TV series
Boomtown
Overview
Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.
Details
- First air date
- 2002-09-29
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 24 episodes
- Genres
- Mystery, Drama, Action & Adventure
- Network
- NBC
- Production
- Nemofilms, DreamWorks Television, NBC Studios
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Joel Stevens
- Neal McDonough as Assistant District Attorney David McNorris
- Mykelti Williamson as Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith
- Gary Basaraba as Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
- Lana Parrilla as Teresa Ortiz, paramedic in season one, rookie police officer in season two
- Jason Gedrick as Police Department Police Officer II Tom Turcotte
- Nina Garbiras as Andrea Little, a reporter (season one)
- Megan Ward as Kelly Stevens
- Vanessa Williams as Detective Katherine Pierce
- Dorian Harewood as Captain Ronald Hicks
- Chase Ellison as Willie Stevens
- Kelly Rowan as Marian McNorris
Creators and crew
- Graham Yost - Creator
- Graham Yost - Executive Producer
- Jon Avnet - Executive Producer
- Graham Yost - Producer
- Jon Avnet - Producer
- Fred Golan - Producer
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