Summary
Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.
Good for
- Friends night
- Binge-friendly
- Thought-provoking
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 83Audiences 83GoodWatch 81
Time to watch it all
261 h
261 episodes, about 60 min each
An episode a night: about 9 months.
Reach
Streams in 21 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+11
First aired
1993
September 21, 1993
Ended 2005
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Primetime Emmy Awards1994 to 2001
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series1999Won
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series1999Won
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series1999Won
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series1998Won
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series1998Won
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series1998Won
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series1997Won
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series1997Won
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series1997Won
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series1997Won
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series1996Won
- Outstanding Drama Series1995Won
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series1995Won
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series1994Won
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series1994Won
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series1994Won
BAFTA Awards1995
- Best International Programme1995Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards1995 to 1997
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series1997Won
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series1995Won
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series1995Won
Directors Guild of America Awards1993 to 1998
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, Drama Series1998Won
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, Drama Series1993Won
Writers Guild of America Awards1995
- Television: Episodic Drama1995Nominated
Rated
- TV-14United States
Better for older viewers: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for violence, strong language, and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
338 people
Dennis FranzAndy Sipowicz261 episodes
Gordon ClappGreg Medavoy242 episodes
James McDanielArthur Fancy174 episodes
Nicholas TurturroJames Martinez154 episodes
Kim DelaneyDiane Russell132 episodes
Bill BrochtrupJohn Irvin129 episodes
Jimmy SmitsBobby Simone110 episodes
Henry SimmonsBaldwin Jones107 episodes
Sharon LawrenceSylvia Costas89 episodes
Charlotte RossConnie McDowell89 episodes
Mark-Paul GosselaarJohn Clark Jr.87 episodes
Jacqueline ObradorsRita Ortiz87 episodes
Garcelle BeauvaisValerie Haywood87 episodes
Esai MoralesTony Rodriguez87 episodes
Andrea ThompsonJill Kirkendall66 episodes
Gail O'GradyDonna Abandando46 episodes
David CarusoJohn Kelly44 episodes
Amy BrennemanJanice Licalsi44 episodes
Ricky SchroderDanny Sorenson42 episodes
Lucy LiuAmy Chu22 episodes
Sherry StringfieldLaura Michaels22 episodes
Justine MiceliAdrienne Lesniak22 episodes
Currie GrahamThomas Bale20 episodes
Bonnie SomervilleLaura Murphy20 episodes
