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Rizzoli & Isles
Genre
Police procedural
Crime drama
Based on
Rizzoli & Isles
by Tess Gerritsen
Developed by
Janet Tamaro
Starring
Angie Harmon
Sasha Alexander
Lee Thompson Young
Jordan Bridges
Bruce McGill
Lorraine Bracco
Brian Goodman
Idara Victor
Adam Sinclair
Composer(s)
James S. Levine
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
7
No. of episodes
105 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Bill Haber
Janet Tamaro
Michael M. Robin
Joel Fields
Michael Zinberg
Jan Nash
Ken Hanes
Antoinette Stella
Michael Sardo
Charles Grant Craig
Julie Hebert
Jeff Hayes
Production location(s)
Los Angeles
Running time
45–55 minutes
Production company(s)
Hurdler Productions
Ostar Entertainment
Warner Horizon Television
Distributor
Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network
TNT
Picture format
16:9
480i (SDTV)
720p (HDTV)
Original release
July 12, 2010 (2010-07-12) – September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05)
External links
Website
Rizzoli & Isles is a TNT television series starring Angie Harmon as police detective Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. The one-hour drama is based on the series of Rizzoli & Isles novels by Tess Gerritsen. It premiered on July 12, 2010,[1] and aired 105 episodes in seven seasons, concluding on September 5, 2016.[2]
Contents
1 Premise
2 Production
3 Cast and characters
3.1 Main characters
3.2 Recurring cast and characters
4 Broadcast
5 Reception
6 Awards and nominations
7 References
7.1 Works cited
8 External links
Premise[edit]
Further information: List of Rizzoli & Isles episodes
The series' backstory is inspired by the Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series of novels by Tess Gerritsen. Rizzoli appears in the series' first novel, The Surgeon, and Isles is introduced in the second, The Apprentice, which serves as the basis for the television series. Boston detective Jane Rizzoli has been investigating a serial killer named Charles Hoyt. Hoyt, who was banned from medical school for fondling a corpse, used his vast medical knowledge to systematically torture and kill people, usually choosing couples so that he could induce the most fear in his victims. Jane ascertains Hoyt's location, but as she is searching for him, she is hit in the back of the head and knocked unconscious. She is pinned to the floor by scalpels and awakes as Hoyt prepares to cut her throat, but Vince Korsak, Jane's partner, locates her and shoots Hoyt, saving her life. Jane, reasoning that Korsak would never trust her as his partner after seeing her so vulnerable, applies for a new partner.
The series pilot, "See One. Do One. Teach One", is largely based on the novel The Apprentice. Jane and medical examiner Maura Isles investigate a killer with Hoyt's modus operandi plus an interest in necrophilia. Jane and Maura discover that the copycat was John Stark (Brendan McCarthy), a soldier who met Hoyt in medical school, had his identity erased for CIA black operations, and mimicked Hoyt's MO in a killing spree during said operations. Meanwhile, Hoyt escapes from prison and rejoins his apprentice to continue in his killing. Later, Jane's home is broken into, and she is told by someone posing as part of BPD that her neighbor had been killed; she rushes into the van to see the body but finds Hoyt instead. Hoyt and his apprentice knock her out and kidnap her. When she wakes up they attempt to kill her, but she manages to disarm them by Tasing them and burning Hoyt's eye with a flare. In self-defense, she shoots the apprentice to death, and, when Hoyt reaches for her gun, she shoots him through the hands, giving him injuries similar to the ones he gave her.
New twists are introduced when Jane and Maura discover that a recent murder victim is actually Maura's previously unknown half-brother, resulting in her discovery that her father is notorious criminal Patrick Doyle.
Hoyt returns 18 months later through another apprentice, Lola, in "I'm Your Boogie Man". Having murdered Lola's abusive husband two years earlier, Hoyt uses her Stockholm syndrome to his advantage and uses her to stalk Jane. Lola seduces and captures Frankie Rizzoli before tying Jane up. She plans to kidnap Jane until Hoyt can escape from prison, but Jane manages to distract Lola long enough for Frankie to kill Lola with her own revolver.
Hoyt returns again when he arranges for another inmate to be stabbed while he is dying of cancer, luring Jane into the prison so that he can taunt her about another unsolved murder he committed. While speaking to Jane in the prison infirmary, Hoyt tells her to look at what he is reading—Tess Gerritsen's novel The Silent Girl. Although she manages to find the bodies of his victims—the family of an old college professor of Hoyt's who was unaware of his expulsion—Hoyt, aided by a third apprentice, manages to capture Jane and Maura, only to have Jane beat Hoyt and then stab him when he and his apprentice try to kill Maura.
