Angie Tribeca
Angie Tribeca is an American television sitcom created by Steve and Nancy Carell, which aired on TBS. A parody of the police procedural genre, it stars Rashida Jones as the titular character, with Hayes MacArthur, Jere Burns, Deon Cole and Andrée Vermeulen in supporting roles.
The first season of Angie Tribeca premiered on January 17–18, 2016, the second season premiered on June 6 of that year, and the third season premiered on April 10, 2017. The fourth and final season, Angie Tribeca: Special Division Force, was released in its entirety across December 29 and December 30, 2018.
On May 9, 2019, the series was cancelled after four seasons.
Plot
Detective Angie Tribeca, a 10-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department's elite RHCU, is assigned a new partner, fellow detective Jason "Jay" Geils. The format of each episode involves a different criminal case for the LAPD to solve. The show features nonstop one-liners, jokes, visual humor, and irony.Development and production
The series was announced by TBS in mid-2014 with a ten-episode order. It was promoted as "...a hilarious spoof of police procedurals in the spirit of Police Squad!. A few gags presented in the preview reel were cited as similar to the TV cop show satire Sledge Hammer!.Originally intended to premiere in late 2015, in November 2015 it was announced that the first season of ten episodes would run uninterrupted on the network and be released through video on demand starting on January 17, 2016. All 10 episodes of season 1 premiered during a 25-hour TV marathon on January 17–18, 2016.
A second season of an additional ten episodes premiered on June 6, 2016. On July 6, 2016, TBS renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on April 10, 2017. The fourth season, which premiered on December 29, 2018, added Bobby Cannavale to the cast.
Cast
Main cast
- Rashida Jones as Det. Angela 99 "Angie" Tribeca
- Hayes MacArthur as Det./Lt. Jason "Jay" Geils
- Jere Burns as Lt./Capt. Pritikin "Chet" Atkins, Angie's boss
- *Burns also plays Eric Atkins, Lt. Atkins' identical twin brother; Capt. Gumbo Atkins, Atkins' Cajun cousin in New Orleans; Lt. Paddy Atkins, Atkins' Irish cousin in New York
- Deon Cole as Det. Daniel J. "DJ" Tanner
- Andrée Vermeulen as Dr. Monica Scholls, the medical examiner
- Kiersey Clemons as Maria Charo, the psychiatrist
- Bobby Cannavale as Angela "AJ" Geils, Jr., Angie and Jay's son
Recurring cast
- Jagger as Det. David Hoffman, Tanner's canine partner, who possesses human-like physical abilities
- Alfred Molina as Dr. Edelweiss, the expert scientist
- Andreas Wigand as Screaming Cop Dave
- Dillon Paigen as Vomiting Cop
- Caitlin Kimball as Rookie Cop
- James Franco as Sgt. Edward "Eddie" Pepper
- Matthew Glave as Mayor / Vice President Joseph "Joe" Perry
- Heather Graham as FBI Special Agent Diane Duran
- Nancy Carell as Katie Perry, Mayor Perry's wife
- Chris Pine as Dr. Thomas Hornbein, alias The Zookeeper, a psychopathic extremist in the animal-rights movement and former world-renowned doctor of zoology
- Annie Mumolo as Beth Wiedner
- Rob Riggle as Det. Zachary Fontaine / Calvin Sniglet
- Mary McCormack as Internal Affairs Agent Abigail Liukin
- Alison Rich as Det. Small
- John Michael Higgins as Dr. Zaius / Randall "Randy" Zaius, Dr. Zaius' identical twin brother
- Michaela Watkins as Melanie Burke
- Peggy Lipton as Peggy Tribeca, Angie's mother
- Chris Kimball as Officer Kyle
- Ren Hanami as Fluga
- Taran Killam as Pierre Cardin, French Ambassador to the United Nations
Guest stars
- Gary Cole as Professor Everett Lamereau
- Lisa Kudrow as Monica Vivarquar, the mayor's mistress
- Adam Scott as Surgeon
- Gillian Vigman as Jean Naté, a famous celebrity wedding planner who is also the villainous mastermind of a drug selling operation
- Sarah Chalke as Mrs. Parsons, widow of murdered ventriloquist Alan Parsons
- Jeff Dunham as Fisher Price, a ventriloquist.
