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| New York Undercover | |
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 Season 1–3 intertitle | |
| Also known as | Uptown Undercover |
| Genre | Crime drama |
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| Opening theme | "New York Undercover" (seasons 1–4) |
| Ending theme | "New York Undercover (Rock Instrumental theme)" (season 4) |
| Composer | James Mtume |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 89 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
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| Network | Fox |
| Release | September 8, 1994 – February 11, 1999 |
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New York Undercover is an American police drama that aired on the Fox television network from September 8, 1994, to February 11, 1999. The series starred Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases. The cast also included Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn as their superior, Lt. Virginia Cooper, and Lauren Vélez, who joined the cast in the second season as Nina Moreno, fellow detective and love interest to Torres. New York Undercover was co-created and produced by Dick Wolf, and its storyline takes place in the same fictional universe[broken anchor] as Wolf's NBC series Law & Order, its spin-offs, the Chicago and FBI series, and Homicide: Life on the Street.
New York Undercover (whose working title during development was Uptown Undercover, named after the record label, Uptown Records, whose founder and CEO, Andre Harrell, was also the executive producer of the series)[1] is notable for being the first police drama on American television to feature two people of color in the starring roles.[2] In contrast to the popularity of NBC's "Must See TV" on Thursday nights in the 1990s, many African-American viewers flocked to Fox's Thursday-night line-up of Martin, Living Single, and New York Undercover.
- ^ Owen, Rob (1997). Gen X TV: The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place. Syracuse University Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-8156-0443-2.
- ^ "Hip-Hop Cops", TV Guide, Oct. 15, 1994, at p. 29.