Production[edit]
The untitled project was on TNT's development slate as early as March 2008.[3] In October 2009, TNT placed a cast-contingent pilot order under the original title, Rizzoli.[4][5] The pilot script was written by Janet Tamaro. Angie Harmon was the first actress cast, taking the title role of police detective Jane Rizzoli.[6] Sasha Alexander won the role of medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles after auditioning with Harmon.[7] Bruce McGill signed as Rizzoli's former partner, Sgt. Vince Korsak.[8] Lee Thompson Young was cast as her new partner, Barry Frost.[8] The role of Rizzoli's younger brother Frankie was filled by Jordan Bridges.[8] Lorraine Bracco signed on as Rizzoli's mother, Angela.[9] In early 2010, Billy Burke was announced as FBI agent Gabriel Dean.[10]
In late January 2010, TNT green-lighted the pilot to series with the new title Rizzoli & Isles.[10][11] Ten episodes were ordered and the show premiered on July 12, 2010.[10][12] The series is produced on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood, California.[13] Owing to a sponsorship deal between MillerCoors and Turner Broadcasting for the summer 2010 season, the series included product placement for MGD 64, including billboards in the backgrounds of some scenes.[14][15] The first season was additionally sponsored by Vonage. After having aired three episodes in 2010, the series was renewed for a second season,[16] which aired from July 11 to December 26, 2011. In August 2011, TNT ordered a third season, which aired from June 5 through December 25, 2012.[17] On June 29, 2012, TNT ordered a fourth season, which aired from June 25, 2013, through March 18, 2014.[18][19][20] On December 9, 2014, TNT renewed Rizzoli & Isles for an 18-episode sixth season.[21][22]
In August 2013, production on the fourth season was suspended when cast member Lee Thompson Young was found dead at his Los Angeles apartment from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.[23] In the second half of the fifth season, a new character, crime scene analyst Nina Holiday, played by Idara Victor, was introduced. Series executive producer Jan Nash stated that Nina would not replace Young's character, Frost, but is her own character. Instead, the existing characters were given "new dynamics", according to Nash. For example, Jane and Korsak work more cases together, and Frankie is more involved and has more access.[24]
Cast and characters[edit]
Main characters[edit]
Jane Clementine Rizzoli (Angie Harmon): a Boston detective in the Homicide Unit. From an Italian American family, Jane is brash, sarcastic, and often prickly but also a confident and independent woman as well as a brilliant detective. She is the tomboy daughter of an overprotective mother. She is extremely competitive, especially with her younger brother, Frankie (also a cop), who is often caught in her shadow. Jane can tackle a perp like a linebacker. She rarely lets her guard down with anyone, except her best friend, Maura Isles. She is something of a slob; her apartment has been shown on several occasions to be quite messy, and in one episode she claimed to have just opened a box of cereal five years after originally buying it. As a child, she was slightly chubby, earning her the nickname "Roly-Poly Rizzoli". She mentioned in one episode that she played field hockey as an attacker in junior college. She is the eldest Rizzoli sibling,[25] and graduated from high school in 1994, which puts Jane's birth year at 1976.[26] She is hopeless with men and allergic to dogs, but she winds up taking in Jo Friday, a stray dog rescued by her former partner, Korsak. Raised in the blue-collar Boston suburb of Revere, Jane has fought long and hard to win the respect of her colleagues, but it is her relationship with her equally stubborn mother, Angela Rizzoli, that sometimes proves to be her biggest headache. During her time on the force, she had a traumatic experience at the hands of a serial killer known as "The Surgeon", Charles Hoyt. While trying to rescue one of his victims, she was taken by surprise from behind and almost became a victim herself. She has matching scars in the center of her palms where Hoyt stabbed her with scalpels, keeping her pinned to the ground. Her original partner, Vince Korsak, saved her life, and Jane survived the brutal, near-death attack by Hoyt. Although she put Hoyt behind bars, she is still haunted by him. She learned that she was pregnant at the end of season four, owing to a liaison with her old boyfriend Casey, but lost the baby midway through the fifth season when she was attacked while protecting a key witness in a case. In the final season, Jane takes a new job as an instructor at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and works her final case with the Boston PD in the series finale, "Ocean-Frank".
Dr. Maura Dorothea Isles (Sasha Alexander): the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Chief Medical Examiner. Isles is a forensic expert working at the Boston Police Department. She is Jane's best friend. Maura is a walking encyclopedia, able to spout out facts regardless of whether or not they are relevant to a case. She has a pet tortoise named Bass, after noted forensic anthropologist William M. Bass. Maura is not easily ruffled and has a steady temperament. She absolutely loves examining dead bodies, but she has a tendency to diagnose living people a little too often. She is the adopted only child of a wealthy family. In high school, she was nicknamed "Maura-The-Bore-A" because her classmates thought she was boring. She is always impeccably dressed and is known around the force as "Queen of the Dead"; her ring tone on Jane's phone appropriately plays Chopin's "Funeral March". Maura is the complete opposite of Jane, though they are best friends; Rizzoli is more of a tomboy, while Maura always looks like she is going to a fashion shoot rather than to the morgue or a crime scene. Though Maura is socially awkward and has trouble with men because of her brutal honesty and habit of revealing all their medical conditions, she is not awkward around Jane. She can analyze x-rays and blood chemistries and can slice open muscles and organs but possesses no scalpel with which to dissect human emotions. Maura also cannot lie; if she does, she breaks out in hives. It is later revealed that her biological father is an Irish crime boss named Paddy Doyle, something she finds out while investigating her half-brother's death. She finds out in the episode "What Doesn't Kill You" (3.1) that her father told her biological mother that she died on the day she was born, August 7, 1976. She subsequently visited a cemetery containing a gravestone with the name "Baby Maura Doyle" on it. In the series finale, "Ocean-Frank", Maura takes a sabbatical from the ME's office to go to Paris, France, and work on her novel.
