![]() He was a major character of the show during its twelve-year run, and the only one to have been a regular cast member in every episode. Sipowicz was a New York City police detective working in the detective squad of the fictitious 15th Precinct of the NYPD, placed on the lower east side of Manhattan. Dennis Franz portrayed the character for its entire run. Andy began as the secondary focus of a more ensemble-like show, but by the middle of Season 6 he is the clear protagonist of the show and receives the main storyline in every episode. is a fictional character on the popular ABC television series NYPD Blue. He was already around 60 or 61 when NYPD Blue ended and he'd been an actor his entire adult life, so when NYPD Blue ended he'd been acting for 40 years or more already- I think he knew he wasn't going to or didn't need to earn any more money, he was already technically near retirement age, he had nothing left to prove as an actor, so he retired.Detective (promoted to sergeant in season 12)Īndrew Sipowicz Sr. He did that for 12 years, barely taking roles outsides of the show, largely due to the large episode orders requiring filming for a solid 6 to 8 months out of a year and then when NYPD Blue concluded, he informally retired and then made it official after a while when he realized he had no interest in taking anymore jobs. I assume OP is younger? Franz was a working actor for years, primarily focused on theater and he played a cop nearly 30 times in various sized roles before he got NYPD Blue in 1993. So at the very least the reason he never popped up was scheduling conflicts. Honestly, if you’re a fan of Milch, I’d actually say that NYPD Blue is required viewing.Īs you said yourself, he was still filming NYPD Blue during Deadwood's entire run. Actually David Caruso is very good too, and it’s a shame he was such a prick because he was probably doing the best work of his life on the show. I’m only in the middle of season 2, just after David Caruso splits, but the show has a very strong first season. The first 3 episodes sort of lay the groundwork work for Andy Sipowitz and establish his character. They’ve also said that you can’t make a living off the shorter order seasons, which is partly what the current writers strike is about. I found that truth to be almost always expressed by those writers and producers. ![]() All that have worked in the 24 episode season era of tv have said that, when you work at that kind of breakneck pace, you have to accept that you’re going to produce 6 episodes of complete shit every season. I read a lot of narrative theory and interviews with authors / creators. That’s a long way of saying “it’s really fucking good.” You can see how if they were only given a 12 episode canvas to paint with, that fat would be trimmed into a titan of narrative drama. NYPD Blue is in that category of “herald.” It’s an adult cop show with adult themes and stories - but it definitely has some fat. As HBO took on production of several shows, they were not subservient to the monetary needs of syndication through the selling of their shows to various outlets, and could therefore have a greater range of narrative structures.) (This is also, as all things, motivated by money. As series begin to get leaner, the characters, themes, and stories become more specific and more fully realized. The filler plot lines, the random hokey bullshit. ![]() The 12 episode arc allows for all the “fat” of a season to be cut away. I think the fundamental quality is there but the great innovation of modern tv is the 12 (ish) episode season. You can see the shift into a more serialized story. Series that I would place in the heralding category would be: Twin Peaks, Star Trek Deep Space 9, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and now NYPD Blue (especially.) each one of these series develops a narrative that resists the syndication method of distribution that was so prevalent at the time. How there are several shows that were really heralding the great television golden age of quality that would start with The Sopranos. So: I’m working on this theory about late 80s - 90s television. ![]()
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