Brad William Henke was a former National Football League, American actor, and Arena Football League player who unfortunately passed on November 29, 2022. He won the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Award for Exceptional Achievement by an Actor in a Comedy Series for his work as Orange Is the New Black’s Corrections Officer Desi Piscatella. In Nebraska’s Columbus, Henke was born. He was a student at the University of Arizona and also a defensive lineman for football.
In the NFL Draft of 1989, the New York Giants decided to go with Henke, but he was discharged at the time of training camp. Later the Denver Broncos signed him, and he contested in Super Bowl XXIV in front of the San Francisco 49ers. He had six ankle surgeries due to persistent ailments, forcing him to give up playing professional football in 1994.
In 1994, Henke started performing in advertisements. He made appearances in the films Fury, Must Love Dogs, Choke, Sherrybaby, In the Valley of Elah, Around June, October Road, and The Amateurs. ER, Arliss, Lost MacGyver, Dexter, Justified, Sneaky Pete, Orange Is the New Black and are just a few of the television series he has appeared in (2016).
Desi Piscatella was Henke’s breakthrough performance as a gay prison officer in Orange Is the New Black. The fourth season witnessed his arrival on Orange Is the New Black. He got famous for his performance in Orange Is the New Black, Ray, Altered Wounds, etc. This list has a set of his performances in Hollywood, and if you are a fan of his skillful portrayal, you will find something to watch from this list.
23. Manhunt
Tony Gittelson, Andrew Sodroski, and Jim Clemente are the creators of the American drama show with an anthology theme, Manhunt, which was initially set to be a television miniseries. Paul Bettany and Sam Worthington are the major characters of the 1st season of Manhunt: Unabomber, which tells a plotline where they search as the FBI for the Unabomber. Brad William Henke is seen in a recurring role in the show. The show was first released on August 1, 2017.
The producers of the show were in early talks with Charter Communications on July 17, 2018, to renew the show for two more seasons, which will air on their Spectrum cable channel. The second season of the program centers on the search for Eric Rudolph, the bombing’s perpetrator after suspicion was first placed on security guard Richard Jewell. Manhunt: Deadly Games, the second season, debuted on February 3, 2020.
22. The Stand
A post-apocalyptic fiction television miniseries called The Stand is made in the US. Set on Stephen King‘s 1978 novel of the same name, it is a recreation of the 1994 version. The plot focuses on a pandemic brought on by a military biomedical research lab mishap that allowed a deadly strain of influenza to escape. After the virus has virtually killed out the entire human race, one of two characters, Randall Flagg or Mother Abagail, draws the remaining survivors and sets up a climactic good-vs-evil showdown.
According to the CBS promotional materials, The Stand is “King’s catastrophic vision of a society decimated by plague and involved in a fundamental battle between good and evil.” The destiny of humanity rests with Mother Abagail, 108, and the few survivors. The “Dark Man,” Randall Flagg, is the epitome of their worst fears. He has unfathomable powers and a lethal smile.
21. Orange Is The New Black
Orange Is the New Black, a.k.a OITNB, is a comedy-drama Netflix original series produced in the United States by Jenji Kohan. Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman is a book that was published in 2010 and penned by her venture’s federal minimum-security facility, FCI Danbury. The first episode of the show was produced by Tilted Productions in partnership with Lionsgate Television and was released on Netflix on July 11, 2013. The show got renewed for three new seasons, a 5th, 6th, and 7th, in February 2016. In July 2019, the final season number seven was released on Netflix.
Orange Is the New Black was both Netflix’s most popular and longest-running original series as of 2016. The show has multiple seasons, and it got famous and also received numerous awards for the story, plot, and characters. The show received 12 Primetime Emmy nominations for its debut season, including three wins for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Comedy Series.
The series was forced to switch from the comedy to the drama categories in 2015 due to a new Emmy regulation. Uzo Aduba earned the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the second season of the show, which received four Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series. The first television program to receive nominations for an Emmy in both the drama and comedy categories is Orange Is the New Black.
