Pilot (NYPD Blue)

"Pilot"
NYPD Blue episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 1
Directed by	Gregory Hoblit
Written by	David Milch Steven Bochco
Original air date	September 21, 1993
Guest actors
Joe Santos David Schwimmer Tom Towles Daniel Benzali Shannon Cochran Vincent Guastaferro Robert Costanzo Sharon Lawrence Marco Rodruigez

"Pilot" is the first episode of the American serial drama NYPD Blue.

Plot

In the series premiere, John Kelly takes on the mob after his partner, Andy Sipowicz, is shot by a vengeful gangster. Kelly's wife wants a divorce.

Awards and honors

This episode won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series and was a nominee for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.

Notes

*A quarter of ABC's 225 member stations preempted the pilot.

NYPD Blue

Characters	Andy Sipowicz John Kelly Bobby Simone Danny Sorenson John Clark, Jr. Arthur Fancy Greg Medavoy Sylvia Costas Janice Licalsi Tony Rodriguez Rita Ortiz Laura Murphy

Creators	Steven Bochco David Milch

Episodes	Season 1 ("Pilot") Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 ("Hearts and Souls") Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series

1971-2000	Daniel Petrie for "Hands of Love" (1971) Robert Butler for "Dust Bowl Cousins" (1972) Charles S. Dubin for "Knockover" (1973) David Friedkin for "Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die" (1974) James Cellan Jones for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (Miniseries) (1975) Glenn Jordan for "Rites of Friendship" (1976) John Erman for "Second Hour" (1977) Gene Reynolds for "Prisoner" (1978) Roger Young for "Cop" (1979) Roger Young for "Lou" (1980) Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station" (1981) David Anspaugh for "Personal Foul" (1982) Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983) Thomas Carter for "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall (1984) Will Mackenzie for "My Fair David" (1985) Will Mackenzie for "Atomic Shakespeare" (1986) Marshall Herskovitz for "Pilot" (Thirtysomething) (1987) Marshall Herskovitz for "Therapy" (1988) Eric Laneuville for "I'm in the Nude" (1989) Michael Zinberg for "Vietnam" (1990) Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1991) Rob Thompson for "Cicely" (1992) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (NYPD Blue) (1993) Charles Haid for "Into That Good Night" (1994) Christopher Chulack for "Hell and High Water" (1995) Christopher Chulack for "Fear of Flying" (1996) Barbara Kopple for "The Documentary" (1997) Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1998) David Chase for "The Sopranos" (1999) Thomas Schlamme for "Noël" (2000)

2001-present	Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2001) John Patterson for "Whitecaps" (2002) Chris Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003) Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004) Michael Apted for "The Stolen Eagle" (2005) Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006) Alan Taylor for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (2007) Daniel Attias for "Transitions" (2008) Lesli Linka Glatter for "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency" (2009) Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010) Patty Jenkins for "Pilot" (The Killing) (2011) Rian Johnson for "Fifty-One" (2012) Vince Gilligan for "Felina" (2013) Lesli Linka Glatter for "From A to B and Back Again" (2014) David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015)

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