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that aired on Fox from February 6, to April 24, 2017. A first trailer was released on May 16, 2016. On May 11, 2017, Fox cancelled the series after one season.

Plot

A tech billionaire makes a deal to purchase a Chicago Police district and equip it with cutting-edge technology, after witnessing the violent murder of a close friend and his company's CFO and the ineffectiveness of the police dealing with it. The story is loosely based on the 2015 ''

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'' article "Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans?" by David Amsden.

Cast

Main

* Justin Kirk as Gideon Reeves. Founder of a multibillion-dollar company, Reeves Industries and a genius engineer. He is the leader of the 13th district. * Natalie Martinez as Detective Theresa Murphy. Detective at the 13th District of Chicago Police Department. * Caitlin Stasey as Ada Hamilton. CTO of Reeves Industries and a former hacker. * Taylor Handley as Officer Roderick Brandt. Police officer at the 13th District of Chicago and partner of Tasha Goss. * Daniel MacPherson as Scott Murphy. Head of the mayor's task force and ex-husband of Theresa Murphy. * Ernie Hudson as Sergeant/Captain Ned Conrad. Police captain in charge of the 13th District of Chicago police department. * Tamberla Perry as Officer Tasha Goss. Police officer at the 13th District of Chicago and partner of Roderick Brandt.

Recurring

* Abraham Benrubi as Pete McCann. Engineer working at Reeves Industries and former wrestler * Bryant Romo as Officer Jimmy Reyes. Rookie police officer at the 13th District of Chicago and partner of Geoff Cobb. * William Smillie as Officer Geoff Cobb. Police officer at the 13th District of Chicago and partner of Jimmy Reyes. * Nestor Serrano as Mayor Michael Salgado. Mayor of Chicago. *

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as Lauren Fitch. CEO of Reeves Industries and girlfriend of Gideon Reeves. * Ty Olwin as Danny Ragabi (DV8). Genius hacker and former friend/classmate of Ada Hamilton. Who become the main antagonist in the series. * Demetria Thomas as Sergeant Bernadette 'Bernie' Charles. Police sergeant at the 13th District of Chicago. * Adam Mengerink as CPD Officer from District 13.

Production

Development

Fox ordered the

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of David Slack's

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about a tech billionaire who purchases a troubled police precinct. Matt Nix was hired to take over as showrunner on March 24, 2016.

Casting

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

Filming

Filming was temporarily shut down when Slack left the show over creative differences sometime before March 25, 2016, as Nix was set in charge. Fox announced that season one of the show would be shot in

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on May 11, 2016, and shortly thereafter, Trey Callaway was announced as co-showrunner of the series with Nix.

Episodes

Broadcast

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

Home media release

Reception

The

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website

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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." Also, the review aggregator website

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gave the series "mixed or average reviews" with a score of 45 (out of 100) based on 18 critics.

Ratings

References

External links

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