Angela Rizzoli (Lorraine Bracco): Jane, Frankie and Tommy's overbearing mother. Angela is fiercely protective of her children, saying she has not slept since Jane decided to become a cop. Angela wishes Jane could be a little more feminine and is constantly trying to set her up on dates. After her divorce, she spent some time working in the precinct's café, and dated Lieutenant Cavanagh, but she quit the job and broke up with Cavanagh when she decided that she needed to re-evaluate her life. She currently works at the bar that Vince Korsak bought and that they all frequent.
Vincent "Vince" Walter Korsak (Bruce McGill): Rizzoli's former partner. The two maintain a close bond after years of working together, but Korsak is clearly bothered that he is no longer partnered with Jane. He seems to care for her like a daughter and is nearly as protective of her as Angela is. It is revealed in the series pilot that he saved her life from Hoyt. He will drop whatever he is doing on a moment's notice to rescue an animal, and enjoys watching videos of dogs on the Internet. After remaining a detective for nearly his entire career, Korsak was finally promoted to sergeant-detective in season two, and took the lieutenant's exam in season five. In preparing for retirement, Vince bought the local bar that they all frequent, the Dirty Robber, and employed Angela. He was a US Marine and served during the Vietnam War. Korsak has been divorced 3 times, despite the jokes that he is behind the times he is very wise and observant. He also has several hobbies including playing guitar and sailing, Maura has even once before asked him for his expertise on seaman knots and skills. In the series finale, "Ocean-Frank", Korsak retires from the Boston PD after a thirty-two year career.
Barold "Barry" Frost (Lee Thompson Young) (Seasons 1-4): Rizzoli's second partner. A whiz when it comes to computers and technology, he is terrified of dead bodies and becomes ill at the sight of blood. He is very protective of Jane and stands by her like a loyal, tough partner. In the season five premiere, he is killed in a car accident while returning from vacation. In the season five finale, the team establish the Barry Frost Memorial Scholarship, intended for students who are academically gifted and seek to go into professions that would help others but lack the resources to do so.
Francesco "Frankie" Rizzoli, Jr. (Jordan Bridges): Jane's brother and police officer. He looks up to Jane, but does not like feeling caught in her shadow, especially as he tries to make his own way on the police force. Like all the men in Jane's life, Frankie is more protective of Jane than she would like. He is a cop against his mother's wishes, and sees his sister as a role model. In season four, Frankie is promoted to detective and starts taking night classes in computer science in season five to increase his skill set in Frost's absence. In season seven, he begins a romantic relationship with Nina and eventually successfully proposes to her.
Sean Cavanaugh (Brian Goodman) (Seasons 3-4, main; 1-2, 5, recurring): the lieutenant of the Boston PD's Homicide Unit. Fiercely loyal to Jane and an old friend of Korsak, Sean is willing to bend the rules for his guys. It is later discovered that Sean lost his wife and son in a fire (set by Paddy Doyle) back when he and Korsak were rookies.
Nina Holiday (Idara Victor) (Seasons 6-7, main; 5, recurring): a crime scene analyst and computer technician. Formerly a detective, Holiday transferred to Boston Homicide in order to hone her analytical skills in an office-based environment.[27] Following her being shot in the sixth-season finale, Frankie Rizzoli begins a romantic relationship with her and later successfully proposes to her in the seventh.
Dr. Kent Drake (Adam Sinclair) (Season 7, main; 6, recurring): a lab technician, and Maura's new assistant starting in the sixth season. In the series finale, "Ocean-Frank", Kent is set to oversee the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Medical Examiner's Office during Maura's sabbatical.
Recurring cast and characters[edit]
Annabeth Gish as Alice Sands. Alice was born into a distinguished law enforcement family, but she dropped out of the police academy while Jane was enrolled. Alice was second in her class behind Jane, after having been the best at everything prior to then. This created her dangerous fixation on Jane, which led to Alice inserting herself into a circle of tunnel residents and having them do her bidding. Following a shootout at Korsak's wedding reception, Jane seems to make a personal vendetta against Alice. Jane ultimately corners Alice, who has taken a teenager hostage, and shoots her dead. This leaves her team to wonder if Jane shot her in the line of duty or an act of vengeance.
Tina Huang as Susie Chang, the senior criminalist of the Boston Police Department's crime laboratory. She has described herself as having a very physical memory; when circumstances required her to take point in an investigation, she made various dioramas to explain her reasoning. In the third-season episode "Class Action Satisfaction", she is revealed to be a nudist. She was killed in the sixth-season episode "Misconduct" as part of a complex plan to frame the forensics department for poor handling of a recent case, but the subsequent investigation exposed the killer's true agenda.
Donnie Wahlberg as Lieutenant Joe Grant, an old rival of Jane's who has known her since childhood. He constantly made fun of her, calling her "Frog-Face" and "Roly-Poly Rizzoli" because she was slightly chubby when she was younger. When he leaves for Washington, DC after being appointed as the liaison between Boston and Homeland Security, he claims that he had liked her for a very long time.
John Doman as Patrick "Paddy" Doyle, an Irish-American crime boss and biological father and protector of Maura Isles. Paddy claimed Maura had died as a baby and made sure she was adopted.[28]
Jacqueline Bisset as Constance Isles, a visual artist and the adoptive mother of Dr. Maura Isles. She loves Maura but is sorry that they don't have a close relationship.
