The Division
Encyclopedia
The Division is an American
Lifetime Television
original series about a team of women police officer
s in the San Francisco Police Department
. The series premiered on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.
). Storylines revolved around the women's personal and professional lives, and their attempts to balance both. The series tackled such topics as alcoholism
and sexual abuse
.
The Division was rebroadcast on the Lifetime network after its cancellation in various timeslots until 2007
. As of 2008, reruns of the show air on Lifetime Real Women
.
Imagen Foundation Awards
ALMA Awards
BMI Film & TV Awards
Young Artist Awards
PRISM Awards
United States
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Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...
original series about a team of women police officer
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
s in the San Francisco Police Department
San Francisco Police Department
The San Francisco Police Department, also known as the SFPD and San Francisco Department Of Police, is the police department of the City and County of San Francisco, California...
. The series premiered on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.
Synopsis
The show focused on the lives of five policewomen in the felony division headed by Captain Kate McCafferty (Bonnie BedeliaBonnie Bedelia
Bonnie Bedelia Culkin is an American actress best known for her supporting roles in the action film Die Hard and the courtroom drama Presumed Innocent...
). Storylines revolved around the women's personal and professional lives, and their attempts to balance both. The series tackled such topics as alcoholism
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
and sexual abuse
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. When that force is immediate, of short duration, or infrequent, it is called sexual assault. The offender is referred to as a sexual abuser or molester...
.
Cast
- Bonnie BedeliaBonnie BedeliaBonnie Bedelia Culkin is an American actress best known for her supporting roles in the action film Die Hard and the courtroom drama Presumed Innocent...
as Captain Kaitlyn "Kate" McCafferty - Nancy McKeonNancy McKeonNancy Justine McKeon is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jo Polniaczek on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life.-Early life & career:...
as Inspector Jinny Exstead - Lisa VidalLisa VidalLisa Vidal is an American film and television actress.-Early years:Vidal was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Josie, a secretary, and Manny Vidal, a tax consultant and businessman. Her parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in Manhattan, New York, where Vidal and her two...
as Inspector Magdalena "Magda" Ramirez - Amy Jo JohnsonAmy Jo JohnsonAmy Jo Johnson is an American actress, singer, songwriter and musician.She is best known for her roles in the televison series as the constable Jules Callaghan in the Canadian CTV television series Flashpoint, the famous jockey Tina Sharp in the ABC Family's original show Wildfire, the rookie cop...
as Stacy Reynolds (2003-2004) - Taraji P. HensonTaraji P. HensonTaraji Penda Henson is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Yvette in Baby Boy , Shug in Hustle and Flow and Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2009...
as Inspector Raina Washington (2002-2004) - Jon Hamm as Inspector Nate Basso (2002-2004)
- Tracey NeedhamTracey NeedhamTracey Needham is a Texas-born American actress best known as Paige Thatcher on Life Goes On during the series' second to fourth seasons , and then on the first season of JAG as Lt. Meg Austin .-Biography:...
as Inspector Candace "C. D." DeLorenzo (2001-2004) - Jose Yenque as Gabriel 'Gabe' Herrera (2001-2003)
- Lela Rochon Lela RochonLela Rochon is an American actress who is best known for her role as Robin Stokes in the movie Waiting to Exhale....
as Inspector Angela Reid (2001) - David Gianopoulos as Inspector Peter Torianno (2001)
Guest stars
- James L. Avery, Sr.James L. Avery, Sr.James L. Avery, Sr. is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the patriarch and attorney Philip Banks in the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, whom Will Smith's character affectionately called "Uncle Phil." This character was ranked #34 in TV Guides "50 Greatest TV Dads of All...
(2002-2003) - Dean CainDean CainDean Cain is an American actor. He is most widely known for his role as Clark Kent/Superman in the popular American television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.-Early life:...
(2003-2004) - Peter CoyotePeter CoyotePeter Coyote is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad campaign. He has also served as on-camera co-host of the 2000 Oscar...
(2002) - Roma DowneyRoma DowneyRoma Downey is an actress, singer, and producer, from Derry, Northern Ireland. She is best known as Tess's angel/employee, Monica, the main character of the TV series Touched by an Angel. She is also the wife of television producer, Mark Burnett.-Early life:Downey was born and raised in Derry...
(2004) - Monique EdwardsMonique EdwardsMonique Diane Edwards is an American actress.-Life and career:Edwards was born in Kittery, Maine. She is a multi-talented actress, singer, director, and humanitarian who is steadily building a solid reputation in television, feature films, the stage, and commercials. She was born in Maine, but...
(2002) - Kim FieldsKim FieldsKim Victoria Fields is an American actress and television director. She is known for her roles as Tootie Ramsey on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life, and as Regine Hunter on the Fox sitcom Living Single...
(2004) - Rebecca GayheartRebecca Gayheart-Early life:Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky and raised in Pine Top, Kentucky, the daughter of Floneva , who worked as a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant, and Curtis Gayheart, a miner and coal truck driver. She is of Irish, Italian, and German descent...