The first episode centers on Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a 33-year-old New York City resident who is sentenced to 15 months at Litchfield Penitentiary, an upstate New York minimum-security women’s federal prison. Chapman was found guilty of bringing a bag stuffed with drug money for her international drug smuggler lover, Alex Vause (Laura Prepon). Ten years had passed since the violation, and Chapman had since sunk into an upper middle class residing in NY, conducting a quiet, law-abiding life. Her unexpected and rapid accusation strains her bonds with her fiance, friends, family, and her close ones.
Vause, who named Chapman in her trial and led to Chapman’s imprisonment, is reunited with Chapman in prison, where they reevaluate their friendship. At the same time, Chapman, alongside other inmates, does a regular practice to manage and handle the daily fuzz inside the prison. There are numerous flashbacks that will give a background and insight into other inmates, guards, and convicts in the show.
The flashbacks explain the history of the inmate, how he got into the prison, and something related to his story of how he ended up there. Initially run by the “Federal Department of Corrections” (a fictionalized version of the Federal Bureau of Prisons), the jail was eventually purchased by the private prison business Management & Correction Corporation (MCC).
20. MacGyver
The five seasons and 94 episodes of Peter M. Lenkov’s American action-adventure television series MacGyver aired on CBS from September 23, 2016, to April 30, 2021. Lucas Till plays the title character in the television series, an underground secret agent who prefers to use brilliant engineering to fight crime rather than using violent force.
It is a remake of Lee David Zlotoff’s original television series of the same name, which ran from 1985 until 1992. The season finale aired on April 30, 2021, and CBS canceled the program in April 2021. Two other television shows, Hawaii Five-0, and Magnum P.I., both created by Lenkov and remakes of earlier police dramas, also take place in the same fictional universe as MacGyver. The “Lenkov-verse” is the name given to the three shows collectively.
Angus “Mac” MacGyver works for the Phoenix Foundation, a covert, privately funded branch of the US government intelligence service, where he employs his exceptional problem-solving skills and broad scientific knowledge to save lives and, occasionally, avert disasters. Mac rescues the day using paper clips instead of handguns, birthday lights instead of bombs, and gum instead of firearms. His abilities are only constrained by his imagination.
19. The Night Shift
The Night Shift is a four-season, 45-episode American medical drama that aired on NBC from May 27, 2014, to August 31, 2017. The show, which was produced by Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, centers on the lives of the emergency room staff at San Antonio Memorial Hospital who works the late-night shift.
The show received a fourth season renewal from NBC on November 17, 2016, and it debuted on June 22, 2017. After four seasons, NBC canceled the show on October 13, 2017.
Three of the doctors at San Antonio Memorial Hospital, where the series is set, have ties to the American armed forces. It follows the overnight shift there. Former US Army physician Dr. TC Callahan initially displays symptoms of PTSD after witnessing his brother die ahead of him in the battle. He routinely flouts the regulations and has disagreements with Michael Ragosa, the hospital’s administrator, Dr. Jordan Alexander, his ex-girlfriend, and the newly appointed leader of the night shift, Scott Clemmens, chief of surgery. Dr. Drew Alister is a gay Army doctor who is still employed in the forces and initially tries to disguise his sexual orientation out of fear of retribution. Dr. Topher Zia is a former army doctor.
Young surgical resident Dr. Krista Bell-Hart is striving to advance her career, and Dr. Paul Cummings, a fellow resident, is doing his best to step out from under the shadow of his father, a well-known surgeon at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Landry de la Cruz, the only psychiatrist on duty, does the night shift for a little period.
Jordan’s first friendship with Dr. Scott Clemmens causes complications when Scott is appointed the hospital’s chief of surgery and frequently quarrels with TC. After Topher is shot during a hostage scenario, TC collapses in the emergency room, and Scott dumps Jordan when he learns she still has feelings for TC.
