"Monk" (2002)TV series 2002-????

Creator:

Andy Breckman

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

12 July 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Crime

Tagline:

Obsessive. Compulsive. Detective.

Plot:

Adrian Monk is a brilliant San Francisco detective, whose obsessive compulsive disorder just happens to get in the way.

Plot Keywords:

Multiple Actors For One Character | Obsessive Compulsive | Murder | Detective | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 11 wins & 27 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. May 12	9:00 AM	USA	Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf	#3.6
Mon. May 12	4:00 PM	USA	Mr. Monk & the Godfather	#3.5

Cast

Tony Shalhoub	...	Adrian Monk (93 episodes, 2002-2008)
Jason Gray-Stanford	...	Lt. Randall Disher (93 episodes, 2002-2008)
Ted Levine	...	Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (93 episodes, 2002-2008)
Traylor Howard	...	Natalie Teeger (55 episodes, 2005-2008)
Stanley Kamel	...	Dr. Charles Kroger / ... (43 episodes, 2002-2008)
Bitty Schram	...	Sharona Fleming (38 episodes, 2002-2004)

Runtime:

47 min | Argentina:60 min | USA:60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG (TV rating) | USA:TV-PG | Germany:12 | Brazil:Livre | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Mandeville Films

Trivia:

In France, the first episode (in 2 parts) was re-edited into a single 44 minute episode, so half the minutes were cut and are still unpublished in France.

Quotes:

[a new detective is solving a case more efficiently than Adrian]
Adrian Monk: He's cheating!
Capt. Stottlemeyer: This isn't the fourth grade, Monk.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) (TV)

Charming, intelligent and hilarious

This is written in direct protest of a user comment on this site which called this remarkable series "drivel," "awful," and other things that made me think the jerk was accidentally watching "Law and Order."

This is one of the best shows on TV. I say that because it shares one common trait with every show I have ever loved: Heart. Behind the ominous tinge of death, the cynical barkings of Captain Stottlemeyer, the Barney Fife-esque antics of Randy Disher, the equal parts maternal nagging and New Jersey attitude of Charona Flemming and the fact that it's basically a show about poking fun at one guy's mental problems is love. We LOVE Adrien Monk. We join him in mourning his wife's death, and we live and die with each step he takes toward being reinstated.

This is more than a cop show. This is more than a detective show. This is more than a comedy. This is more than a drama. Given the slightest amount of cosmic justice, this show will go down in history alongside "Sports Night," "Freaks and Geeks," and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (I apologize for nothing) as a show that did not give in to the horrors of professional television, but rose above them to produce pure art.

As for the last guy's comment that Monk should've been reinstated a long time ago...you want to give Adrien a gun and set him loose in your neighborhood? Fine by me, and sleep tight.