceli
Jill Kirkendall	Detective	1996–2000	Andrea Thompson
Donna Abandando	PAA	1993–1996	Gail O'Grady

Other websites

• Official websites for the show from ABC, Court TV,TNT and Bravo!
• Series ending commentary from MSNBC, Slate, and the Christian Science Monitor
• Alan Sepinwall/Amanda Wilson entire series information and episode summary & review
• David Milch's Active Imagination, a May 2002 interview with Milch
• NYPD Blue at the Internet Movie Database
• NYPD Blue at TV.com