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The Big Easy | |
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Genre | Crime Drama |
Based on | The Big Easy by Daniel Petrie Jr. |
Developed by | Jacqueline Zambrano |
Starring | Tony Crane Barry Corbin Eric George Susan Walters (season 1) Leslie Bibb (season 2) |
Composers | David Torkanowsky Joseph Vitarelli |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 35 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Larry Jacobson Sonny Grosso Daniel Petrie Jr. Robert De Laurentiis |
Producers | Blue André David Calloway |
Production locations | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Grosso-Jacobson Productions ITC Entertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | USA Network |
Release | August 11, 1996 October 12, 1997 | –
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The Big Easy is an American crime drama series that was based on the 1987 film of the same name.[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. Thirty-five episodes were broadcast over two seasons.
The series takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was shot on location.