Power Has Its Price

2013 · 1 season · Comedy

6.1 Modest

Series canceled

Comedy Drama Crime

Golden Boy is an American crime drama series created by Nicholas Wootton, which is produced by Berlanti Television and Warner Bros. Television. CBS placed a series order on May 13, 2012. The series ran on CBS from February 26 to May 14, 2013 and aired Tuesdays at 10:00 pm ET. On May 10, 2013, CBS canceled the series after one season.

Country of origin: 🇺🇸 United States
Year: 2013

Created by: Nicholas Wootton
Channel: CBS
Studio: Warner Bros. Television

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Origins

CBS ordered the series on May 13, 2012, and it aired from February 26 to May 14, 2013, on Tuesdays at 10:00 pm ET.

Reception

CBS canceled Golden Boy after just one season, announcing the decision on May 10, 2013, only four days before the season finale aired.

Origins

The series was produced by Berlanti Productions, Nicholas Wootton Productions, and Warner Bros. Television, and created by Nicholas Wootton.

References

The show's premise uses flashforwards showing lead character Walter Clark seven years in the future as the youngest Police Commissioner in New York City history, walking with a pronounced limp.

Reception

On Metacritic, the series received a Metascore of 63 out of 100 based on 23 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews from critics.

Reception

Critics such as Alan Sepinwall and Verne Gay praised the show as a solid, well-crafted cop procedural, while The New York Times' Mike Hale dismissed it as a generic show relying heavily on the 'squad-room-as-family' metaphor.

Trivia

Despite its cancellation after one season, Warner Archive released Golden Boy – The Complete Series on DVD on August 5, 2014.

Themes

new york city police detective murder investigation homicide detective

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