Rescue Me (U.S. TV series)
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Created by |
Denis Leary Peter Tolan |
| Starring | Denis Leary John Scurti Daniel Sunjata Mike Lombardi Steven Pasquale Andrea Roth Callie Thorne Adam Ferrara Larenz Tate James McCaffrey Dean Winters |
| Opening theme | C'mon C'mon by The Von Bondies |
| Composer(s) |
Christopher Tyng Adam Roth Brad Hatfield |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 93 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Jim Serpico Denis Leary Kerry Orent Peter Tolan |
| Producer(s) | Denis Leary Kerry Orent Alyson Evans Evan Reilly |
| Cinematography | Tom Houghton Jonathan Freeman |
| Editor(s) | John Axness Joel Goodman Paul Anderson Thomas M. Bolger Finnian Murray Leslie Tolan |
| Running time | 40–50 minutes 60 minutes (series finale) |
| Production company(s) | The Cloudland Company Apostle DreamWorks Television Sony Pictures Television |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | FX |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) (NTSC) 576i (SDTV) (PAL) 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | July 21, 2004 – September 7, 2011 |
Rescue Me is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on the FX on July 21, 2004 and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters, post 9/11.
The protagonist and focal point of the series is veteran New York City Firefighter Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary). The series follows Tommy's troubled family and co-workers as they deal with real life issues, either with post 9/11 trauma or their own domestic problems. Tommy struggles with the loss of his cousin and best friend, Firefighter Jimmy Keefe (James McCaffrey), as well as fifty-nine other firefighters whom he knew, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Jimmy frequently visits Tommy in ghostly dreams. Tommy is an impatient, self-loathing, hypocritical, manipulative, relapsed alcoholic who suffers with severe survivor guilt and posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of 9/11. In the pilot episode, Tommy and his wife Janet (Andrea Roth) have already separated, although they are technically still married, and Tommy has moved across the street. Although he has a poor grasp on his personal life, most of Tommy's actions as a firefighter are heroic and brave, but despite his passion and concern for others (and for the job), he is viewed by his various family members and his fellow firefighters as selfish.
Rescue Me was created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan, who also serve as executive producers and head writers, and is produced by Cloudland Company, Apostle, DreamWorks Television, and Sony Pictures Television.
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