Michael Hayes was a TV series that ran on CBS

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 from 1997 to 1998. It starred David Caruso

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 and Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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This series spotlighting surveys Michael Hayes, a former policeman became Deputy Prosecutor of the City of New York

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David Caruso plays in the title role as Michael Hayes. Hayes is an Irish Catholic

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 ex-New York City

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 police officer

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 appointed acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York State.