wanted to do a cop show with no

When Barry Levinson, director of Diner (1982) and Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), approached writer and producer Tom Fontana – who had a background in television and theatre – to help him bring the book to the screen, he told him he wanted to do a cop show with no car chases and gun battles. "It seemed like such a crazy idea, such a challenge, that I totally embraced it," says Fontana.