Colin Egglesfield as Thomas "Tommy" Rizzoli: the youngest brother of Jane and Frankie; he is the youngest of the Rizzoli kids, arrested for running a priest over at a crosswalk on his third DUI violation. He returns to the family fold following his release from prison. As of the season two episode "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", he is 32 years old. He tries to kiss Maura when he comes back to pay her back for her kindness, but she stops him and he develops a huge crush on Maura as he works on starting a new life.[29]
Chris Vance as Charles (Casey) Jones, an old flame of Jane's during high school, reunited with Jane during season two. A US Army officer assigned to the Middle East, he returns to Boston in season three but breaks up with Jane because of injuries that left him partially paralyzed below the waist. He returns in season four's first episode after a successful operation and proposes to Jane, but when he receives the offer of a promotion to colonel, he decides to stay in the army, leaving Jane behind as she was unwilling to leave her life. He is aware that Jane was pregnant with his child, but respects her decision to raise the child alone as he had also made the choice to return to the army; she loses the baby midway through the fifth season after being attacked while protecting a witness.
Darryl Alan Reed as Rondo, a man with access to information in the criminal world. Although Jane initially dismisses his offer to be her confidential informant, he does become her informant later on and is currently providing Jane with information from the criminal world. He has also been shown to have a comical character persona, similar to Larry Laffer. He frequently hits on Jane, calling her "Vanilla", and eventually develops a friendship with Angela, referring to her as "Mrs. Vanilla". He is revealed to be an ex–jazz singer in "This Is How a Heart Breaks".
Billy Burke as Gabriel Dean, an FBI agent often seen working with the Boston Homicide detectives and Medical Examiner's Office. He later becomes romantically involved with Detective Jane Rizzoli, but she ends this relationship when he tries to use her as part of a plan to capture Paddy Doyle that forced Jane to shoot Paddy.
Chazz Palminteri as Francesco "Frank" Rizzoli Sr. – Jane, Frankie, and Tommy's father. He owns and runs a plumbing business called Rizzoli and Sons. He and Angela separate and then divorce after the first season. He later tries to have their marriage annulled so that he can remarry in a Catholic ceremony. He returns to announce he has stage 2 prostate cancer, and, despite the news, his family finds it difficult to overlook his past transgressions.
Matthew Del Negro as Giovanni Gilberti, a dim-witted former classmate of Jane's and a blue-collar auto mechanic. He is under the impression that Maura and Jane are dating, which Maura came up with in order to save the two of them from Giovanni's advances.
Michael Massee as Charles Hoyt, a former serial killer who stabbed Jane in both hands and continued to threaten Jane, even from behind bars. Hoyt appears in many episodes, including "See One, Do One, Teach One" (episode 1), "I'm Your Boogie Man", and "Remember Me". In the episode "See One, Do One, Teach One", Hoyt and the apprentice he went to medical school with kidnap Jane. Jane shoots and kills the apprentice and throws a flare at Hoyt. Jane then shoots him in the hands and says, "We match". In the episode "Remember Me", Hoyt, despite dying of cancer, lures Jane and Maura into his hospital room with the aid of a new apprentice with the goal of killing Jane before he dies, but Jane manages to get the upper hand and stabs and kills Hoyt with a scalpel while saying, "I win". Despite his death, he continues to haunt Jane and the team and was mentioned in the next two seasons after his death; when dealing with the murders committed by Dennis Rockmond ("Melt My Heart of Stone"), Jane speculates that he may be an apprentice of Hoyt's due to the ritualistic nature of his crimes, and "No One Mourns the Wicked" saw the team deal with a forensic pathologist and her son (conceived by her father's abuse) who were committing murders inspired by Hoyt's methods.
Sharon Lawrence as Hope Martin, Maura's biological mother, who believed Maura died as a baby. She is a noted forensic pathologist.
Emilee Wallace as Cailin Martin, Hope's daughter and Maura's half-sister. Maura anonymously donated her kidney to Cailin to save her life.
Alexandra Holden as Lydia Sparks, a ditzy young woman who is heavily pregnant when she is befriended by Angela. It is soon revealed that the child she is carrying is either Tommy's or Angela's ex-husband Frank's. Eventually the child is known as TJ, for "Tommy Junior", once a test confirms that Tommy is the father.
Jaz Sinclair as Tasha Williams.
Broadcast[edit]
Rizzoli & Isles started to air on GEM in Australia on November 29, 2010.[30] The series started to air on Super Channel in Canada on October 5, 2010.[31] As of 2016, Superchannel is no longer carrying the show.
