APB (TV series)

APB
Genre
Created by David Slack
Based on "Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans?" (article) by David Amsden
Developed by Matt Nix
Starring Justin Kirk
Natalie Martinez
Caitlin Stasey
Taylor Handley
Ernie Hudson
Composer(s) Jon Ehrlich
Jason Derlatka
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Matt Nix
Robert Friedman
Todd Hoffman
Dennis Kim
David Slack
Len Wiseman
Trey Callaway
Producer(s) Margot Lulick
Location(s) Chicago, Illinois
Cinematography Glenn Keenan
Bart Tau
Editor(s) Andrew Coutts
Brandon Lott
Jimmy Hill
Pietro Cecchini
Running time 43 minutes
Production company(s) Bungalow Media + Entertainment
Sketch Films
Flying Glass of Milk Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Distributor 20th Television
Release
Original network Fox
Original release February 6 (2017-02-06) – April 24, 2017 (2017-04-24)
Website www.fox.com/apb

APB (short for "all-points-bulletin") is an American procedural drama that aired on Fox from February 6, to April 24, 2017.[1][2] A first trailer was released on May 16, 2016.[3]

On May 11, 2017, Fox cancelled the series after one season.[4]

Plot

A tech billionaire is given control over a Chicago Police district, hoping to close the file of a murder of a close friend and his company's CFO. The story is loosely based on the New York Times Magazine article "Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans?".[5][6]

Opening Introduction:

“ A maverick billionaire, Gideon Reeves, touched by tragedy, takes on the biggest engineering challenge of his career, to revolutionize a police force and save a city. ”

Cast

Main

Recurring

Production

Development

Fox ordered the pilot of David Slack's police procedural about a tech billionaire who purchases a troubled police precinct.[7] Matt Nix was hired to take over as showrunner on March 24, 2016.[8][9]

Casting

On February 12, 2016, Natalie Martinez was cast as Theresa Murphy.[10] On February 22, 2016, Caitlin Stasey was cast as Ada Hamilton.[11] On March 1, 2016, Taylor Handley was cast as Officer Roderick Brandt.[12] On March 11, 2016, Justin Kirk and Eric Winter were cast as Gideon Reeves and Sgt. Tom Murphy respectively.[13][14] On March 15, 2016, Ernie Hudson was cast as Capt. Ed Conrad.[15]