18. Hawaii Five-O
The main character of Hawaii Five-0, an American action cop drama television series, is a special police public corruption task team that works in the governor of Hawaii’s direction. It is based on a CBS TV show Hawaii Five-O and is basically a remake, which ran from 1968 to 1980 and used the letter “O” in its title rather than the number “0.” The show was created by K/O Paper Products and 101st Street Entertainment, at first in collaboration with CBS Productions and subsequently, beginning with season three, with CBS Television Studios.
The show’s current arrangement of the original series gained the show numerous tributes. For its first three seasons, the show aired on Mondays starting on September 20, 2010, on CBS. With the start of season four, the show was shifted to Fridays. After seven more seasons, Hawaii Five-0 ended on April 3, 2020, with its 240th and final episode.
One of the show’s creators, Peter M. Lenkov, also produced the police dramas MacGyver and Magnum P.I., both of which were remakes of earlier television programs. Hawaii Five-0 has crossover episodes with both of the other two shows, and all three are set in the same fictional world. The “Lenkov-verse” is the name given to the three shows collectively. Through a crossover with NCIS: Los Angeles, the series is also set in the same fictional setting as the NCIS series.
The series follows the activities of the Hawaii Department of Public Safety’s tiny, specialized major crimes task force, which is led by Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett, a US Navy Reserve US Navy SEAL. The task force is given complete immunity and resources and is exclusively responsible to the Governor of Hawaii. The task force is unrestricted and always enjoys the governor’s support. The team can look into crimes like terrorism, kidnapping, murder, and robberies.
17. Justified
The first episode of the American postmodern crime drama television show Justified aired on the FX network on March 16, 2010. It was created by Graham Yost and is based on Elmore Leonard’s works, particularly “Fire in the Hole,” which features the character Raylan Givens. Raylan Givens, a fierce deputy U.S. Marshal implementing his own brand of justice, is portrayed by Timothy Olyphant.
The residents and culture of the Appalachian Mountains region of eastern Kentucky—more especially, Harlan County, where many of the central protagonists grew up—are the focus of the television series. It also includes Lexington, Kentucky, the location of the neighborhood U.S. Marshals office. The 78-episode television series, which broadcast over six seasons, came to an end on April 14, 2015.
Most of Justified’s run was marked by positive reviews, and various publications have placed it among the finest shows of the 2010s. The performances of Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins, as well as the film’s acting, directing, art direction, and narrative, received high accolades. Eight Primetime Emmy nominations for Justified resulted in two victories, one each for Jeremy Davies’ portrayal of Dickie Bennett and Margo Martindale’s role as Mags Bennett.
Olyphant will reprise his role as Raylan Givens in the limited sequel series Justified: City Primeval, which FX announced in January 2022.
16. Castle
Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is a modern-day version of an Old West lawman from the 19th century. His unorthodox approach to upholding the law makes him a target for criminals and a troublemaker in the eyes of his U.S. Marshals Service boss. Givens is transferred to the Eastern District of Kentucky Marshal’s Office in Eastern District of Kentucky, which is situated in Lexington, in response to his contentious but “justifiable” quick-draw shooting of mafia hitman Tommy Bucks in Miami.
This area of responsibility includes Harlan County, where Raylan was born, raised, and thought he had permanently left when he was a young man. The series’ main plot is centered on the love between its two protagonists and their continued investigation into Beckett’s mother’s death. On May 12, 2016, it was revealed that the cast had been let go despite several of them having signed one-year contracts for a prospective ninth season.
15. The Office
The Office is a mock comedy show shot in documentary form, and it follows the daily activities of office workers at the imaginary Dunder Mifflin Paper Company’s Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch. From March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013, a total of nine seasons were broadcast on NBC. Greg Daniels, a seasoned writer for King of the Hill, Saturday Night Live, and The Simpsons, adapted the Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant-created 2001–2003 BBC sitcom of the same name for American television. In collaboration with Universal Television, Daniels’ Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions co-produced it. Merchant, Gervais, Ben Silverman, Howard Klein, and Daniels were the original executive producers; many more were elevated in the following seasons.