Directing · 44
- Donna Deitch Director
- Jake Paltrow Director
- Matthew Penn Director
- Dennis Dugan Director
- Mark Piznarski Director
- Rick Wallace Director
Writing · 54
- David Mills Story Editor, Executive Story Editor, Teleplay, Story, Co-Producer, Writer
- Ann Biderman Executive Story Editor, Teleplay, Writer
- W.K. Scott Meyer Teleplay, Writer, Story
- Victor Bumbalo Teleplay, Story, Writer
- George Putnam Writer, Teleplay
- Hugh Levick Teleplay, Writer
Production · 38
- Steven Bochco Executive Producer, Story, Creator
- David Milch Executive Producer, Story, Executive Consultant, Teleplay, Writer, Creator
- Steven DePaul Co-Producer, Supervising Producer, Coordinating Producer, Producer, Director
- Mark Tinker Executive Producer, Director
- JoAnne McCool Co-Producer, Producer, Associate Producer, Director
- Michael M. Robin Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer, Director
Camera · 4
- Lex duPont Director of Photography
- Stephen Crawford Director of Photography
- Brian J. Reynolds Director of Photography
- Bing Sokolsky Director of Photography
Editing · 14
- Farrel Levy Editor, Director
- Etienne Des Lauriers Editor
- David Crabtree Editor
- Edith Weil Editor
- Craig Bench Editor
- Jane Kass Editor
Art · 1
- Richard C. Hankins Production Design, Editor
Other crew · 2
- Robert J. Doherty Coordinating Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Producer, Supervising Producer, Director
- Bruce Paltrow In Memory Of
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- S1 E1 Pilot, 8.2
- S1 E2 4B or Not 4B, 8.1
- S1 E3 Brown Appetit, 7.7
- S1 E4 True Confessions, 8.2
- S1 E5 Emission Accomplished, 8.0
- S1 E6 Personal Foul, 7.9
- S1 E7 NYPD Lou, 8.2
- S1 E8 Tempest in a C-Cup, 8.0
- S1 E9 Ice Follies, 7.7
- S1 E10 Oscar, Meyer, Weiner, 7.9
- S1 E11 From Hare to Eternity, 8.2
- S1 E12 Up on the Roof, 7.7
- S1 E13 Abandando Abandoned, 8.1
- S1 E14 Jumpin' Jack Fleishman, 7.9
- S1 E15 Steroid Roy, 8.1
- S1 E16 A Sudden Fish, 7.8
- S1 E17 Black Men Can Jump, 7.8
- S1 E18 Zeppo Marks Brothers, 7.7
- S1 E19 Serge the Concierge, 7.8
- S1 E20 Good Time Charlie, 8.0
- S1 E21 Guns 'n Rosaries, 8.3
- S1 E22 Rockin' Robin, 8.6
- S2 E1 Trials and Tribulations, 7.6
- S2 E2 For Whom the Skell Rolls, 7.7
- S2 E3 Cop Suey, 7.6
- S2 E4 Dead and Gone, 8.1
- S2 E5 Simone Says, 8.2
- S2 E6 The Final Adjustment, 7.8
- S2 E7 Double Abandando, 7.9
- S2 E8 You Bet Your Life, 7.6
- S2 E9 Don We Now Our Gay Apparel, 7.7
- S2 E10 In the Butt, Bob, 8.0
- S2 E11 Vishy-Vashy-Vinny, 8.0
- S2 E12 Large Mouth Bass, 8.0
- S2 E13 Travels with Andy, 8.1
- S2 E14 A Murder with Teeth in It, 7.9
- S2 E15 Bombs Away, 7.8
- S2 E16 UnAmerican Graffiti, 7.7
- S2 E17 Dirty Socks, 8.0
- S2 E18 Innuendo, 8.3
- S2 E19 Boxer Rebellion, 7.6
- S2 E20 The Bookie and the Kooky Cookie, 8.1
- S2 E21 The Bank Dick, 7.8
- S2 E22 A.D.A. Sipowicz, 7.9
- S3 E1 E.R., 8.1
- S3 E2 Torah! Torah! Torah!, 7.6
- S3 E3 One Big Happy Family, 7.7
- S3 E4 Heavin' Can Wait, 7.7
- S3 E5 Dirty Laundry, 7.7
- S3 E6 Curt Russell, 7.6
- S3 E7 Aging Bull, 7.8
- S3 E8 Cold Heaters, 7.9
- S3 E9 Sorry, Wong Suspect, 7.6
- S3 E10 The Backboard Jungle, 8.1
- S3 E11 Burnin' Love, 7.4
- S3 E12 These Old Bones, 7.8
- S3 E13 A Tushful of Dollars, 7.5
