| 21 Jump Street | |
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| Format | Crime Drama |
| Created by | Patrick Hasburgh Stephen J. Cannell |
| Starring | Johnny Depp Peter DeLuise Holly Robinson Dustin Nguyen Steven Williams et al. The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a Police force as they investigate Crimes Stephen Joseph Cannell, (born February 5, 1941; ˈkænəl rhymes with "channel" is an American Television producer, Writer John Peter John DeLuise (born November 6, 1966) is an American Actor, director, producer, and Screenwriter. Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete (born September 18, 1964, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress singer and author Dustin Nguyen (b September 17 1962, Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese American Actor. See also Stephen Williams For the murderer see 2003 John McDonogh High School shooting Steven Williams (born January 7 |
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| No. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 103 |
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| Running time | 44 minutes per episode |
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| Original channel | FOX, Syndicated |
| Original run | April 12, 1987 – April 27, 1991 |
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21 Jump Street (originally titled "Jump Street Chapel") was an hour long police drama television series, developed by Fox Television Network. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U It ran from April 12, 1987 to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. For the Stratovarius album see Episode (album. An episode is a part of a Dramatic work such as a serial television
It was produced by the studio of Stephen J. Cannell Productions (which also produced The A-Team and The Rockford Files). Stephen Joseph Cannell, (born February 5, 1941; ˈkænəl rhymes with "channel" is an American Television producer, Writer The A-Team is an American action Adventure Television series about a fictional group of ex- United States Army Special Forces The Rockford Files is an American Detective ( Private investigator) Television Drama that had its first run on the The show was an early hit for the fledgling Fox Network, especially in the important teen demographic. Some speculate that it was Johnny Depp's exit that caused the program to be cancelled by Fox after the fourth season though Peter DeLuise in his DVD commentary said that Barry Diller of Fox Network saw that The Simpsons were getting a twenty share rating and said that Fox was now a twenty share rating network so 21 Jump Street was dropped. Barry Diller (born 2 February 1942 is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp and the media executive responsible for the creation of The final season aired in first-run syndication on local Fox affiliates. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through It was later completed in rerun syndication on Fox's FX cable network from 1996 to 1998 and was produced in association with and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Television. A rerun or repeat is a re-airing of an episode of a Radio or Television broadcast. FX (for Fox eXtended is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporation 's Fox Entertainment Group. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
The series is currently airing on MeTV and Me Too in Chicago. WWME-CA is a class A station in Chicago Illinois. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting, which also owns sister stations WCIU-TV and WMEU-CA is a class A station in Chicago Illinois. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting, which also owns sister stations WCIU-TV and Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
The series provided a spark to Johnny Depp's nascent career in acting, garnering him national recognition as a teen idol. John Teen idols refers to someone idolized by teens a teen idol is often young but in many cases no longer teenaged Depp found this status an irritant, but he was under contract from which he was released after the fourth season.
Actors who guest-starred on the program include Bridget Fonda, Sherilyn Fenn, Jason Priestley, Josh Brolin, Maia Brewton, Mindy Cohn, David Paymer, Brad Pitt, Christina Applegate, Vince Vaughn, Pauly Shore, Blair Underwood, John Waters, Shannen Doherty, Rosie Perez, Gregory Itzin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Russ, and Thomas Haden Church. Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe Award -nominated American actress. Sherilyn Fenn (born February 1, 1965) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe award-nominated American Actress. Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian-born American Actor and Film director. Joshua Brolin (born February 12, 1968) is an American film and television Actor. Maia Luisa Brewton (born September 30, 1977) is an American actress who enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s Mindy Cohn (born May 20, 1966 in Los Angeles California) is an American actress best known for her role as Natalie Green David Paymer (born August 30 1954) is an Academy Award -nominated American Character actor, seen in such films as Quiz Show William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Christina Applegate (born November 25 1971 is an Emmy Award -winning American actress known for playing Kelly Bundy on the long-running FOX Broadcasting Vincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn (born March 28, 1970) is an American Film actor. Paul Montgomery "Pauly" Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American Actor, Performer and Comedian, perhaps Blair Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American Television and Film Actor. John Samuel Waters Jr (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, Actor, Writer, Celebrity, Shannen Maria Doherty (born April 12, 1971) is an American Actress and Television director, perhaps best known for her work as Heather Rosa María "Rosie" Pérez (born September 6, 1964) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actress, Dancer, Gregory Itzin (born April 20 1948) is an Emmy -nominated American film and television actor best known for his role on the series 24 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr; April 16 1947 is an American athlete and retired professional Basketball player widely considered Timothy Darrell Russ (born June 22, 1956) is an American Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, and Musician. Thomas Haden Church (born June 17, 1960) was born Thomas McMillen in
A spin-off called Booker was produced for the character of Dennis Booker (Richard Grieco), but it ran only one season from September 1989 to June 1990. A Spin-off in Television is a new series which contains either characters or theme elements from an old series Booker was an hour-long television drama starring Richard Grieco.