Filming

Filming was temporarily shut down when Slack left the show over creative differences sometime before March 25, 2016, as Nix is now in charge.[8][9][16] Fox announced that season one of the show would be shot in Chicago on May 11, 2016, and shortly thereafter, Trey Callaway was announced as co-showrunner of the series with Nix.[17]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Hard Reset"Len WisemanStory by : David Slack
Teleplay by : David Slack & Matt Nix		February 6, 2017 (2017-02-06)1AZS016.10[18]
After witnessing the murder of Elliot Sully, his CFO and friend, genius billionaire Gideon Reeves of Reeves Industries takes charge of the troubled Chicago Police 13th District and upgrades it with his company's latest technology, notably by creating the APB app that allows citizens to immediately alert the police to a crime. With the aid of patrol cop Officer Theresa Murphy, Reeves also sets out to bring justice to his friend by finding his killer.
2"Personal Matters"Duane ClarkTrey Callaway & Matt NixFebruary 13, 2017 (2017-02-13)1AZS024.53[19]
Newly promoted Murphy gets her first case as a detective with Gideon on a ride-along. They run into a pharmacy robbery and a young girl gets seriously injured. Gideon modifies the police force's motorcycles to go faster in order to outpace and capture the thief, who happens to be a race car driver by profession. Later, Detective Murphy finds out that her ex-husband, Scott, is head of the mayor's task force to take down Gideon's plans for the 13th District.
3"Hate of Comrades"Oz ScottTony CamerinoFebruary 20, 2017 (2017-02-20)1AZS043.75[20]
The 13th District responds to a call from Murphy's friend, Linc, a retired cop turned security guard who used the APB app before he was killed by five jewelry thieves armed with AR-15s. When they capture one suspect who doesn't give up any information, Gideon redesigns a chair that uses biometric feedback sensors to measure stress levels and tests it in the interrogation room. The jewelry store robbery is discovered to be the first step in a robbery of an armored truck full of money. This is later averted when the bomb that the robbers were carrying detonated thanks to a hacker friend of Ada's doing her a favor, unbeknownst to Gideon and the police force.
4"Signal Loss"Ami Canaan MannKrystal Houghton ZivFebruary 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)1AZS033.36[21]
When Brandt goes undercover to collar an illegal weapons dealer (Tim Griffin) who has been supplying armor-piercing bullets to the drug dealing community, a problem arises with how to get a wire into the meeting. Gideon proposes they use a material embedded with extremely fine wiring to fabricate a jacket, thus making the entire jacket a transmitter. Meanwhile, Murphy's ex-husband Scott interviews Officer Reyes, who was shot during one of Gideon's first days running the 13th.
5"Above & Beyond"John PutchChristal HenryMarch 6, 2017 (2017-03-06)1AZS053.53[22]
A fellow MIT grad goes to great lengths to get a meeting with Gideon, hoping that he and the officers of the 13th can take down the people dealing a dangerous new synthetic drug that has harmed his daughter. Things get complicated when the man tries to take the law into his own hands. Meanwhile, Scott ramps up his investigation into the sketchy procedures used by Gideon and the 13th.
6"Daddy's Home"Darnell MartinIngrid EscajedaMarch 13, 2017 (2017-03-13)1AZS103.25[23]
Gideon's con man father Joe (John Heard) gets in trouble with a mobster and turns to his son for help in exchange for aiding the 13th precinct in their takedown of the crime family. Meanwhile, Brandt and Goss try to collar a highly successful teenage auto thief.
7"Risky Business"Craig SiebelsCarly SotterasMarch 20, 2017 (2017-03-20)1AZS062.88[24]
Gideon is the keynote speaker at the Windy City Tech Summit, where he is joined by Lauren (Kim Raver), the CEO of Reeves Industries. While Lauren is concerned that the 13th Precinct is just another one of Gideon's expensive "hobbies," evidence surfaces that Gideon may be the target of a murderer who has already killed once to gain an all-access pass to the summit. Meanwhile, Brandt and Goss deal with a suicidal young man, both divulging secrets in order to save him.
8"Fueling Fires"Eriq La SalleTrey Callaway & Nick HawthorneMarch 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)1AZS072.79[25]
Lauren presents Gideon with the idea of "APB Prime", a security system they can sell to the broader public. Meanwhile, a series of arsons that appear to be related to gang wars turn out to be something entirely different. At a shareholders meeting where Gideon is expected to reveal the billions that APB Prime can earn the company, he shocks Lauren and his audience by stating the only numbers he's interested in are Chicago's crime statistics, which he intends to drastically reduce.
9"Last Train to Europa"Matt Earl BeesleyMatt PittsApril 3, 2017 (2017-04-03)1AZS082.63[26]
When an FBI informant working within a drug cartel is feared to be dead on a boat that sunk in Lake Michigan, Gideon retrieves a $50 million submersible device he developed in the past to explore the wreckage. The dead body aboard turns out to be a cartel member, so now the team must work to keep their informant safe from the wrath of the cartel leader. Working with the FBI also offers Gideon a way to keep Lauren and his investors happy. Meanwhile, Danny Ragabi (Ty Olwin), a hacker from Ada's past now known as DV8, has plans to disrupt the work of the 13th Precinct, as he believes Gideon is creating a police state.
10"Strange Bedfellows"Jeffrey HuntMo MasiApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)1AZS092.86[27]
A serial rapist has acted in Captain Conrad's old neighborhood, and the drug dealer whose crew now runs the neighborhood wants to dole out his own brand of justice. Conrad, Murphy and Gideon try to find ways the police and community can work together to expose and collar the rapist. Elsewhere, Ada works against the clock to protect herself and the 13th from DV8's schemes.
11"Pandora's Box"Guy Norman BeeMatt Nix & Jorge RiveraApril 17, 2017 (2017-04-17)1AZS112.73[28]
Despite Ada's threats, DV8 takes on Gideon and the 13th. While working with Gideon to corner DV8's team, Murphy discovers her boss is indeed working on a high tech surveillance system that violates citizens' 4th Amendment rights.
12"Ricochet"Duane ClarkTrey Callaway & Matt NixApril 24, 2017 (2017-04-24)1AZS122.72[29]
When Gideon is blamed for recent terrorist attacks, he and Capt. Conrad attempt to track down the real culprit. DV8 continues to use his technological skills to disrupt the city. The FBI arrives at the 13th to arrest Ada for violating her release agreement, while Gideon and Murphy race the clock when they learn DV8 has targeted city hall.

Broadcast

Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on FOX8 on February 16, 2017.[30] In New Zealand, it debuted on February 27 on TV One.

Home media release

Name DVD Release Discs
APB: The Complete Series Pending TBA

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 35% approval rating with a 4.46/10 out of 20 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "APB's reliance on high-tech gadgets at the expense of high-stakes drama makes it a cutting-edge police procedural not worth watching."[31] Also, the review aggregator website Metacritic gave the series "mixed or average reviews" with a score of 45 (out of 100) based on 18 critics.[32]

Ratings

No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Hard Reset" February 6, 2017 1.5/5 6.10[18] 0.7 2.42 2.2 8.52[33]
2 "Personal Matters" February 13, 2017 1.0/4 4.53[19] N/A N/A N/A N/A
3 "Hate of Comrades" February 20, 2017 0.8/3 3.75[20] N/A 1.99 N/A 5.74[34]
4 "Signal Loss" February 27, 2017 0.8/3 3.36[21] N/A N/A N/A N/A
5 "Above & Beyond" March 6, 2017 0.8/3 3.53[22] 0.5 1.82 1.3 5.25[35]
6 "Daddy's Home" March 13, 2017 0.7/3 3.25[23] 0.5 1.74 1.2 5.00[36]
7 "Risky Business" March 20, 2017 0.7/2 2.88[24] N/A 1.73 N/A 4.61[37]
8 "Fueling Fires" March 27, 2017 0.6/2 2.79[25] 0.4 1.57 1.0 4.35[38]
9 "Last Train to Europa" April 3, 2017 0.6/2 2.63[26] N/A 1.46 N/A 4.09[39]
10 "Strange Bedfellows" April 10, 2017 0.6/2 2.86[27] 0.4 1.50 1.0 4.36[40]
11 "Pandora's Box" April 17, 2017 0.6/2 2.73[28] 0.4 1.53 1.0 4.25[41]
12 "Ricochet" April 24, 2017 0.7/3 2.72[29] TBD TBD TBD TBD

See also

References

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