NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue was a long-running American television police drama. It was created by Steven Bochco and David Milch, and inspired by Milch's interactions with a former member of the New York City Police Department named Bill Clark (who eventually became one of the show's producers). Its episodes were originally broadcast on the ABC network from September 21, 1993 to March 1, 2005. Since 2001, episodes of the series have also been rerun on Court TV, Turner Network Television, and in Canada, Bravo!.

Trivia

• Dennis Franz (Detective Andy Sipowicz) is the only actor to appear in all 261 episodes. He is also the only actor to appear in both the first and the last episodes and to stay with the series throughout its entire run.
• Dennis Franz (Detective Andy Sipowicz) and Gordon Clapp (Detective Greg Medavoy) are the only actors to appear in all 12 seasons.
• Kim Delaney (Detective Diane Russell) and Jimmy Smits (Detective Bobby Simone) are the only actors to return after they left the show.
• The only time an original cast member and their replacement appeared in the same episode was when James McDaniel (Lt. Fancy) and Esai Morales (Lt. Rodriguez) appeared together in the season 8 episode "Flight of Fancy"
• In the series only Andy's first and last partners (John Kelly and John Clark) did not die. However, the two in between (Bobby Simone and Danny Sorensen) died.
• In the pilot episode, Andy argues outside the courtroom with A.D.A. Costas (Sharon Lawrence) over whether she thinks he broke the law to search a suspect. She tries to end the argument with, "I'd say res ipsa loquitur if I thought you knew what that meant," to which Andy replies, "Hey, ipsa this, you pissy little bitch," as he grabs his crotch. Res ipsa loquitur is Latin for "the thing speaks for itself."