In order to replicate the appearance of a real documentary, the series, like its British counterpart, was shot in a single-camera arrangement without a live crowd or a laugh track. 201 episodes of the midseason replacement series were broadcast throughout its run on NBC. The Office’s original primary cast was Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, and B. J. Novak; however, the ensemble cast underwent a number of changes throughout the course of the series. Mindy Kaling, Ed Helms, Craig Robinson, Amy Ryan, James Spader, Catherine Tate, and Ellie Kemper are notable actors who are not part of the original primary cast.
The Office’s brief first season got mixed reviews, but subsequent seasons, and especially Carell’s portrayal, received substantial praise from tv critics as the show’s characters, subject matter, format, and tone significantly departed from the British original. William Henke made several guest appearances on the show.
These seasons were listed among the best TV shows of the year by several critics, and they received numerous honors, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, one for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2006, a Golden Globe Award for Carell’s performance, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Peabody Award in 2006. A drop in quality was seen in the eighth season. However, the ninth and final season finished the series with a largely positive reception, despite the fact that many considered Carell’s leaving in season seven as a significant contributor.
14. Dexter
American criminal drama Dexter was a Showtime television program that ran from October 1, 2006, until September 22, 2013. The Miami-based series centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic expert in dynamic taint analysis for the fictional Miami Metro Police Department who also works a secret second job as a guerilla serial killer who takes down murderers who have not received substantial justice from the legal system due to corruption or procedural irregularities.
The first season of the television show was based on the first novel in a series by Jeff Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004). The pilot episode was written for television by James Manos Jr. Later seasons evolved independently of Lindsay’s works.
As a result of the Writers Guild of America strike in 2007–2008, reruns (cut down to a TV-14 rating) started airing on CBS in February 2008; however, they only aired for one run of the first season. After the first four seasons, which received worldwide acclaim, the series’ popularity began to fall noticeably.
Numerous accolades have been bestowed upon the show, including the two Golden Globes won by actors John Lithgow and Hall for their respective roles as Dexter Morgan and Arthur Mitchell. The season finale of season four was shown on December 13, 2009, to an audience of 2.6 million viewers, setting a new record for Showtime’s most-watched original series episode.
Dexter (Michael C. Hall), who was left orphaned at the age of three after witnessing his mother’s violent chainsaw murder, was adopted by Miami police officer Harry Morgan (James Remar). Harry, who understood the boy’s trauma and how it caused the emergence of his psychopathic traits, persuaded Dexter to use his horrifying bloodlust as a vigilante, killing only evildoers who eluded the legal system.
In order to hide his lengthy list of murders, Dexter joins the Miami Metro Police Department as a forensics researcher specializing in blood spatter pattern analysis. Dexter is very cautious and circumspect; to lessen the danger of being discovered, he employs plastic-wrapped “death rooms” gloves and carves up the corpses before throwing them into the Gulf Stream of the Atlantic Ocean.
13. Bones
Hart Hanson created the American police drama comedy-drama tv show Bones for Fox. It ran for 246 episodes over 12 seasons, from its September 13, 2005, debut to March 28, 2017, when it came to an end. The program centers on a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case file involving the mystery surrounding human remains that FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) brought to Rectitude “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel), a forensic anthropologist. The program is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology. It also looks into the individual’s personal life.
The forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who also produced the show, is the subject of a very loosely based series on her life and novels. Temperance Brennan, the title heroine, is named after the main character of Reichs’ crime novel series. In the Bones universe, Brennan produces popular mystery books with Kathy Reichs, a made-up forensic anthropologist.
Jointly produced by Josephson Entertainment and Far Field Productions, Bones is distributed by 20th Television and produced in cooperation with 20th Century Fox Television. The series is 20th Century Fox Television’s longest-running hour-long drama program.
The show’s premise centers on an association between FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth and forensic scientist Temperance “Bones” Brennan. The Jeffersonian Institute Medico-Legal Lab is a fictional federal organization that works with the FBI. Brennan is the main character and team leader there. This represents the past interactions between FBI agents and Smithsonian Institution researchers. The Washington, D.C.-based program centers on resolving federal court cases by investigating the skeletal remains of potential murder victims. Despite the fact that the bulk of their cases is in the greater Washington metro region, they have been asked to look into situations in other states and occasionally even other countries like Iran and Mexico.
