The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department (MPDC).

Premise

The District was inspired by real-life experience of former New York Deputy Police Commissioner Jack Maple. Along with Police Commissioner William Bratton they had reorganized the NYPD and one of the achievements was the CompStat program (comparative statistics) since 1994 that has its own major role in the TV series. After the success in New York the CompStat program has really been adapted by other cities however Jack Maple himself chose to publish his experiences - along with Chris Mitchell he wrote a book ("The Crime Fighter", 2000) and along with Terry George he prepared a TV series concept. His impact on the story line is limited for he died of colon cancer on August 4, 2001.

Primary filming was in Los Angeles, with some location shooting in Washington.

Main Cast

• Craig T. Nelson as Chief Jack Mannion
• Lynne Thigpen as Ella Mae Farmer (2000-2003)
• Roger Aaron Brown as Deputy Chief Joe Noland
• Sean Patrick Thomas as Officer/Detective Temple Page
• Elizabeth Marvel as Officer/Detective Nancy Parras
• Jonathan LaPaglia as Detective Kevin Debreno (2001-2004)
• Justin Theroux as Nick Pierce (2000-2002)
• David O'Hara as Detective Danny McGregor (2000-2001)
• Jayne Brook as Deputy Mayor Mary Ann Mitchell (2000-2001)
• Christopher B. Duncan as Sgt. Ray Cutter (2001-2004)

Recurring Guests

• Jaclyn Smith as Vanessa Cavanaugh (2002 -2004)
• John Amos as Mayor Ethan Baker (2000-2001)
• Wayne Duvall as Sgt. Phil Brander
• In 2001, Jean Smart was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series" for her performance as "Sherry Regan".
• On March 12, 2003, original cast member Lynne Thigpen died at her Marina del Rey, California home of a cerebral hemorrhage. The show paid tribute to her character in the third season finale.

Main Crew Members

Directors

• Christopher Taylor
• David Jackson (5 episodes, 2001-2003)
• Kevin Dowling (4 episodes, 2001-2003)
• Jerry Levine (4 episodes, 2001-2003)
• Terry George (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
• Deran Sarafian (3 episodes, 2001-2003)
• James Chory (3 episodes, 2002-2003)
• Oz Scott (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Jim Charleston (2 episodes, 2002-2003)
• Craig T. Nelson (2 episodes, 2002-2003)
• Pam Veasey (2 episodes, 2002-2003)
• Sharron Miller (1 episode, 2002)
• Blake T. Evans (unknown episodes)
• Joe Ann Fogle (unknown episodes)
• Rick Rosenthal (unknown episodes)
• Sandy Smolan

Writers

• Linda Gase [69880]
• Sadhbh Walshe
• Peter M. Lenkov
• Pam Veasey (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Bruce Zimmerman (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Anthony Sparks (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Jasmine Love (2 episodes, 2003)
• John Wirth (2 episodes, 2003)
• Jonathan Lisco (1 episode, 2003)
• Terry George
• Jack Maple
• Hans Beimler [69881]
• Michael Daly
• Andrew Dettmann [69882]
• Tom Horn [69883]
• Aaron Iverson
• Lynn Marie Latham
• Greggory Nations
• Craig T. Nelson
• Brigid O'Connor Maple
• Alan Ormsby [69884]
• Michael Ostrowski [69885]
• Frederick Rappaport (Creative Consultant) [69886]
• Tom Spezialy
• Reed Steiner [69887]
• Jason Wilborn

Producers

• Pam Veasey .... co-executive producer / executive producer (66 episodes, 2001-2004)
• Hans Beimler .... co-executive producer (23 episodes, 2000-2001)
• Peter M. Lenkov .... co-executive producer (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Bruce Zimmerman .... supervising producer (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Craig T. Nelson .... co-executive producer (2 episodes, 2002-2004)
• Denise Di Novi .... executive producer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• David Fallon .... co-producer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Patricia Green .... consulting producer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Geoffrey Hemwall .... co-producer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Tom Irvine .... producer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Cleve Landsberg .... co-producer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Jonathan Lisco .... co-producer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Oz Scott .... supervising producer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Tom Spezialy .... co-executive producer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Linda Gase .... co-producer (unknown episodes, 2001)
• Alicia Hirsch .... co-producer (unknown episodes, 2002)
• James Chory .... executive producer / producer (unknown episodes, 2003)
• P. Todd Coe .... co-producer (unknown episodes)
• Terry George .... executive producer (unknown episodes)
• Joel Hatch .... line producer: DC unit (unknown episodes)
• Jake Jacobson .... co-producer (unknown episodes)
• Lynn Marie Latham .... executive producer
• Dean White .... co-producer
• John Wirth

Ratings

Awards/Nominations

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