The series moved to Showcase in Canada on January 3, 2012, on TVNorge in Norway on November 11, 2010, M-Net Series in South Africa on September 14, 2011, and on Warner TV in Singapore on February 1, 2011.[32]
Rizzoli & Isles started to air on Alibi in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2011. A subscription is required.[32][33] The series second season premiered on January 26, 2012.[32]
Season
Time slot (EST)
Number of episodes
Premiere
Finale
TV season
Overall rank
Overall viewership
Date
Viewers
(millions)
18–49 Rating
Date
Viewers
(millions)
18–49 Rating
1
Monday 10:00 pm 10 July 12, 2010 7.55[34] 2.1[34] September 13, 2010 6.56[35] 1.5[35] 2010 N/A N/A
2
15 July 11, 2011 6.38[36] 1.2[36] December 26, 2011 5.79[37] 1.1[37] 2011 N/A N/A
3
Tuesday
9:00 pm 15 June 5, 2012 5.62[38] 1.2[38] December 25, 2012 4.42[39] 0.8[39] 2012 #3[40] 7.40[40]
4
16 June 25, 2013 6.64[41] 1.4[41] March 18, 2014 3.58[42] 0.7[42] 2013–14 N/A N/A
5
18 June 17, 2014 5.81[43] 1.0[43] March 17, 2015 3.62[44] 0.6[44] 2014–15 N/A N/A
6
18 June 16, 2015 4.39[45] 0.7[45] March 15, 2016 2.92[46] 0.5[46] 2015–16 N/A N/A
7
Monday 9:00 pm 13 June 6, 2016 3.91[47] 0.6[47] September 5, 2016 5.26[48] 0.7[48] 2016 TBA TBA
Reception[edit]
The series started strong in the ratings, as 7.55 million viewers tuned in for the premiere episode. Rizzoli & Isles was the second most-watched cable program on the evening of July 12, 2010, behind its lead-in, The Closer, which had 110,000 more viewers.[49] The show finished the week in third behind The Closer and the final episode of Deadliest Catch.[50]
The premiere set a record as the highest-rated debut for a commercial-supported cable series, and it was the second-highest debut ever for a basic cable TV series.[51][52] Rizzoli & Isles is second only to the 2008 premiere of Raising the Bar, which attracted 7.7 million viewers during its commercial-free debut.[52][53][54] Live + 7 day ratings for the premiere updated the show's status as the all-time most-watched cable series launch, with DVR viewers increasing the show's rating to just over 9 million viewers.[55]
The show has ranked in the top five cable programs all five seasons and was the number one basic cable program in its fifth season.[56]
The show has been described as having lesbian undertones,[57][58][59] and the purported sexual attraction between Rizzoli and Isles has been the subject of critical and fan attention,[60][61][62][59][63] with sites such as The Advocate connecting the show's lesbian subtext to its popularity.[64] Harmon said that she was not surprised by the attention[65] and that, while it was "'super fun' to play a role that has some same-sex romantic vibes", the characters are "straight" and "just best friends".[60] Alexander said that she was not initially aware of the subtext but believed it reflected the characters' chemistry.[66] She also expressed skepticism that Rizzoli and Isles' friendship was out of the ordinary.[67]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year
Association
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
2012 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 18–21 Cameron Monaghan Nominated
2014 People's Choice Awards Favorite Cable TV Actress Angie Harmon Nominated
2015 Favorite Cable TV Actress Angie Harmon Won
Favorite Cable TV Drama Rizzoli & Isles Nominated
2016 Favorite Cable TV Actress Sasha Alexander Won
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^ Jump up to: a b Gorman, Bill (September 14, 2010). "TNT's The Closer and Rizzoli & Isles Close Out Summer With More Big Numbers". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b Seidman, Robert (July 12, 2011). "Monday Cable Ratings: "All-Star" Softball Edges Out 'Pawn Stars,' 'Home Run Derby' + 'Closer,' 'Rizzoli,' 'Alphas,' 'Eureka' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b "Monday Cable Ratings: Falcons-Saints+ 'Pawn Stars,' 'Closer,' 'Rizzoli & Isles,' 'WWE RAW' & Much More - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
^ Jump up to: a b Kondolojy, Amanda (June 6, 2012). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: Celtics-Heat Lead +'Storage Wars', 'Deadliest Catch', 'Tosh.0', 'The Game,' 'Rizzoli & Isles' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b Bibel, Sara (December 27, 2012). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: NBA Basketball Wins Night, 'Doctor Who', 'Rizzoli & Isles', 'Leverage' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b Bibel, Sara (December 12, 2012). "Top Twenty Basic Cable Shows of 2012 Including 'Walking Dead', 'Jersey Shore' & 'Suits'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Catfish' & 'Rizzoli & Isles' Win Night, 'Pretty Little Liars', 'Deadliest Catch', 'Perception' & More". TVbytheNumbers. June 26, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b Bibel, Sara (March 19, 2014). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'The Game' Wins Night, 'Pretty Little Liars', 'Teen Mom 2', 'Rizzoli & Isles', 'Justified', 'Cougar Town' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Kondolojy, Amanda (June 18, 2014). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: World Cup Soccer Leads Night + 'Deadliest Catch', 'Rizzoli & Isles', 'The Haves & the Have Nots', 'Pretty Little Liars' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Bibel, Sara (March 17, 2015). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Pretty Little Liars', 'The Haves & The Have Nots' & 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Win Night, 'Being Mary Jane', 'Rizzoli & Isles' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Kondolojy, Amanda (June 17, 2015). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Deadliest Catch' Tops Night + 'Rizzoli & Isles', 'Pretty Little Liars', 'SportsCenter' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (March 16, 2016). "Tuesday cable ratings: 'The People v. O.J. Simpson' and 'Fixer Upper' stay steady". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (June 7, 2016). "Monday cable ratings: 'Love and Hip Hop' leads". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Welch, Alex (September 7, 2016). TV by the Numbers http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/09/07/monday-cable-ratings-september-5-2016/. Retrieved September 7, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Jump up ^ "Monday Cable Ratings: Home Run Derby Goes Yard; Pawn Stars, Closer, WWE RAW, Secret Life & Much More". TVbytheNumbers. July 13, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
Jump up ^ Umstead, R. Thomas (July 20, 2010). "USA Regains Ratings Crown". Multichannel News. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
Jump up ^ "TNT's Rizzoli & Isles Sets Record with Cable's Biggest Ad-Supported Premiere after Outstanding Season Debut of The Closer" (Press release). Turner Broadcasting System. July 13, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b Elingburg, Nolan (July 13, 2010). "Rizzoli & Isles Premiere Draws Big Audience". TV Guide. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
Jump up ^ O'Connell, Mikey (July 13, 2010). "'Rizzoli & Isles' pulls in 7.6 million for first episode". Zap2it. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
Jump up ^ Ho, Rodney (July 13, 2010). "'Rizzoli & Isles' has biggest ad-supported cable launch of all time". The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
Jump up ^ Seidman, Robert (August 3, 2010). "Rizzoli & Isles Premiere Goes Over 9 Million Viewers With Week of DVR Viewing; Ratings Notes for TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and truTV". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
Jump up ^ Thomlison, Adam. "Q & A". TV Media. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
Jump up ^ Stuever, Hank (July 12, 2011). "TV Preview: 'Rizzoli & Isles' on TNT and 'Covert Affairs' on USA". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2016. There's a hunky FBI agent who shows up to investigate the case, and he distracts Rizzoli and Isles not only from their jobs but from the faintly lesbian undertones that the show keeps trying to establish.
