Kingpin (TV series)

Kingpin
Title card
Created by	David Mills
Starring	Yancey Arias Sheryl Lee Brian Benben Bobby Cannavale Angela Alvarado Rosa Shay Roundtree Rubén Carbajal
Theme music composer	Daniel Indart
Opening theme	"Theme from Kingpin" by Daniel Indart
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	Knee Deep Productions NBC Studios Spelling Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	February 2 – 18, 2003

Kingpin is an American crime drama television series which debuted on the NBC network in the U.S. and CTV in Canada on February 2, 2003 and lasted 6 episodes. NBC's answer to The Sopranos and also influenced by The Godfather, Macbeth and Traffik, the story was about a Mexican drug trafficker named Miguel Cadena (Yancey Arias) and his family life. It was to be followed by a television series, but low ratings canceled those plans. Commercials for the mini-series on NBC featured the song "Más" by the Mexican band Kinky.

Cast

• Yancey Arias as Miguel Cadena
• Sheryl Lee as Marlene McDillon Cadena
• Rubén Carbajal as Joey Cadena
• Bobby Cannavale as Chato Cadena
• Angela Alvarado Rosa as Delia Flores
• Brian Benben as Dr. Heywood Klein
• Shay Roundtree as Junie Gatling
• Neko Parham as Shawn Williams
• Elpidia Carrillo as Lupita
• Eduardo Palomo as Capt. Lazareno
• Sean Young as Lorelei Klein
• Toy Connor as Sheronda Clifford

Crew

The series was created by writer David Mills. Mills also served as the head writer, show runner and an executive producer. Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent were the series other executive producers. James L. Conway and Jonathan Levin were consulting producers for the series. Daniel Sackheim was a co-executive producer and regular director. Doug Palau was a supervising producer and writer for the series. Paul Cajero was the series line producer.

The series other writers were Lloyd Rose, Diego Gutierrez, Maria Elena Rodriguez, Floyd Salas and Susie Putnam. The series other directors were Allen Coulter, James Hayman, Michael M. Robin and Peter O'Fallon.

Episodes

1. Pilot (aired 02/02/03)
2. El Velorio (aired 02/04/03)
3. Black Magic Woman (aired 02/09/03)
4. French Connection (aired 02/11/03)
5. The Odd Couple (aired 02/16/03)
6. Gimme Shelter (aired 02/18/03)

External links

• Kingpin at the Internet Movie Database