(2004) - Daniel Morton (2003)
- Nia PeeplesNia PeeplesVirenia Gwendolyn "Nia" Peeples is an American R&B and dance music singer and actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Nicole Chapman on Fame...
(2004) - Alex RoccoAlex RoccoAlex Rocco is an American actor. His roles have ranged from comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia movies.-Early life:...
(2001- 2004) - Sara RueSara RueSara Rue is an American television actress. She is best known for the roles she played as Carmen Ferrara on the comedy-drama Popular and Claude Casey on the sitcom Less Than Perfect. She is also known as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig...
(2002-2003) - Eric SzmandaEric SzmandaEric Kyle Szmanda is an Polish American actor. He portrays Greg Sanders in the television crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a role he has held since the show began in 2000.-Early life and education:...
(2001) - Jon Tenney (2004)
- Lauren TomLauren TomLauren Tom is an American actress and voice actress perhaps best known for her roles as Lena St Clair in The Joy Luck Club, Julie in the TV series Friends, and for providing the voices for both mother and daughter characters on two animated TV comedy series: on Futurama she voices Amy Wong and her...
(2002) - Tanya VidalTanya VidalTanya Vidal, is an American actress, writer, director and producer of Puerto Rican descent.-Early years:Vidal, the daughter of Josie, a secretary, and Manny Vidal, a tax consultant and businessman. Her parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in New York City, where Vidal and her two sisters Lisa...
(2002-2003)
Broadcast history
The series premiered on January 7, 2001, earning a 3.1 rating and drew the largest audience of any basic cable original series premiere in 2001. After 4 seasons, the show was canceled on June 28, 2004.The Division was rebroadcast on the Lifetime network after its cancellation in various timeslots until 2007
2007 in television
2007 in television may refer to:*2007 in American television*2007 in Australian television*2007 in British television*2007 in Canadian television*2007 in Japanese television...
. As of 2008, reruns of the show air on Lifetime Real Women
Lifetime Real Women
Lifetime Real Women is a digital cable channel that is the sister network to Lifetime. It was launched in August 2001 and is available in over 10 million homes via digital cable...
.
Awards and nominations
Gracie Allen Awards- Won: Outstanding Entertainment Program Drama (2004, Tied with "Without a TraceWithout a TraceWithout a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
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Imagen Foundation Awards
- Nominated: Best Actress in a Television Drama, Lisa VidalLisa VidalLisa Vidal is an American film and television actress.-Early years:Vidal was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Josie, a secretary, and Manny Vidal, a tax consultant and businessman. Her parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in Manhattan, New York, where Vidal and her two...
(2004)
ALMA Awards
- Nominated: Outstanding Actress in a Television Series, Lisa VidalLisa VidalLisa Vidal is an American film and television actress.-Early years:Vidal was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Josie, a secretary, and Manny Vidal, a tax consultant and businessman. Her parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in Manhattan, New York, where Vidal and her two...
(2002)
BMI Film & TV Awards
- Won: BMI Cable Award, Jeff Eden Fair (2004)
- Won: BMI Cable Award, Starr ParodiStarr ParodiStarr Parodi is a composer and musician known for her work as a keyboardist for the house band known as "The Posse" on The Arsenio Hall Show. Parodi, along with her partner, Jeff Eden Fair, have composed the scores for numerous films, the television series The Starter Wife and The Division, and...
(2004) - Won: BMI Cable Award, Jeff Eden Fair (2003)
- Won: BMI Cable Award, Starr ParodiStarr ParodiStarr Parodi is a composer and musician known for her work as a keyboardist for the house band known as "The Posse" on The Arsenio Hall Show. Parodi, along with her partner, Jeff Eden Fair, have composed the scores for numerous films, the television series The Starter Wife and The Division, and...
(2003)
Young Artist Awards
- Nominated: Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress, Joy LaurenJoy LaurenJoy Lauren is an American actress who is best known for playing Danielle Van de Kamp, on the hit ABC Comedy-drama Desperate Housewives....
(2003) - Nominated: Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor, Shawn PyfromShawn PyfromShawn Caminiti Pyfrom is an American actor who has appeared in several television series and movies, and is best known for his portrayal of Andrew Van de Kamp on ABC's Desperate Housewives-Life and career:...
(2002)
PRISM Awards
- Won: TV Drama Series Episode (2002, For the episode "Intervention")
- Nominated: Performance in a Drama Series Episode, Nancy McKeonNancy McKeonNancy Justine McKeon is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jo Polniaczek on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life.-Early life & career:...
(2003) - Nominated: Performance in a Drama Series, Nancy McKeonNancy McKeonNancy Justine McKeon is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jo Polniaczek on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life.-Early life & career:...
(2003) - Nominated: Performance in a Drama Series Multi Episode Storyline, Nancy McKeonNancy McKeonNancy Justine McKeon is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jo Polniaczek on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life.-Early life & career:...
(2004)