12. Criminal Minds
Jeff Davis is the creator and producer of the American television drama series Criminal Minds. The show debuted on CBS on September 22, 2005, and after initially ending on February 19, 2020, it was brought back in 2022. It focuses on a group of criminal profilers who are employed by the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). The squad investigates crimes using behavioral analysis and profiling to identify the “unsub,” or unknown subject, as they refer to perpetrators. The television show shows the team’s progress through various cases and internal difficulties.
Throughout its 15-year run, Criminal Minds consistently ranked among the network’s most-watched shows, turning into a rating success for CBS. The show gained so much popularity that there have been numerous media franchises, including a digital game and also a South Korean adaptation. The program received a renewal for its sixteenth and last season, which would consist of ten episodes and air from January 8 through February 19, 2020.
After its two spin-off shows, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, which had already been canceled due to low ratings, it was the last installment in the franchise to come to an end. Criminal Minds: Evolution, the show’s sixteenth season, debuted on Paramount+ in November 2022. Paramount+ also placed an order for a potential true-crime docuseries called The Real Criminal Minds.
In the show, a team of criminal profilers who work for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) tries to solve crimes by employing behavioral analysis and profiling to identify the unsub (unknown subject). Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner and later Emily Prentiss oversee the unit.
The squad featured Jason Gideon, the BAU’s founder and the finest profiler in the Bureau; Derek Morgan, a former Chicago Police officer and authority on obsessional crimes; and others. David Rossi, one of the founding BAU agents who is also an expert in criminal profiling; Elle Greenway, a specialist in sex crimes; Jennifer Jareau (JJ), the team’s communications liaison who subsequently becomes a profiler; Spencer Reid, a specialist in geographic profiling; FBI agent Ashley Seaver, a rookie; The team includes languages specialist Alex Blake, veteran covert agent Kate Callahan, forensic psychologist Tara Lewis, fugitive tracker Luke Alvez who joins as a profiler, counterintelligence specialist Stephen Walker, and experienced profiler Matt Simmons.
11. Grimm
Stephen Carpenter, Jim Kouf, and David Greenwalt conceived the fictional crime drama television series Grimm, which Universal Television produced for NBC. Over six seasons, the show broadcasted 123 episodes from October 28, 2011, to March 31, 2017. The story of the television show centers on Portland murder investigator Nicholas Burkhardt (played by David Giuntoli), who learns that he is a Grimm, the most recent in a line of protectors sworn to maintain harmony between people and mythical beings known as Wesen.
Originally intended for CBS, Grimm was never finished because of the 2007–2008 writers’ strike. The show changed networks in January 2011. Although other stories and characters also served as inspiration for the show, it has been called “a cop drama—with a twist” and “a dark and surreal production about a universe in which individuals based on Grimms’ Fairy Tales exist. Critics’ first responses to the show were split, but as it persisted, they began to consider it more admiringly. Grimm’s sixth and last season began on January 6, 2017, and ended on March 31, 2017.
10. Lost
Created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams, and Damon Lindelof, Lost is an American science fiction drama television show that ran on ABC from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010, spanning six seasons and 121 episodes. The show, which has elements of supernatural fiction, centers on the survivors of a commercial jet airplane that crashed on an unidentified island in the South Pacific Ocean while flying between Sydney and Los Angeles. Most episodes include the main plot that takes place on the island, supplemented with flashback or flashforward scenes that reveal more about the individuals.
Along with Abrams and Bryan Burk, Lindelof and Carlton Cuse serve as the show’s executive producers and showrunners. The show is extremely serialized and was influenced by the 2000 Tom Hanks movie Cast Away. The series was one of the most extravagant on air, with the pilot alone totaling over $14 million, due to its big ensemble cast and the expense of filming mostly on-site in Oahu, Hawaii. Brad William Henke has a recurring role in the series and was seen in numerous episodes of Lost. A number of linked works, most notably a collection of brief mini-episodes dubbed Missing Pieces and a 12-minute finale titled “The New Man in Charge,” contributed to the fictitious world and mythology of Lost.
