From what I remember for a fairly popular show they were being very underpaid. I do remember that they asked for salary increases. White characters were "second banana." As for the dropping of the nightclub/musical performances, Fox saved a fortune in paying for performances & musical rights, but shot their show in the foot by detracting from it's flavor and appeal. Race had nothing to do with it, as the leads were still black (Yoba and the new Lt.) and Latino (Lauren Velez). As for the Italian guy, I think he just wasn't the hit they'd hoped he would be, and they were looking for the new guy to be "heartthrobby" in place of DeLorenzo. New York Undercover was a good show, but nowhere near a Friends-level success, so when the actors failed to show up Fox said "breach of contract" and fired DeLorenzo (who I believe was the big instigator in the sit-out). Malik Yoba and Michael DeLorenzo (thinking they were underpaid, and irreplaceable to NYU) threatened to "sit out" filming the new season unless they got big raises. Obviously NBC paid up to keep their winning show this strategy continued successfully for the actors throughout the life of the series. I can't believe that no one else has remembered this! It was all over the trades.Īfter the first season of Friends was such a success (1995), the 6 lead actors (Cox, Perry, Schwimmer, Aniston, LeBlanc, and Kudrow) all came up for contract renegotiations and banded together to demand huge, unilateral salary increases (insisting that they would ALL get paid equally, or ALL would leave). The bad decisions certainly weren't limited to just New York Undercover. Fox Networks made ALOT of bad decisions during this time period regarding shows on their network.
I think some white guy at Fox Networks got offended because there were few whites featured on the show and decided to make broad-sweeping changes to the cast.and it eventually killed the show. It is possible that they chose Eddie to be one of the ones to be killed because DeLorenzo was having conflicts with the director, but I really think Fox already planned to axe some people and replace them with white cast member before that. I think most other viewers did too which is why the show didn't even last a half season after that. I quit watching after they axed Eddie and Tommy. I'm a white female and I had no problem whatsoever with the mostly non-white cast. I think Fox thought they might attract more white viewers if there were more whites in leads. They killed off Eddie who was Latino and Tommy who was Italian.
#Ny undercover series#
The influence of the original series will also be key to differentiating the pilot from other shows it might end up competing against: Yoba and co-star Michael DeLorenzo's undercover detectives were the first two people of color to lead a police drama on American television.Actually, I've heard that Fox Network thought the show needed more whites as leads so they decided to kill of some of the cast members and replace them with whites. Yoba's presence on the new series will help connect fans of the original series to the pilot project: not only was he a lead, but he was also the only actor to appear in every season of the series' time on FOX. Written by Watkins based on a story by Wolf and him, New York Undercover picks up 20 years after the end of the original series, this time focusing on New York City Fourth Precinct detectives Nat Gilmore and Melissa Ortiz as they investigate the city's most dangerous criminals from Harlem to Battery Park. Wolf Films, Universal TV, and ABC Studios are producing.
The pilot is being spearheaded by original show creator Dick Wolf, Ben Watkins ( Hand of God), and director Anthony Hemingway ( Underground, American Crime Story).
Williams, now supervising the unit as well as the next generation of detectives. Some of those questions were answered on Friday when ABC announced original series star Malik Yoba ( Empire, The Last O.G.) will reprise his role as Det.
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