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The show is about a group of young cops whose youthful appearances enabled them to work undercover in both high schools and sometimes colleges to catch troubled youths. Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information The show's plots covered typical issues of its time, including alcoholism, hate crimes, drug abuse, racism, homophobia, AIDS, drinking, child abuse, and sexual promiscuity. Mythos (Aristotle In literature the plot comprises all the events in a story particularly rendered towards the achievement of some particular Artistic or Emotional Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions Hate crimes (also known as bias motivated crimes) occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain Social group, usually defined Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions related to taking a Psychoactive drug or Performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that BenPhelpsJPG|thumb|right|Westboro Baptist Church picket signs with Ben Phelps grandson of Fred Phelps Drinking is the act of consuming a liquid through the mouth Water, for example is required for many of life's physiological processes and excess or decreased water intake Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual maltreatment of children Promiscuity refers to sexual behavior of a man or woman who casually has sex with many partners Similarly, each problem was often solved by the end of the hour long show, giving an implicit moral about the impact of a particular activity. A moral is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event When the show originally aired, some episodes were followed immediately by public service announcements featuring cast members. A public service announcement (PSA or community service announcement (CSA is a non-commercial advertisement broadcast on radio or television ostensibly for the Public
The show starred prominent actors and actresses at the time, including:
Jeff Yagher was originally cast as Officer Tom Hanson in the Pilot. Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete (born September 18, 1964, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress singer and author Dustin Nguyen (b September 17 1962, Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese American Actor. Peter John DeLuise (born November 6, 1966) is an American Actor, director, producer, and Screenwriter. Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr (born December 23, 1936) is an Academy Award nominated American actor See also Stephen Williams For the murderer see 2003 John McDonogh High School shooting Steven Williams (born January 7 Richard Grieco (born March 23, 1965) is an American actor and former fashion model Michael Robert DeLuise (born August 4, 1969) is an American Actor. Jeffrey Yagher (b January 18, 1961 in Lawrence Kansas) is an American Actor. He was replaced after the original pilot episode was filmed, and his scenes were reshot with Johnny Depp.
"Christmas in Saigon" reveals that Ioki is not Japanese, but Vietnamese, and was born Vinh Van Tran.
Richard Greico joins the cast during this season as Officer Dennis Booker. While he is in nearly every episode this season, he is always credited as a guest star. Originally, his character was going to be killed off at the end of the season, but he proved so popular, the character was given a spin-off.
Season 4 was the last season to air on the Fox Network. In commentary on the Season 5 DVD set, Peter Deluise said that Fox had decided to cancel the show after Season 4 because the ratings had fallen below a set limit. Following this season, Johnny Depp and Dustin Nguyen left the show. It was never explained where Officers Hanson or Ioki went, or why they were no longer with the Jump Street Unit. (It should be noted that Hanson's whereabouts were possibly hinted at by Penhall, saying "an old friend of his now runs a bowling alley. " Hanson is known for his love of bowling. ) The Booker spin-off crossover episode, "Wheels and Deals Part One", is included with 21 Jump Street's syndication package, and is also included on the 4th Season DVD set.
Officer Dean Garrett (David Barry Gray) makes his first appearance in "Everyday is Christmas. " As it became harder for the original cast members to plausibly pass as high school students, his character and Officer Kati Rocky (Alexandra Powers) were intended to be "youthful" replacements, so the show could maintain its original premise of younger looking cops posing as high school students, while still allowing the older cast a meaningful role on the show.
During this season, Michael Bendetti joined the cast as Officer Anthony "Mac" McCann. Michael DeLuise also joined the cast as Joey Penhall, Doug Penhall's younger brother. Peter DeLuise was credited as a Special Guest Star until he left the show in December 1990.