The first season opens with an aircraft accident and the survivors of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 being stranded on what appears to be an isolated tropical island. Their boss is a spinal surgeon named Jack Shephard. Polar bears, the “Smoke Monster,” an enigmatic jungle beast, and the evil residents of the island known as “The Others” are just a few of the enigmatic entities that threaten their life. They come across Danielle Rousseau, a Frenchwoman who was wrecked on the island sixteen years before the main plot and is anxious to hear from her daughter, Alex.
9. Royal Pains
From 2009 until 2016, the USA Network broadcasted the American comedy-drama series Royal Pains. Partly on true concierge medicine methods of independent doctors and businesses, the series was based.
The show centers on Hank Lawson, a youthful emergency room physician who moves to the Hamptons and reluctantly accepts house calls from the affluent and famous after being erroneously held responsible for the death of a significant patient. He finds himself straddling the line between looking out for himself and looking out for others when the hospital administration wants him to treat the less fortunate residents of the community.
8. CSI: Miami
Crime Scene Investigation: Miami is a police procedural drama that aired on CBS from September 2002 to April 2012 in the United States. It is a straightforward spin-off of Crime Scene Investigation (CSI), starring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Adam Rodriguez as Detective Eric Delko, and Emily Procter as Detective Calleigh Duquesne, “transplants the same template and trickery of murky crimes, step by step plot progress, and snazzy visuals while maintaining the soul of the authentic idea.” of Crime Scene Investigation.
Ann Donahue served as the showrunner for CSI: Miami, which was executive produced by Anthony E. Zuiker and Carol Mendelsohn. After ten seasons and 232 episodes, the series came to an end on April 8, 2012. CSI: Miami was cited by Nina Tassler as a “major role in CBS’s ascension to the top” after the series finale, adding that the show “leaves an outstanding broadcast heritage signature look and style global fame.” Brad William Henke has a recurring role in the series. According to a 2006 BBC News story, CSI: Miami was the most-watched television program worldwide in 2005, appearing in more nations’ top ten lists than any other program.
In CSI: Miami, a team of detectives working for the elite Crime Scene Investigations division of the Miami-Dade Police Department is followed. This division is based on the show’s fictional “Miami Dade police headquarters, with its strange blue light and shimmering screens.”
Lieutenant Horatio Caine (David Caruso), who has experience in bomb disposal and a specialized understanding of explosive forensics, is the team’s leader. Horatio has the view that “evil is” and that he lives “between the doers of this evil and the individuals who try to provide a barrier between that evil and the citizen.” He has demonstrated that “he can handle himself on the ground and he’s not someone to be messed with” through his pursuit of justice.
7. Split
The 2016 American psychological thriller movie Split was written, produced, and directed by M. Featuring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The smash movie centers on a dissociative identity disorder sufferer who kidnaps and holds three young girls captive in a remote underground facility.
The movie had its world premiere on September 26, 2016, at Fantastic Fest, and Universal Pictures distributed it in the US on January 20, 2017. The reviews were overwhelmingly favorable; they praised McAvoy’s acting and applauded Shyamalan’s directing. The movie received criticism from certain mental health advocates for its stigmatization of mental illness. On a $9 million budget, Split achieved a worldwide revenue of $278 million in sales.
With assistance from his therapist, Dr. Karen Fletcher, Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man with dissociative identity disorder (DID) brought on by his experience of trauma and abandonment as a child, has successfully managed to live with his 23 different identities for a number of years.
The most powerful alter, “Barry,” has been in charge of choosing which personality types get to handle Kevin’s body, and for some time now, he has not given permission “To Dennis” or “Patricia” to have a turn because the former has the propensity to harass young girls and the latter has a belief in a mysterious entity called “The Beast” who intends to purge the world of the “depraved,” that is, those who have not suffered. After asking “Dennis” about an event in which Dennis was upset when two adolescent girls placed their hands on their breasts while he was intoxicated, Dr. Fletcher becomes concerned when she learns that “Dennis” has been acting as “Barry” throughout their sessions.
