The Big Easy (TV series)

The Big Easy
Title card
Genre	Crime Drama
Created by	Jacqueline Zambrano
Starring	Tony Crane Barry Corbin Eric George Susan Walters (season 1) Leslie Bibb (season 2)
Composer(s)	David Torkanowsky Joseph Vitarelli
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	35
Production
Executive producer(s)	Larry Jacobson Sonny Grosso Daniel Petrie Jr. Robert De Laurentiis
Producer(s)	Blue André David Calloway
Location(s)	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Camera setup	Film; Single-camera setup
Running time	43 minutes
Production company(s)	Grosso-Jacobson Productions ITC Entertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	USA Network
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	August 11, 1996 – October 12, 1997

The Big Easy television series was inspired by the film of the same name from 1987.^[1]

The show premiered on the USA Network on August 11, 1996. Tony Crane played New Orleans police detective lieutenant Remy McSwain, Susan Walters played state district attorney Anne Osbourne and Barry Corbin played police chief C.D. LeBlanc. It was developed by Jacqueline Zambrano, based on the characters created by Daniel Petrie Jr., who wrote the screenplay to the film and also was the executive producer of the series. 35 episodes were broadcast over two seasons.

The series takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana and was shot on location.

Premise

A New Orleans detective and a female district attorney investigate crimes for the New Orleans police department.

References

1. "The Big Easy". The New York Times.

External links

• The Big Easy at the Internet Movie Database
• The Big Easy Tony Crane/The Big Easy fan site
• Big Easy Fan fan site