There could never be a black Andy Sipowicz.

Not on American TV.

I wish there was a show like NYPD Blue with a black Andy Sipowicz. I’m not talking about having a bitter, middle-aged Polish-American cop just happen to be black (Are there even black people in Poland?). Our black “Sipowicz” could be native New Yorker; born and raised in the Bronx. We could call him ‘Andrew Franklin’. I’m talking about having a high drama with a black central character that is as flawed and brutal and petty and racist and misogynistic as Sipowicz, but that finds universal favor with the audience because…