Jump up ^ Siede, Caroline (December 9, 2014). "TNT Renews Rizzoli & Isles". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016. The detective procedural with subtle lesbian undertones (but no actual lesbian romance) will return to TNT next summer after its fifth season wraps up in March.
^ Jump up to: a b Starr, Liane Brown (July 8, 2011). "Quick Look: So Are 'Rizzoli & Isles' Gay Or What?". HitFix. Archived from the original on August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Stanley, T.L. (July 3, 2011). "'Rizzoli & Isles' — Are They or Aren't They?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
Jump up ^ Ho, Rodney (July 11, 2011). "'Rizzoli & Isles' Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander Riding High as Second Season Starts". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
Jump up ^ Halterman 2011, p. 1.
Jump up ^ "Angie Harmon Has One Problem With All That 'Rizzoli & Isles' Lesbian Fan-Fiction". The Huffington Post. July 9, 2013. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
Jump up ^ Halterman 2011, p. 2; Anderson-Minshall 2012, p. 1.
Jump up ^ Halterman 2011, p. 1: "I'm not saying we didn't help ... We knew it was there in the first [episode] and it was absolutely no surprise to me."
Jump up ^ Halterman 2011, p. 2.
Jump up ^ Anderson-Minshall 2012, pp. 2–3.
Works cited[edit]
Anderson-Minshall, Diane (June 1, 2012). "Maura Could Consider a Lesbian Tryst: Sasha Alexander Talks Rizzoli & Isles". The Advocate. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
Halterman, J. (July 27, 2011). "On Set with 'Rizzoli & Isles'". AfterEllen.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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Personal foul (basketball)
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Zoran Dragić (right) contacts Carl English and commits foul.
In basketball, a personal foul is a breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent. It is the most common type of foul in basketball. A foul out occurs when a player exceeds his or her personal foul limit for a game and is disqualified from participation in the remainder of the game.
Players routinely initiate illegal contact to purposely affect the play, hoping it is seen as too minor to be called a foul. The threshold is subjective and varies among officials and from game to game. Most contact fouls are not regarded as unsportsmanlike. However, a contact foul involving excessive or unjustified contact is classed as an unsportsmanlike foul (or in the NBA, flagrant foul)
Contents
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1 History
2 Principles
2.1 Cylinder
2.2 Elements of time and distance
3 Types of foul
3.1 Charging and blocking
3.2 Other fouls on the ball-carrier
3.3 Fouls away from the ball
3.4 Other personal fouls
3.5 Non-foul
4 Penalties
4.1 Strategy
4.2 Fouling out
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links
History[edit]
Max Bielfeldt of the 2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team playing against Northwestern draws a foul with a pump fake in the team's January 3 2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season opener.
Basketball has always had the concept of fouls. In 1891, James Naismith's original 13 rules[1] defined a foul as:
running with the ball,
holding the ball with the arms or body,
striking the ball with the fist,
shouldering, holding, pushing, striking or tripping in any way of an opponent.
Only the fourth definition remains. Running with the ball and striking it with the fist are now violations. Holding the ball with the arms or body is now rare but legal.
Originally, on a player's second foul, the player would be removed without substitution until the next successful goal (similar to a penalty in ice hockey). Before long, free throws were introduced, originally worth three points each, then one. Originally, any team member was allowed to shoot free throws. In 1924, the rules were changed so that the fouled player shot the free throws.
The victim of a contact foul used to be given three attempts at a free throw, and the offense retained possession of the basketball. Now, a player fouled in the act of shooting gets from one to three shots and the other team tends to get possession afterwards (see Penalties below).
Principles[edit]
Personal contact does not necessarily constitute a personal foul, unless it gives a player an advantage or puts the opponent at a disadvantage.
Cylinder[edit]
In FIBA, the cylinder principle gives each player exclusive rights within an imaginary cylinder defined:
in the front by the palms of the hands, when the arms are bent at the elbows so that the forearms and hands are raised, but no farther in front than the feet,
in the rear by the buttocks,
at the sides by the outside edge of the arms and legs.
