One would think that the failure of 2013's Mob City would make TNT reluctant to try again with another period drama about crime and corruption in the big city. But clearly not, as the network is placing a lot of muscle behind Edward Burns' Public Morals, debuting Tuesday night. Though the first episode explores some well-trodden territory and takes a while to fully sink its teeth into viewers, it does appear that Public Morals has the gumption to succeed where others have failed.
Given that the show is set in 1960's-era new York, it's not surprising that comparisons to Mad Men are brought up as frequently and loudly as possible. However, the show is about as far removed from the swanky offices and board rooms of Madison Avenue as possible while still remaining within the city limits. Public Morals is more concerned with the Hell's Kitchen crowd, featuring a large cast of mostly Irish American cops and gangsters and exploring the oddly intertwined relationship between the two. The officers that comprise the NYPD's plainclothes "Public Morals Division" are tasked with ridding the city of vice, but their job is more about keeping alcohol, gambling and prostitution under control than waging a holy crusade.
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Given that the show is set in 1960's-era new York, it's not surprising that comparisons to Mad Men are brought up as frequently and loudly as possible. However, the show is about as far removed from the swanky offices and board rooms of Madison Avenue as possible while still remaining within the city limits. Public Morals is more concerned with the Hell's Kitchen crowd, featuring a large cast of mostly Irish American cops and gangsters and exploring the oddly intertwined relationship between the two. The officers that comprise the NYPD's plainclothes "Public Morals Division" are tasked with ridding the city of vice, but their job is more about keeping alcohol, gambling and prostitution under control than waging a holy crusade.
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