ABC Tuesday 10pm
debuts Tuesday, September 21, 10pm
concept
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The men and women of Detroit Homicide are as smart and tough as they come. They have to be, working the neighborhoods of the once and future Motor City.

There's the damaged but driven Detective Louis Fitch, a wily homicide vet who is the most respected-and most misunderstood-man in the division; Detective Damon Washington, Fitch's new partner, who finds the first day on the job is a trial by fire, complicated by the imminent birth of his first child; Detective Ariana Sanchez, sexy, edgy and beautiful, who has emerged from a rough background to become a rising star in the department; Narcotics undercover cop John Stone, a streetwise smooth talker, clever and quick with a smile made for the movies, who is teamed with Sanchez-a combustible pairing rife with conflict and sexual tension; Sergeant Jesse Longford, a 30-year veteran struggling with his impending retirement from the force and the city he loves, who, together with his partner, Detective Aman Mahajan-a fully Americanized son of Indian immigrants-form an amusing mismatch of experience and enthusiasm, intellect and instinct, old school and new world, but whose combined skills have never encountered a case that couldn't be cleared; and all are headed by Lieutenant Maureen Mason, a strong-willed single mom struggling to balance home and work.  
stars Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), Aisha Hinds (Invasion), D.J. Cotrona, Erin Cummings (Spartacus: Blood & Sand), James McDaniel, Jon Michael Hill, Natalie Martinez (Sons of Tucson), Shaun Majumder
producers David Zabel (ER), David Hoberman (Mink), Jason Richman, Jeff Nachmanoff, Todd Lieberman
studio ABC Studios, Mandeville Films
my take
Loved Imperoli on The Sopranos (who didn't?), like a show that isn't taking place in L.A. or New York (kudos for shooting in Detroit), but this feels like just another cop show. Even ABC's promo copy calling Imperoli's character "damaged but driven," is something that is so over done in every genre, it's beyond cliche. It's the "hooker with a heart of gold" of cop shows. Slotwise, it's got some competition, but nothing insurmountable. It could turn out to be "Detroit Blue" (and it's in NYPD Blue's old slot), but I'll need to see to believe. Not really feeling it.
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