The elegiac Irish music he incorporated into his “NYPD Blue” theme becomes “blue glue” under scenes of cop camaraderie, while “the big drums” shift the action from the streets to the ...

For other shows, he has worked with orchestras or done “sampling,” the use of bits of prerecorded music, which is common in rap music. The “NYPD Blue” theme was created by sampling, he said.

TV drama veteran Jimmy Smits breaking into song and dance are peak feel-good moments in the already joyous "In The Heights." Here's how he nailed it.

City cops mourned late “NYPD Blue” and “Hill Street Blues” creator Steven Bochco as a one of the few Hollywood types who accurately portrayed the lives of Finest.

Sure, there had been tons of cop shows prior to "NYPD Blue," but nowhere in those earlier incarnations could an alcoholic detective be found telling the district attorney, "Listen to this, you ...