6. Law and Order
Beginning on September 13, 1990, and concluding on May 24, 2010, Law & Order spent its entire run on NBC. After an 11-year break, NBC announced on September 28, 2021, that the show would return for the 21st season, which debuted on February 24, 2022. Sam Waterston and Anthony Anderson, who previously played the characters of Detective Kevin Bernard and District Attorney Jack McCoy, respectively, returned for the revival. On May 10, 2022, NBC renewed the show for a 22nd season, which debuted on September 22, 2022. Brad William Henke has a recurring role in the series Law and Order.
In the first half-hour of the series, which is staged and shot in New York City, detectives from the New York City Police Department dig into a crime (typically a murder) and capture a suspect; inside the latter, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office indicts the accused. Plots sometimes are based on genuine cases that have recently made headlines, even though the motive again for crime and the perpetrator may differ.
5. Life On Mars
The British science fiction crime drama television series Life on Mars, which initially broadcast on ABC from October 9, 2008, to April 1, 2009, has been adapted into an American version. It is a remake of the BBC’s award-winning original British series of the same name. 20th Television, ABC Signature, and Kudos Film and Television all contributed to the co-production of the show.
Sam Tyler, a New York City police officer who was hit by a car in 2008 and regained consciousness in 1973, is the main character of the television show. Jason O’Mara plays Sam Tyler in it. The series straddled several genres, combining thriller, science fiction, and police procedural, and its core plot remained murky, with the protagonist himself unsure of his circumstances.
He lives with Detective Maya Daniels, his girlfriend, and partner who is assigned to the NYPD, at the start of the episode in 2008. To Tyler’s dismay, a murderer they are looking into abducts Maya. Tyler is confused and struck by another following speeding police car as he walks down the street while reacting to a radio call. He reawakens at the same location in the year 1973, dressed as a civilian of the time, clutching a card that matches his badge and a vintage car, a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle. Amazingly, he is parked in view of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
When he returns to his precinct house, he finds a strange police squad from the early 1970s, complete with rotary phones, reel-to-reel recording devices, and typewriters, as well as a culture that he compares to being on another planet. The investigators, however, have been anticipating him because they believe he is a transfer from a location called “Hyde.” He is given the nickname “Spaceman” because of his confusion and frequent references to things from the future, but he ends up being a valuable member of the team.
4. October Road
A drama television program from America is called October Road. On March 15, 2007, it made its ABC debut, immediately following Grey’s Anatomy. It centers on Nick Garrett (played by former One Tree Hill actor Bryan Greenberg), who, ten years after leaving, goes back to his hometown of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts, a made-up place. Both the sitcom and the 1996 film Beautiful Girls were written by Scott Rosenberg and are set in the same fictional world.
The show is created by ABC Studios and GroupM Entertainment, a collaboration of media companies under the WPP Group. GroupM Entertainment provided funding for the show in exchange for ABC advertising time. The series’ creators, André Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, and Josh Appelbaum, not only act as executive producers but also serve as creators of the program.
Ten years ago, Nick Garrett (Bryan Greenberg) set off on a short vacation to backpack through Europe, but the trip continued for ten years. He left behind his family, best friend Eddie (Geoff Stults), and girlfriend Hannah (Laura Prepon). In New York City, Garrett is now a well-known author and screenwriter. Garrett has difficulty writing his next story because of the celebrations, social events, and gorgeous loft-style apartment he lives in. His agency arranges for him to conduct a one-day writing session at the nearby college in his charming Massachusetts hometown of Knights Ridge.
Despite the warm reception he receives from his family and the majority of his friends, Nick finds the excitement isn’t entirely reciprocated. Because Sam, Hannah’s 10-year-old kid, is so young, Nick wonders if Sam is actually Nick’s biological son. Nick’s abandonment of their business ambitions and his portrayal of Eddie as a fool in his book have angered Eddie. Others are equally angry about what Nick said about the community in his book. Nick will quickly discover that returning home will need a significant amount of adjustment and that nothing will ever be the same again.
