Crime Story is an American television series that began in 1986 and lasted two seasons on NBC. It was created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson. Michael Mann, the director and executive producer of Miami Vice, took on the role of executive producer of Crime Story. Over 30 million people tuned in to witness the show's two-hour pilot, which was based on a movie that had previously played in theaters. On Friday nights after Miami Vice, it continued to draw record audiences. In response to the show's declining ratings, NBC shifted it to Tuesdays at 10 p.m. opposite ABC's Moonlighting, which resulted in its demise after only two seasons. The series, which took place in the early 1960s before the Beatles, focused on the rivalry between Lt. Mike Torello and mobster Ray Luca. A special Organized Crime Strike Force led by Torello hunted down Luca, who had begun out as a street thug in Chicago before being "made" by the Chicago Outfit and then deployed to Las Vegas to watch their casinos. In Chicago's "The Patch," or "Little Sicily," or "Little Italy," Ted Kehoe, Torello, and Luca all grew up in the Forty-Two Gang's haunt. Serialized storytelling, rather than episodic storytelling, was the show's unique selling point, attracting both praise and controversy from critics and viewers alike.
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Crime Story is an American television series that began in 1986 and lasted two seasons on NBC. It was created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson. Michael Mann, the director and executive producer of Miami Vice, took on the role of executive producer of Crime Story. Over 30 million people tuned in to witness the show's two-hour pilot, which was based on a movie that had previously played in theaters. On Friday nights after Miami Vice, it continued to draw record audiences. In response to the show's declining ratings, NBC shifted it to Tuesdays at 10 p.m. opposite ABC's Moonlighting, which resulted in its demise after only two seasons. The series, which took place in the early 1960s before the Beatles, focused on the rivalry between Lt. Mike Torello and mobster Ray Luca. A special Organized Crime Strike Force led by Torello hunted down Luca, who had begun out as a street thug in Chicago before being "made" by the Chicago Outfit and then deployed to Las Vegas to watch their casinos. In Chicago's "The Patch," or "Little Sicily," or "Little Italy," Ted Kehoe, Torello, and Luca all grew up in the Forty-Two Gang's haunt. Serialized storytelling, rather than episodic storytelling, was the show's unique selling point, attracting both praise and controversy from critics and viewers alike.
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