The Big Easy | |
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Title card
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Genre |
Crime Drama |
Created by | Jacqueline Zambrano |
Starring | Tony Crane Barry Corbin Eric George Susan Walters (season 1) Leslie Bibb (season 2) |
Composer(s) | David Torkanowsky Joseph Vitarelli |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 35 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Larry Jacobson Sonny Grosso Daniel Petrie Jr. Robert De Laurentiis |
Producer(s) | Blue André David Calloway |
Location(s) | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
Camera setup | Film; Single-camera setup |
Running time | 43 minutes |
Production company(s) | Grosso-Jacobson Productions ITC Entertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | USA Network |
Picture format | 480i (4:3 SDTV) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | August 11, 1996 – October 12, 1997 |
The Big Easy television series was inspired by the film of the same name from 1987.
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. 35 episodes were broadcast over two seasons.
The series takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana and was shot on location.
A New Orleans detective and a female district attorney investigate crimes for the New Orleans police department.