The District

This article is about a television program. For the place, see Washington, D.C. For all other uses, see The District (disambiguation).

The District
Cast
Created by	Terry George Jack Maple
Starring	Craig T. Nelson Lynne Thigpen Jayne Brook Roger A. Brown Sean Patrick Thomas Justin Theroux David O'Hara Elizabeth Marvel Jonathan LaPaglia
Composer(s)	Michael Hoenig
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	89 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Denise Di Novi Terry George Lynn Marie Latham
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Di Novi Pictures Studios USA Television (2000–2002) (seasons 1-2) Universal Network Television (2002–2004) (seasons 3-4) CBS Productions
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Surround 2.0
Original release	October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07) – May 1, 2004 (2004-05-01)

The District is an American crime drama and police procedural television series 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.

Premise

Former Newark, New Jersey, Police Commissioner and New York Transit police officer Jack Mannion is hired as the commissioner of the bureaucracy-laden Washington, D.C. police force. Together with his detectives and allies he must fight crime as well as internal corruption and the powers of Congress in order to reorganize and renovate the force.

Production

The District was inspired by the real-life experience of former New York City Deputy Police Commissioner Jack Maple. Along with Police Commissioner William Bratton he had reorganized the NYPD and one of the achievements was the CompStat program (comparative statistics); which since 1994 has its own major role in the TV series. After the success in New York the CompStat program has 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 storyline after season 1 was limited as he died of colon cancer on August 4, 2001.

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

Episodes

Main article: List of The District episodes

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	23		October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)	May 19, 2001 (2001-05-19)
	2	22		September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)	May 18, 2002 (2002-05-18)
	3	22		September 28, 2002 (2002-09-28)	May 17, 2003 (2003-05-17)
	4	22		September 27, 2003 (2003-09-27)	May 1, 2004 (2004-05-01)

Cast and characters

Main

Character	Actor	Seasons
		1	2	3	4
Chief Jack Mannion	Craig T. Nelson	Main
Nick Pierce	Justin Theroux	Main	Recurring
Deputy Mayor Mary Ann Mitchell	Jayne Brook	Main		Guest
Deputy Chief Joe Noland	Roger Aaron Brown	Main
Ella Mae Farmer	Lynne Thigpen	Main
Detective Danny McGregor	David O'Hara	Main
Officer/Detective Temple Page	Sean Patrick Thomas	Main
Officer/Detective Nancy Parras	Elizabeth Marvel	Main
Detective Kevin Debreno	Jonathan LaPaglia		Main

Recurring

Character	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4
Det. Sherry Regan	Jean Smart
Sgt. Phil Brander	Wayne Duvall
U.S. Attorney Bruce Logan	Richard Fancy
Ricky Alvarez	Segun Ajaga	William Turner		N/A
Helen York	Michelle Forbes	N/A
Mayor Ethan Baker	John Amos	N/A
Kendall Truman	Kristen Wilson		N/A
Sgt. Ray Cutter	N/A	Christopher B. Duncan
Clive Rodgers	N/A	Gregory Alan Williams
Ferris Gluck	N/A	Rita S. Jett
Attorney General Troy Hatch	N/A		Ving Rhames	N/A
Melinda Lockhart	N/A		Kelly Rutherford	N/A
Carol Bodine	N/A		Carol Bodine	N/A
Mayor Morgan Douglas	N/A		Joseph C. Phillips
Vanessa Cavanaugh	N/A		Jaclyn Smith
Maria Rodriguez	N/A		Alexandra Barreto
Gwen Hendrix	N/A			Vanessa Bell Calloway

Cast notes

• 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, Thigpen died of a cerebral hemorrhage in her Marina del Rey, California, home. The show's third-season finale had a tribute to her character.

Ratings

Season		U.S. ratings	Network	Rank
1	2000-01	12.7 million	CBS	#35
2	2001-02	10.3 million	CBS	#49
3	2002-03	9.8 million	CBS	#60
4	2003-04	9.0 million	CBS	#65

Note: Throughout The District's entire run it was aired in a Saturday night timeslot.

International broadcasts

• In Australia, The District aired on the Nine Network in late night slots throughout its run.
• In Bulgaria, the first two seasons aired on Nova Television. The whole series was aired on AXN with subtitles and later on AXN Crime. Later Fox Crime repeated the first two seasons and the dub was rerecorded with the same actors. The third season started in October 2010.
• In Sweden, The District airs Monday through Thursday at 12:30am on TV4.
• In Poland, The District aired on the Universal Channel.
• In Germany, The District airs on VOX.
• In the United Kingdom, it airs on CBS Action. It was also previously broadcast in late night slots on ITV1.
• In Serbia, it aired on Radio Television of Serbia.
• In Slovenia, it aired on the now defunct Prva TV, later it aired on Fox Life (Bulgaria & Balkans region).
• In Jamaica, The District airs on CVM TV, every Thursday At approx. 12:00 a.m. as of April 2012.
• In Romania it aired on TVR1 and TVR2
• In Italy it aired on Rai 2 on November 29, 2004 and replayed on La7 on May 25, 2009.
• In France, The District airs on France 2 (Washington Police)

External links

• The District on IMDb
• The District at TV.com
• USA Network site (Archived copy)
• CBS Network site (Archived copy)