Ironside (2013 TV series)
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| Genre | Sci-Fi |
| Created by | Collier Young |
| Developed by | Michael Caleo |
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| Theme music composer | James S. Levine |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 2 – October 23, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ironside |
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Ironside is an American drama television series that premiered during the 2013–14 television season on NBC. It was a remake of the original television series Ironside, which ran from 1967 to 1975. It starred Blair Underwood as the title character, wheelchair-using cop Robert Ironside, the only character re-created from the original series. The remade Ironside was grittier and considerably more violent than the original, and the setting was changed from San Francisco to New York City.
The series debuted on October 2, 2013. Ratings and reviews were unfavorable to the series, and it was canceled on October 18. Only four episodes were aired.
The pilot was written by Michael Caleo, who was also the executive producer, while Universal TV, Davis Entertainment and Yellow Brick Road produced the show.
According to various news outlets, the plot of the show revolved around "a tough, sexy but acerbic police detective using a wheelchair after a shooting" who "is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases in the city."
The pilot episode was released for free early on September 10, 2013, via iTunes Store, Amazon.com, and Hulu.
Controversy arose over the decision to cast non-disabled actor Blair Underwood in the role of paraplegic Robert Ironside. Sons of Anarchy actor Kurt Yaeger, himself an amputee, compared the act to blackface, and said disabled characters should be played by disabled actors.Auti Angel, a paralyzed actress who appears in the Sundance Channel’s reality series Push Girls was quoted as saying "What are they afraid of? There are so many extremely talented individuals who are performing artists with a different ability." Larry Sapp, a disabled independent filmmaker, went as far as to boycott the show by starting a Facebook page called Don't Shoot Ironside. However, fellow Push Girls star Angela Rockwood says she is not opposed to Ironside because the drama, like her show, challenges perceptions of how those in wheelchairs should look and act.
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