The cylinder extends from the floor to the ceiling, allowing the player to jump upward.
A player can occupy any cylinder not already occupied by the opponent. No one else is allowed to step or reach into this cylinder. A player must not extend his limbs or bend his body in a way that is not normal. If there is a breach of this principle that places the opponent at a disadvantage, the official may penalise it.
The NBA does not use the cylinder principle to judge contact; it only says that a player may not bend or reach in a position that is not normal (nor push, hold, and so on).
Elements of time and distance[edit]
The elements of time and distance concern the reaction time and distance of another person. They apply only to players without the ball, not to the ball carrier. For example, a player cannot suddenly step in front of a sprinting player, even without invading the cylinder. Another example is when a player sets a screen directly behind a player: the player would not physically be able to react to the screen in enough time to avoid it.
Types of foul[edit]
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Justin Doellman, then a Valencia Basket player, is fouled in a Eurocup match.
Charging and blocking[edit]
"Offensive fouls" redirects here. For the Canadian play, see Offensive Fouls.
When significant[n 1] illegal contact between the ball-carrier and a defender occurs, it usually means that either —
The defender committed a blocking foul, or
The ball-carrier committed the offensive foul of charging.
Deciding between the two is complex, partly subjective, and often controversial.
Generally, the ball-carrier committed a charge if all of the following are true:
The defender was still, or moving sideways or backward but not forward, when contact occurred.
The defender took a legal guarding position before the contact, that is, one with both feet on the floor.
The defender was hit on the torso (as opposed to the arm or leg).
In the NBA, in contact during a move to the basket, officials do not consider the position of the defender's feet, but decide whether the defensive player's torso was set in position before the offensive player began his upward motion.[2]
A charging foul is usually not called if the ball-handler is within a 4-foot (1.22 m) radius around the center of the basket (known in the rules as the "restricted area" and sometimes colloquially as the "smiley face"[3]). That is, if the ball-carrier is under the basket, the defense usually cannot restrict his or her movement by drawing a charge. An exception is made if the offensive player receives the ball within an area close to the basket known as the "lower defensive box."
A related call is the player control foul.[n 2]
Strategy
Apart from using hands in neutral space to shield or deflect a pass or a shot, the defender uses his or her body to impede the ball-carrier's advance toward the basket. The defender's only absolute way to achieve this is to stand directly in the ball-carrier's path and "draw a charge." Short of this, the defender's use of the body may make the ball-carrier hesitate or change tactics. Both opponents are restrained by their desire not to commit a foul.
It is not a foul to grab for the ball, or to touch a hand of the ball-carrier that is on the ball, but the ball-carrier, especially in the act of shooting, can easily cause greater contact that is a blocking foul against the defender.
Once contact is made, the defender may fall to the ground to exaggerate the force of the collision and induce a foul to be called. (The ball-carrier rarely does so, as it would disrupt the effort to score a goal.) Overt deception is disparagingly called a "flop" and is discouraged by the rules at every level of basketball.
Screening
A screen is an attempt by an offensive player to stop a defender from guarding the ball-carrier. For example, John Stockton and Karl Malone were well known for their pick and roll (or screen and roll) play. The ball-carrier's teammate is the screener; he stands in the path of the defender as the ball-carrier dribbles past the screener. This at least costs the defender time, and may induce a collision. Either leaves the ball-carrier unguarded. However, if the screener moves towards the ball-carrier when contact occurs, or does not respect the elements of time and distance, or initiates contact, he is charged with illegal screening or setting a moving pick. These are blocking fouls.
Other fouls on the ball-carrier[edit]
In the NBA, the ball-carrier cannot attempt to dribble past a defender where there is not enough space, such as dribbling between a defender and either a boundary or another defensive player. If the ball-carrier has space to put head and shoulders past the defender, then the defender is responsible.
In FIBA, this rule is not codified, but contact caused by the dribbler is still penalized.
Fouls away from the ball[edit]
The rules are symmetrical for contact between offensive and defensive players not involving the ball-carrier. Any player has the right to a position on the court legally acquired. A player acquiring a position that will impede an opponent must respect the elements of time and distance; that is, not take a position so close, or so quickly, that the opponent cannot avoid contact. This includes gradually slowing down after running with the opponent, and situations where the opponent is shielded from seeing the player's movement.
Other personal fouls[edit]
Pushing — Contact that displaces an opponent (for example, pushing a player away from the basket, or using body weight to affect a player's movement).
Holding — Contact that interferes with a player's freedom of movement (for example, physically grabbing a player driving to the basket).
Illegal use of hands — Extending the hands outside the cylinder and causing illegal contact (for example, going for a steal but hitting the player's hand or arm, or hitting the arm of a shooter).
Hand-checking — Contact by the defense on a ball handler that impedes a player's speed, quickness, rhythm, and/or balance.
Illegal use of elbow — Moving one's elbow outside the cylinder to disadvantage an opponent. This mostly occurs during a post-up play situation, where either offense or defense attempt to gain a better position.
Illegal use of legs or knees (on the dunk): Jumping up with one knee forward as to intentionally hit the defender.
Non-foul[edit]
Referees who called every case of illegal player contact would dominate the game to the exclusion of the athletes, but reluctance to make calls would make the game excessively violent. The rules direct referees to seek a balance between these extremes, though they do not define it.[n 3]
When players are competing for a ball that goes out of bounds, and one player commits illegal but minor contact, referees often do not feel a foul is justified but resolve the situation by simply awarding possession of the ball to the other team.