3. Going To California
An American dramedy television program called Going to California was produced for Showtime and aired from 2001 to 2002. As Henry “Hank” Ungalow and Kevin “Space” Lauglin, two buddies taking a cross-country road trip, it stars Sam Trammell and Brad William Henke. What occurred to Space and Hank during their pit stops and delays on the road to California was the main subject of the presentation. In addition to directing, John Mallory Asher also portrayed the systematic character Insect Bob. “No map. No plan. No rules. No going back,” read the tagline.
Despite favorable reviews, it was canceled in 2002 after 20 episodes and has never been released on DVD. In 2007, the show’s creator Scott Rosenberg made a comeback with October Road, which had been partially based on Going to California; Evan Jones returned as Ikey, and a new actor played Eddie Latekka, while Brad William Henke and Sean Gunn were seen in new character portrayals. Baggo was mentioned but not actually seen. Both shows included Bishop Flats as a setting.
2. The Bridge
Based on the Danish-Swedish television series Bron/Broen, The Bridge is an American crime thriller that was produced by Meredith Stiehm and Elwood Reid and shown on the FX network. Demián Bichir and Diane Kruger play the main characters in the show, with Brad William Henke, Annabeth Gish, Matthew Lillard, Emily Rios, Thomas M. Wright, and Ted Levine playing minor characters. There are two seasons and a total of 13 episodes in the entire series. The American television show premiered on FX on July 10, 2013, and on October 1, 2014, the series finale aired. Both English and Spanish were used in the development of the program.
In the American adaptation, a dead person found on the Bridge of the Americas, which connects El Paso and Juárez, brings along Sonya Cross, portrayed by Kruger who is an El Paso detective who is coached by Hank Wade, played by Levine, and a State police officer from Chihuahua, Marco Ruiz played by Bichir. The examination by the reporters of El Paso, Daniel Frye (Lillard), and Adriana Mendez, is paralleled in the storyline. The show was well-received by critics and enjoyed a successful run. The show’s modest audience from the first season plummeted by 42% by the second, and it was decided not to renew it for a third.
When an American judge with anti-immigration views is uncovered dead on the bridge connecting Texas with Mexico, endangering both countries along the Texas-Chihuahua border, two police detectives, one Mexican and one American team up to find the serial killer operating in both nations. Detective Sonya from El Paso Department collaborates with Detective Marco Ruiz of the Chihuahua State Police, who is familiar with the murky dynamics of Mexican law enforcement. Cross, who has undiagnosed Asperger’s syndrome or a related autistic spectrum disease and a by-the-book mindset regarding the job, doesn’t like Ruiz’s do whatever it takes attitude.
1. Sneaky Pete
David Shore and Bryan Cranston are the creators of the American criminal drama series Sneaky Pete. The show centers around Marius Josipovi (Giovanni Ribisi), a recently freed prisoner who assumes the persona of Pete Murphy in order to conceal his former self. Margo Martindale, Michael Drayer, Brad William Henke, Peter Gerety, Shane McRae, and Libe Barer are all featured in the show. On August 7, 2015, the pilot aired, and in September, a full series order was made. Early in 2016, Shore left the production, and Graham Yost took over as executive producer and screenwriter for the final nine episodes. On January 13, 2017, the full first season made its exclusive debut on Amazon Prime Video.
The second season of Sneaky Pete was ordered by Amazon on January 19, 2017, and it premiered on March 9, 2018. A third season of the show was ordered by Amazon on July 28, 2018, and it premiered on May 10, 2019. After three seasons, Amazon canceled the show on June 4, 2019.
With nowhere else to turn, Marius hides from his past by making the assumption of the identity of his cellmate, Pete, and then “meets up” with Pete’s long-lost family — who have no reasonable grounds to suspect he is not their long-lost loved one. Sneaky Pete follows Marius, a scam artist who gets out of jail only to find himself being pursued by the vicious gangster he once robbed.
