NYPD Blue

[Welshman]

I've enjoyed reading some of the TV threads here, so I thought I'd post one on perhaps my all-time favorite shows.

NYPD Blue was probably my favorite "cop" show, but after re-watching it recently, on one of our local "dash channels", I've decided it may be my favorite show of any genre.

What made it so good, in my view, was the character development of the leading characters. First and foremost - Andy Sipowicz. The route Dennis Franz's character took from the first episode until the last, is really a credit to Franz and the writers.

Anyone else care to comment?

 

[Arik]

I was in junior high. Remember the show but never watched it. One of the detectives is/was on Blue Bloods

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[ajmarkowski]

I've enjoyed reading some of the TV threads here, so I thought I'd post one on perhaps my all-time favorite shows.



NYPD Blue was probably my favorite "cop" show, but after re-watching it recently, on one of our local "dash channels", I've decided it may be my favorite show of any genre.



What made it so good, in my view, was the character development of the leading characters. First and foremost - Andy Sipowicz. The route Dennis Franz's character took from the first episode until the last, is really a credit to Franz and the writers.



Anyone else care to comment?

I have been re watching it too. I always look at the original airing of the episode and it brings me back to what I was doing at that time. I really love the cinematography as well. Great show.


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[DumpStick]

I watched the show when it first aired, videotaping the episodes to skip thru the commercials ( hi-tech stuff back then ).

I too enjoyed the show immensely. It was time for it to go when it ended, but I don't think it went years too long - as some shows did.

"Lost", for instance.

 

[bigwheelzip]

I used to enjoy Franz's character, Lt. Buntz, on Hill Street Blues.

Just got a shock when I looked up the date's that Hill Street ran and saw that the series ended thirty years ago.

 

[blues7]

I used to enjoy Franz's character, Lt. Buntz, on Hill Street Blues.

Just got a shock when I looked up the date's that Hill Street ran and saw that the series ended thirty years ago.

Before he was Buntz, he played a rogue cop named Sal Benedetto on the show. They later brought him back as Buntz. The rest is history.

ETA: The evil Benedetto had an epic fight with Bobby Hill that was a memorable moment on the show.

 

[Welshman]

I was in junior high. Remember the show but never watched it. One of the detectives is/was on Blue Bloods

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Which one?

 

[Welshman]

Before he was Buntz, he played a rogue cop named Sal Benedetto on the show. They later brought him back as Buntz. The rest is history.

ETA: The evil Benedetto had an epic fight with Bobby Hill that was a memorable moment on the show.

He killed himself, didn't he - before he was "reincarnated" as Buntz?

I read somewhere that Franz had played something like 38 cop roles in his career and when he was approached for the role as Sipowicz, he originally wasn't interested. I'm glad he changed his mind. He has pretty much retired since NYPD Blue - residuals must be treating him well.

 

[Arik]

Which one?

Nicholas Turturro

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[Targets Guy]

I enjoyed the first four seasons of NYPD Blue very much. Not so much after that but continued to watch. I didn't like the softening of Sipowicz. Good show though.

I have become a Blue Heelers fan but even they ran out of gas.

 

[Welshman]

Nicholas Turturro

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Oh, that's right - "Det. Martinez".

 

[blues7]

He killed himself, didn't he - before he was "reincarnated" as Buntz?

I read somewhere that Franz had played something like 38 cop roles in his career and when he was approached for the role as Sipowicz, he originally wasn't interested. I'm glad he changed his mind. He has pretty much retired since NYPD Blue - residuals must be treating him well.

From Wikipedia:

Detective Sal Benedetto (Dennis Franz, 1983)
Previous character of Dennis Franz, the corrupt Detective from Midtown Vice is famous for three events: blindsiding Renko in a backstreet brawl, being beaten up by Hill in revenge, and committing suicide in a bank's safe-deposit area when his corruption is discovered (after one of his schemes nearly gets Washington killed).

 

[StakeOut]

I enjoyed Hill Street Blues more than NYPD Blue

Great casting for the diverse characters

Remember:
Capt Frank Furillo
ADA Joyce Davenport,the girlfriend
Sgt Esterhaus
Det. Blelker

 

[rockquarry]

I've mentioned on here before that I thought NYPD Blue was the best of the cop shows, followed by Police Story. Some of the realism in these shows may have been a bit too real.

Anyone remember "Beverly Hills Buntz" with Dennis Franz? Didn't last but a few episodes as I recall.

 

[hostler]

Loved Hill Street Blues.

 

[Tom Beavert]

Hill Street Blues + NYPD Blues. 2 great shows.
I need more of this type. The Wire was good.
tb

 

[RSanch111]

I guess it was entertaining. Not very realistic. Worst part in my opinion was how wrapped-up in the cases they got. Just about every caper was a huge deal, caused them all kinds of angst at work and at home...... No way. ESPECIALLY Sipowicz. WAY too intense. He would have stroked out or been locked up in prison before he had ten years on the job.

Barney Miller was much more realistic.

I did enjoy "The Wire". The bad guys were well-done. Also liked "Cop Rock". Remember THAT one?!?!?

I met Franz in DC about 20 years ago during Police Week at an awards banquet for the "Top Cops" awards where he was the emcee. Really nice guy. I thought he was a more realistic "cop" as Dennis Franz than Sipowicz.

"Crime Story" with Dennis Farina was pretty good for a "period" show.

 

[Arik]

Hill Street Blues + NYPD Blues. 2 great shows.
I need more of this type. The Wire was good.
tb

The wire was awesome but then again it was my era. I gotta re watch that again. So was Breaking Bad. NYPD Blue was simply too early for me. When it started in 93 I was only 13. It ended in 05....I was 25 and more concerned with chasing other things

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[RSanch111]

Just remembered one of the more ridiculous Hill Street Blues characters: David Caruso as Shamrock the Irish Gangster. Bwaaa haaa haaaa! A little person dressed as a leprechaun would have been more believable.

 

[adwjc]

I imagine David Caruso and Jimmy Smits are both kicking themselves for leaving NYPD Blue.

David Franz really stepped up and made the series his own.