The "reach-in foul" is a misnomer. Reaching toward a player is not a foul, though physical contact may be a foul.
Penalties[edit]
The official scorer records the foul in two counts of fouls on the scoresheet:
As a player foul against the offending player during the game. A player who accumulates too many fouls will foul out (see below).
As a team foul against the offending player's team during the current quarter or half. A team that accumulates too many fouls in that period enters the penalty situation and puts the other team into the "bonus." In college basketball, another, higher number of team fouls gives the other team a "double bonus" (men only) regarding the number of free throws. (See the article on free throws.)
On a foul committed by the defense (and on a loose-ball foul when neither team is in possession of the ball), if the team committing the foul is in the penalty situation or the fouled player was in the act of shooting, the fouled player is awarded free throws. Otherwise, and on offensive fouls, the fouled player's team is awarded possession of the ball to pass inbounds from the out-of-bounds point nearest to the foul. The shot clock is reset.
In some rulebooks, such as that of FIBA, a technical foul is included in the count of player fouls.
If the game goes to overtime, foul counts are not reset, but continue as though overtime were a continuation of the final regulation period. The NBA and WNBA are exceptions, in that each overtime period has its own count of team fouls.
Strategy[edit]
Play media
Sam Van Rossom scores a two-point shot and is fouled on the same play.
Fans and commentators often call an infraction a "good foul," such as when the foul is against a player who would otherwise have made a sure basket. By fouling the player and preventing an easy two points, the defender forces the offensive player to "earn" the two points from the free throw line. However, if the foul does not prevent the player from scoring, the basket is counted and the fouled player gets an additional free throw.
After the fouled player shoots free throws, the team that was on defense is likely to gain possession of the ball. This is by award, if the final free throw was made. Even if it is missed, defensive players can occupy better positions at the side of the lane to get the rebound.
Near the end of the game, a team that is losing may purposefully foul offensive players to stop the clock and regain possession of the ball, with the hope that the player will miss his free throws. Coaches study free-throw percentages, so that the defense will foul a ball carrier who is poor at free-throw shooting. The "Hack-a-Shaq" strategy was famously practiced against Shaquille O'Neal in view of his poor percentage. The defense is not free to foul its choice of the five offensive players, as a foul "away from the ball" results in free throws plus possession.
Clear path fouls
In the NBA, it also results in free throws plus possession when the defense commits a foul and the ball carrier is in the frontcourt with a "clear path" to the basket (no defender between the ball carrier and the basket).[4]
Fouling out[edit]
A player who commits five personal fouls over the course of a 40-minute game,[n 4] or six in a 48-minute game, fouls out and is disqualified for the remainder of the game. A player within one or two fouls of fouling out is in "foul trouble." Players who foul out are not ejected and may remain in the bench area for the remainder of the game. Fouling out of a game is not a disciplinary action.
In the NCAA and FIBA, if a team is reduced to five players by injury or ejection, and one of them commits a sixth foul or is ejected, play continues with that team reduced to four players. A team automatically loses the game by default if fewer than two players remain in the game.
In the NBA and WNBA, no team can be reduced to four players, so such a player stays in the game. If another of the five players is ejected or injured, the last player to foul out rejoins the game. In these reinsertions, the team is assessed a technical foul. In addition, any additional foul the player commits draws another technical foul. This results in one or an extra free throw for the opponents, even if the player's foul would not normally result in free throws. (These technical fouls are not for unsportsmanlike conduct, so they do not result in ejections from the game.)
This rule let Don Otten set the NBA record for personal fouls in a regular-season game. He had eight fouls while playing for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (now the Atlanta Hawks) against the Sheboygan Red Skins on November 24, 1949.[5] The rule was again invoked in a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers on February 5, 2014.[6] With the Lakers down to 5 players due to injuries, when Robert Sacre fouled out, he remained in the game.[7]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ The NBA rulebook (officiating guidelines, Section C) repeatedly excludes "negligible and/or incidental....contact".
Jump up ^ NBA Rule 12-B-II states, "The dribbler must be in control of his body at all times."
Jump up ^ For example, in the NBA rulebook, the overview of officiating discusses the need to "create a balance of play" and "provide reasonable safety...without unduly limiting freedom of action."
Jump up ^ In the WNBA, the limit is 6 personal fouls in a 40-minute game. In the NBA Summer League, the limit is 10 fouls.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Dr. James Naismith's Original 13 Rules of Basket Ball". USA Basketball. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
Jump up ^ ESPN. "Notes from a Day with NBA Referees". espn.com. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
Jump up ^ Alan Greenwood (2016-04-24). "Referees are fouling up a good thing". Nashua Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
Jump up ^ "Clear Path Foul". basketballhow.com. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
Jump up ^ "Regular Season Records: Personal Fouls". Retrieved 2007-09-14.
Jump up ^ "Odd Ending for Lakers". Retrieved 2014-04-20.
Jump up ^ "Robert Sacre plays after fouling out as depleted Lakers snap skid". Retrieved 2014-04-20.
External links[edit]
2008 NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Rules
International Basketball Federation (June 2004). Official Basketball Rules 2004.
NBA Rule Number 12: Fouls and Penalties
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