- Amy Smart as Stacy
- David Koechner as Police Commissioner Niles J. Bigfish
- Kerri Kenney-Silver as Special Agent Laurie Partridge, Fish and Game Division, Rodent Task Force
- Keegan-Michael Key as Helmut Fröntbüt, who runs an animal charity
- Bill Murray as Victor "Vic" Deakins, an employee at the supermarket where Tribeca shops
- Cecily Strong as Samantha Stevens, a fancy lady addicted to plastic surgery who works at a country club
- Laura Bell Bundy as Vivian Tribeca, Angie's second cousin once removed
- Gene Simmons as Himself
- Danny Trejo as Himself
- John Gemberling as Hipster Barista
- Ryan Hansen as Wilson Phillips, a bartender and aspiring gym teacher
- Jon Hamm as McCormick, Geils' partner who was "the best man on the force" but was transferred just as Tribeca awoke from her coma
- Vicki Lewis as Anne Muffet, the dog trainer and murder suspect
- Busy Philipps as Courtney Woodpatch-Newton, anti-whaling activist and murder suspect
- Rhys Darby as Dr. Helm, a forensic scientist and dentist
- Tzi Ma as Joseph Takagi, apprentice and killer of sushi chef Kobayashi Maru, owner of the high-end sushi restaurant Smells Like Fish
- David Walton as Brad Wilson, head lifeguard
- Kevin Pollak as LTJG Sam Weinberg, United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps
- Josh Meyers as Professors Ned and Ted Doppelganger
- Danny Pudi as Garth Tweedner
- Matt Malloy as Robert "Bob" Terrier, Mayor Perry's campaign manager
- Maya Rudolph as Ms. Jacqueline "Jackie" Wilder, a romance novelist
- Eriq La Salle as Dr. Brainerd
- Noah Wyle as Mr. Alcindor, a hospital administrator
- Todd Louiso as Mr. Fibonacci, a hair transplant patient
- Melanie Hutsell as Nurse Barton
- Saul Rubinek as Jack Pfoopa, manager of boyband Boypocalypse Wow
- Joey McIntyre as Skylar, the "pretty" member of boyband Boypocalypse Wow
- Chris Kirkpatrick as Chad, the "funny" member of boyband Boypocalypse Wow
- Aaron Carter as P.T. Cruiser, the "bad boy" member of boyband Boypocalypse Wow, who was murdered
- Colton Dunn as Denarius, the "ethnic" member of boyband Boypocalypse Wow
- Joe Jonas as LAPD Detective Green, who brings the other detectives coffee and is alluded to be the one that should infiltrate boyband Boypocalypse Wow
- Jonathan Frakes as Admiral Donald "Don" Van Zandt, USCG, Commandant of the Coast Guard
- John Magaro as Chief Petty Officer Carlton Snick, USCG, Admiral Van Zandt's assistant
- Daniel Stern as Councilman Richard "Dick" Dreyfuss
- Blake Lee as Sebastian Elsworth
- Josh McDermitt as Alistair Cook, owner of a local microbrewery
- Wayne Wilderson as Phillip Sousa, a trombone player and neighbor of Sebastian Elsworth
- Ed Begley Jr. as Bonnie
- Timothy Omundson as Dr. Duncan Farnsworth III, a trophy hunter
- Jessica St. Clair as Mrs. Claire Farnsworth, Dr. Farnsworth's wife
- Graham Rogers as Eric
- Randall Park as Dr. Moreau, therapist at Tribeca's precinct
- Andrew Bachelor as Aaron McLaren, a star athlete at USWC
- Nate Torrence as Kurt Piedmont, the victim of a hit-and-run
- Michelle Dockery as Victoria Nova, assistant to Dr. Jurgen Kottbulle
- Natalie Portman as Christina Craft
- Rob Huebel as Sperber Pennington, CEO of Galaxium Aerospace
- Rachel Dratch as Masha Chekhov
- Robert Pine as Lawrence "Larry" Sniglet, Calvin Sniglet's father
- Constance Zimmer as NYPD Detective Jessica "Jessie" Goldstein
- Stephen Root as Mortimer Begoyle, oil tycoon and CEO of Westernish Energy
- Kelly Rohrbach as Stephanie Begoyle, Mortimer's daughter and the heiress to his fortune
- Jean Smart as Carnie
- Jack McBrayer as Wade McDink, a prisoner who boiled his entire family
- Ana Ortiz as Betty Crocker
- Lizzy Caplan as Deirdre
- Ernie Hudson as Peter "Pete" Tribeca, Angie's father
- Ed Helms as Dr. Clive Mister, CDC
- Niecy Nash as Pandora
- Billy Gardell as Officer Depot
- Eliza Coupe as Dr. Autumn Portugal, Head of Surgery at the Mustard Clinic
- Isla Fisher as Lana Bobanna
- Dove Cameron as Grace
- Jimmy Tatro as Paul Boneson, a 22-year-old professional gamer under the alias "BoneDevil666" who plays a game called "Voyage Quest" for a professional gaming team known as SharkSpark
- Gillian Jacobs as Becky Bunker, Boneson's ex-girlfriend who plays under the alias "Baguette Bardot"
- Anjelica Huston as Anna Summour, head of the noted fashion magazine Popular
- Jim Rash as Philip Grammbbowski, a high-rolling investor
- Rose Byrne as Norrah Newt, CEO of Kappa Kappa Capital
- Tony Cavalero as Timothy "Timmy" Rhebus
- Gina Torres as United States Secretary of the Interior Gillian Kayhill
- Carl Reiner as Glenn-Allen Mixon, former director of the FBI
- Kathryn Hahn as Susan
- Carol Burnett as President Priscilla Filcox
Reception
Angie Tribeca was met with positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 89% based on 38 reviews, with an average rating of 7.71/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Angie Tribecas unique blend of sharp wit and broad humor – and the obvious fun being had by a talented cast – make for a consistent, charmingly absurd spoof of police procedurals." Metacritic gives it a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".On Rotten Tomatoes, Seasons 2 and 3 each hold an approval rating of 100% based on five reviews.