- S3 E14 The Nutty Confessor, 7.7
- S3 E15 Head Case, 8.3
- S3 E16 Girl Talk, 7.7
- S3 E17 Hollie and the Blowfish, 8.3
- S3 E18 We Was Robbed, 7.9
- S3 E19 Auntie Maimed, 8.2
- S3 E20 A Death in the Family, 9.4
- S3 E21 Closing Time, 8.8
- S3 E22 He's Not Guilty, He's My Brother, 7.9
- S4 E1 Moby Greg, 7.7
- S4 E2 Thick Stu, 8.0
- S4 E3 Yes, We Have No Cannolis, 7.9
- S4 E4 Where's 'Swaldo, 7.9
- S4 E5 Where'd the Van Gogh?, 7.8
- S4 E6 Yes Sir, That's My Baby, 7.9
- S4 E7 Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure, 8.1
- S4 E8 Unembraceable You, 7.5
- S4 E9 Caulksmanship, 7.7
- S4 E10 My Wild Irish Nose, 7.8
- S4 E11 Alice Doesn't Fit Here Anymore, 7.7
- S4 E12 Upstairs, Downstairs, 8.1
- S4 E13 Tom and Geri, 7.7
- S4 E14 A Remington Original, 7.7
- S4 E15 Taillight's Last Gleaming, 7.9
- S4 E16 What a Dump!, 7.4
- S4 E17 A Wrenching Experience, 7.7
- S4 E18 I Love Lucy, 7.3
- S4 E19 Bad Rap, 7.3
- S4 E20 Emission Impossible, 7.7
- S4 E21 Is Paris Burning?, 8.1
- S4 E22 A Draining Experience, 8.3
- S5 E1 As Flies to Careless Boys..., 7.8
- S5 E2 All's Well That Ends Well, 8.0
- S5 E3 Three Girls and a Baby, 7.7
- S5 E4 The Truth Is Out There, 7.8
- S5 E5 It Takes a Village, 8.5
- S5 E6 Dead Man Talking, 7.7
- S5 E7 Sheedy Dealings, 7.6
- S5 E8 Lost Israel: Part 1, 9.1
- S5 E9 Lost Israel: Part 2, 9.2
- S5 E10 Remembrance of Humps Past, 7.7
- S5 E11 You're Under a Rasta, 7.5
- S5 E12 A Box of Wendy, 8.2
- S5 E13 Twin Petes, 7.5
- S5 E14 Weaver of Hate, 8.2
- S5 E15 Don't Kill the Messenger, 7.8
- S5 E16 The One That Got Away, 8.4
- S5 E17 Speak for Yourself, Bruce Clayton, 8.3
- S5 E18 I Don't Wanna Dye, 8.5
- S5 E19 Prostrate Before the Law, 8.2
- S5 E20 Hammer Time, 8.1
- S5 E21 Seminal Thinking, 8.0
- S5 E22 Honeymoon at Viagra Falls, 8.4
- S6 E1 Top Gum, 7.9
- S6 E2 Cop in a Bottle, 8.0
- S6 E3 Numb & Number, 8.2
- S6 E4 Brother's Keeper, 8.8
- S6 E5 Hearts and Souls, 9.5
- S6 E6 Danny Boy, 8.2
- S6 E7 Czech Bouncer, 7.6
- S6 E8 Raging Bulls, 8.5
- S6 E9 Grime Scene, 7.9
- S6 E10 Show & Tell, 7.5
- S6 E11 Big Bang Theory, 7.6
- S6 E12 What's Up, Chuck?, 8.2
- S6 E13 Dead Girl Walking, 8.1
- S6 E14 Raphael's Inferno, 7.5
- S6 E15 I Have a Dream, 7.6
- S6 E16 T'aint Misbehavin, 7.7
- S6 E17 Don't Meth with Me, 7.8
- S6 E18 Mister Roberts, 8.3
- S6 E19 Judas Priest, 8.2
- S6 E20 I'll Draw You a Mapp, 7.9
- S6 E21 Voir Dire This, 8.5
- S6 E22 Safe Home, 9.0
- S7 E1 Loogie Nights, 8.0
- S7 E2 A Hole in Juan, 7.8
- S7 E3 The Man with Two Right Shoes, 7.5
- S7 E4 The Naked Are the Dead, 7.8
- S7 E5 These Shoots Are Made for Joaquin, 7.6
- S7 E6 Brothers Under Arms, 7.9
- S7 E7 Along Came Jones, 8.2
- S7 E8 Everybody Plays the Mule, 8.0
- S7 E9 Jackass, 8.1
- S7 E10 Who Murders Sleep, 8.2
- S7 E11 Little Abner, 7.7
- S7 E12 Welcome to New York, 8.2
- S7 E13 The Irvin Files, 8.0
- S7 E14 Sleep Over, 7.6
- S7 E15 Stressed for Success, 7.8
- S7 E16 Goodbye Charlie, 7.7
- S7 E17 Roll Out the Barrel, 8.1
- S7 E18 Lucky Luciano, 7.6
- S7 E19 Tea and Sympathy, 8.2
- S7 E20 This Old Spouse, 7.7
- S7 E21 Bats Off to Larry, 8.1
- S7 E22 The Last Round Up, 8.3
- S8 E1 Daveless in New York, 8.2
- S8 E2 Waking Up Is Hard to Do, 8.0
- S8 E3 Franco, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn, 7.9
- S8 E4 Family Ties, 7.9