Both Doug and Joey Penhall were written off the show before the season was completed. Peter DeLuise said during his commentary on the Season 5 DVD Set that he saw no future for the show, so he decided to leave before it folded with the agreement that he direct two episodes and play in (at least) seven episodes. In the show, Doug Penhall is shot in the line of duty, and after facing his own mortality, decides to leave the force to care for his adopted son, Clavo. As Joey Penhall joined the Jump Street Unit to get closer to his brother, his reason for being at Jump Street no longer existed. His character was written out a few episodes later as moving away to be near his brother.
Officer Kati Rocky (Alexandra Powers) is introduced in the first episode of the season, "Tunnel of Love. " This episode, along with "Back to School" mark the last appearances of Officer Rocky and Officer Garrett, despite the plotlines suggesting that both characters are going to join the main cast. These episodes were both filmed during the Fourth Season and held over. Neither actor was asked back for the Fifth Season, and their characters are not mentioned again after their initial appearances.
IDT's Anchor Bay Entertainment has released all five seasons of the TV series on DVD in Region 1. Anchor Bay Entertainment is a home entertainment company and a division of Starz Media, which is a unit of Starz LLC. One criticism of the DVD releases has been the substitution of soundtrack music from that used on the original episodes, as that the music originally used was often notably linked to the themes of each episode. For example, the song "God is a Bullet" by Concrete Blonde was prominently played throughout the show of the same name in season four; however, the song is never heard on the DVD version. Concrete Blonde is an Alternative rock band based in the United States. In the pilot episode on the season one DVD, a boy is asked, "Don't you like rap music?" but the song being played is a rock song. Because of the song substitution, numerous songs are heard repeatedly throughout the DVD releases, and even throughout the same season.
On the season one DVDs, the actors are seen saying milder versions of obscenities that were played on the show while it was on the air. Words like "ass" and "sucks" are replaced with "tail" and "stinks," causing the actors' lips to be inconsistent with the words spoken. This also causes typical background noise to suddenly disappear and reappear; this also happens when songs throughout the episodes are replaced with others.
Richard Grieco appears prominently on the cover of the fourth season DVD set, yet his only appearance during that season was as part of a pair of crossover episodes ("Wheels and Deals," parts one and two). Additionally, Depp is given a prominent spot on the fifth season DVD cover, yet the DVD set only has one episode of Depp's ("Blackout"), which was actually the season four finale and Depp's last appearance on the show. Steven Williams was omitted from the covers of seasons three and four despite having been in 81 episodes, more than any other cast member. [2] Michael Bendetti is missing from the season five cover, despite having been on all but two of the season five episodes. [3]
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date |
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| 21 Jump Street: The Complete First Season | 13 | Oct 26, 2004 |
| 21 Jump Street: The Complete Second Season | 22 | March 8, 2005 |
| 21 Jump Street: The Complete Third Season | 20 | September 6, 2005 |
| 21 Jump Street: The Complete Fourth Season | 25 | November 1, 2005 |
| 21 Jump Street: The Complete Fifth Season | 23 | March 21, 2006 |
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Captain Jenko, played by Frederic Forrest, left the show after the fifth episode of the first season. Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr (born December 23, 1936) is an Academy Award nominated American actor Peter DeLuise cited creative differences between Forrest and the show's writers as the primary reason he was killed off in the show's seventh episode. Peter John DeLuise (born November 6, 1966) is an American Actor, director, producer, and Screenwriter.
The show's filming location, Vancouver, is given away in the series' opening. A shot of a city bus with destination "Hastings" is shown briefly, as well as a SkyTrain with a British Columbia Transit(BCTransit) logo barely visible on the side. The Downtown Eastside (DTES is the oldest neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The SkyTrain is a two-line urban mass transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was featured in the opening in Seasons 1-3. New Westminster Secondary School was one of the main locations of the series. --> New Westminster Secondary School is a High school in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. [4] There also has been a scene filmed inside the main office of local Vancouver high school, David Thompson Secondary School. David Thompson Secondary School may refer to David Thompson Secondary School (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada David Thompson Secondary
Plans for a film version were announced in the late 90's-early 2000's with Jennifer Love Hewitt rumored to star.
It has been recently announced that a film version is going to be developed. Jonah Hill will write and executive produce the film, though it remains unknown if he will star[5]. Jonah Hill (born December 20, 1983) into a Jewish family in Los Angeles California and attended Brentwood School and then