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BBC America Orders New Drama Series from 'Oz' Creator Tom Fontana
by Catherine Lawson, posted Jul 29th 2011 8:30AM
'Homicide' meets 'Gangs of New York' for BBC America's first foray into original scripted drama.The network announced that it has ordered a ten-episode period cop drama from Tom Fontana ('Oz') and Will Rokos ('Southland').
'Copper' is set in the notorious Five Points Irish neighborhood of New York City in the 1860s.
The executive producers include Fontana, Rokos, Barry Levinson ('Homicide: Life on the Street') and Christina Wayne ('Mad Men') of Canada's Cineflix Studios.
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