Early last month, officer Andy Sipowicz donned his best dress uniform to leave for the official ceremony marking his promotion to sergeant. Typically, things were pretty hectic and disorganized at ...

Twelve seasons ago, Detective Andy Sipowicz came on the scene, and, oh, what a charmer he was. Balding and full-bellied, NYPD's finest was crass, crude and rude. There wasn't much to love, but ...

Case in point: "NYPD Blue's" Andy Sipowicz, whose agony over the sudden shooting death of his son sends him back to the bottle. When we first met him, Dennis Franz' character was a wreck a sur.

The Legacy of Andy Sipowicz. We’re now 30 years away from NYPD Blue’s controversial premiere, when most of the talk centered around whose butts were exposed and for how long ...

LOS ANGELES — Dennis Franz is a spiffier dresser than Andy Sipowicz. The actor is wearing a red plaid, long-sleeve shirt from Polo Ralph Lauren. It’s quite a switch from the TV detective’s ...

Dennis Franz has played dozens of roles, but he’ll always be Detective Andy Sipowicz, the hero of the ABC cop drama “NYPD Blue.” “I cannot think of another character that has been so ...

Franz’s character Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue gained popularity for his ‘drunken-goon-but-heart-of-gold’ demeanor. His decision to sober up and get his life together won many fans’ hearts.

The revival will center on Andy Sipowicz's son rather than Sipowicz himself, so the pressure was undoubtedly on to cast just the right person to play the kid of such an iconic TV character.

“NYPD Blue” ended its 12-year run without bare butts, gimmicks or ghosts -- just Det. Andy Sipowicz making a tough but morally correct decision that put his new job as commander in jeopardy ...

Andy Sipowicz, one of TV's greatest characters, hangs up his badge and gun tonight on the "NYPD Blue" series finale after 12 seasons. Portrayed by four-time Emmy-winner Dennis Franz, Sipowicz was ...

Austin Majors, a former child actor who appeared on several episodes of "NYPD Blue," has died.He was 27. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coronerr's office wrote on its website that Majors ...

Partners Detectives Andy Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) and John Kelly (David Caruso) were the central characters when the NYPD Blue cast was first introduced to audiences.Kelly was later replaced by ...