- S8 E5 Fools Russian, 7.6
- S8 E6 Writing Wrongs, 7.7
- S8 E7 In-Laws, Outlaws, 7.9
- S8 E8 Russellmania, 8.2
- S8 E9 Oh Golly Goth, 7.6
- S8 E10 In the Still of the Night, 8.1
- S8 E11 Peeping Tommy, 8.3
- S8 E12 Thumb Enchanted Evening, 7.8
- S8 E13 Flight of Fancy, 8.5
- S8 E14 Nariz a Nariz, 8.3
- S8 E15 Love Hurts, 7.8
- S8 E16 Everyone Into the Poole, 7.6
- S8 E17 Dying to Testify, 7.9
- S8 E18 Lost Time, 8.2
- S8 E19 Under Covers, 8.1
- S8 E20 In the Wind, 8.7
- S9 E1 Lies Like a Rug, 8.9
- S9 E2 Johnny Got His Gold, 8.6
- S9 E3 Two Clarks in a Bar, 8.1
- S9 E4 Hit the Road, Clark, 7.9
- S9 E5 Cops and Robber, 8.2
- S9 E6 Baby Love, 8.0
- S9 E7 Mom's Away, 8.0
- S9 E8 Puppy Love, 8.1
- S9 E9 Here Comes the Son, 8.0
- S9 E10 Jealous Hearts, 8.3
- S9 E11 Humpty Dumped, 8.2
- S9 E12 Oh, Mama!, 8.2
- S9 E13 Safari, So Good, 7.6
- S9 E14 Hand Job, 7.9
- S9 E15 Guns & Hoses, 8.0
- S9 E16 A Little Dad'll Do Ya, 8.7
- S9 E17 Gypsy Woe's Me, 8.4
- S9 E18 Less Is Morte, 8.1
- S9 E19 Low Blow, 8.3
- S9 E20 Oedipus Wrecked, 9.0
- S9 E21 Dead Meat in New Deli, 7.8
- S9 E22 Better Laid Than Never: Part 1, 8.5
- S9 E23 Better Laid Than Never: Part 2, 8.6
- S10 E1 Ho Down, 8.4
- S10 E2 You've Got Mail, 8.2
- S10 E3 One in the Nuts, 7.8
- S10 E4 Meat Me in the Park, 8.2
- S10 E5 Death by Cycle, 8.6
- S10 E6 Maya Con Dios, 7.8
- S10 E7 Das Boots, 8.2
- S10 E8 Below the Belt, 7.8
- S10 E9 Half-Ashed, 8.2
- S10 E10 Healthy McDowell Movement, 8.1
- S10 E11 I Kid You Not, 8.3
- S10 E12 Arrested Development, 8.6
- S10 E13 Bottoms Up, 8.3
- S10 E14 Laughlin All the Way to the Clink, 8.2
- S10 E15 Tranny Get Your Gun, 8.1
- S10 E16 Nude Awakening, 8.7
- S10 E17 Off the Wall, 7.7
- S10 E18 Marine Life, 7.8
- S10 E19 Meet the Grandparents, 8.3
- S10 E20 Maybe Baby, 8.2
- S10 E21 Yo, Adrian, 8.9
- S10 E22 22 Skidoo, 8.9
- S11 E1 Frickin' Fraker, 8.3
- S11 E2 Your Bus, Ted, 7.9
- S11 E3 Shear Stupidity, 7.9
- S11 E4 Porn Free, 7.5
- S11 E5 Keeping Abreast, 7.9
- S11 E6 Andy Appleseed, 7.9
- S11 E7 It's to Die For, 7.6
- S11 E8 And the Wenner Is..., 8.9
- S11 E9 Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax, 7.8
- S11 E10 You Da Bomb, 8.7
- S11 E11 Passing the Stone, 8.1
- S11 E12 Chatty Chatty Bang Bang, 8.3
- S11 E13 Take My Wife, Please, 7.9
- S11 E14 Colonel Knowledge, 8.1
- S11 E15 Old Yeller, 7.8
- S11 E16 On the Fence, 8.2
- S11 E17 In Goddess We Trussed, 8.7
- S11 E18 The Brothers Grim, 8.1
- S11 E19 Peeler? I Hardly Knew Her, 8.3
- S11 E20 Traylor Trash, 8.3
- S11 E21 What's Your Poison?, 8.5
- S11 E22 Who's Your Daddy?, 8.4
- S12 E1 Dress for Success, 8.2
- S12 E2 Fish Out of Water, 8.3
- S12 E3 Great Balls of Ire, 8.3
- S12 E4 Divorce, Detective Style, 8.3
- S12 E5 You're Buggin' Me, 8.6
- S12 E6 The Vision Thing, 9.0
- S12 E7 My Dinner with Andy, 8.4
- S12 E8 I Like Ike, 7.9
- S12 E9 The 3-H Club, 8.4
- S12 E10 The Dead Donald, 8.6
- S12 E11 Bale Out, 8.4
- S12 E12 I Love My Wives, But Oh You Kid, 8.4
- S12 E13 Stoli with a Twist, 8.7
- S12 E14 Stratis Fear, 8.6
- S12 E15 La Bomba, 8.4
- S12 E16 Old Man Quiver, 8.7
- S12 E17 Sergeant Sipowicz' Lonely Hearts Club Band, 8.7
- S12 E18 Lenny Scissorhands, 8.8
- S12 E19 Bale to the Chief, 8.9
- S12 E20 Moving Day, 9.5
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