True blue : [the real stories behind NYPD Blue

A unique collaboration between David Milch, the show's co-creator, executive producer, and head writer, and Bill Clark, a former New York City homicide detective and the show's creative consultant, True Blue tells the stories that make up NYPD Blue and those that are too controversial even for this ground-breaking show. For two years, they have taken viewers into the mesmerizing world of NYPD Blue's 15th Detective Squad, and told the raw and often brutal stories of crime on the streets of New York as witnessed by one of America's most decorated detectives on the police force. Its gritty, real-life plot lines and tough but sympathetic cops have set a stylistic and emotional precedent for controversial television drama that is already being mimicked by other shows. A unique collaboration between David Milch, the co-creator of the Emmy-winning NYPD Blue, and Bill Clark, a former New York homicide detective and now the show's creative consultant, True Blue tells the stories on which NYPD Blue is based, as well as those considered too controversial even for this groundbreaking series. of photos. The creator of NYPD Blue teams up with the cop who inspired the series to reveal the real-life stories that form the basis for the popular series and to provide a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a weekly police drama. Reprint.