The character was Detective Andy Sipowicz, the actor was Dennis Franz and the show was NYPD Blue. Premiering on ABC on September 21, 1993, the series –– depicting the workaday personal and ...

Although the hyperbole came mostly from its critics, “NYPD Blue” was supposed to change broadcast television forever, and it didn’t. Yet as the show reaches the 30th anniversary of its ...

Thirty years later, Iger is the head of the Walt Disney Co., which acquired ABC during “NYPD Blue’s” run. Later, Disney would buy the entertainment assets of 20th Century Fox, the studio ...

The cast of "NYPD Blue" when the show premiered in 1993: David Caruso, Dennis Franz, Amy Brenneman, James McDaniel, Sherry Stringfield and Nicholas Turturro. Fox Broadcasting/Hulton Archive/Getty ...