Ironside TV series (new)

When I saw this in the subway, I thought, " Oh no, how typical, they cannot come up with any good new ideas so they recycle some old hit TV show except that they make the hero black this time..give me a break!"

Well, according to Wikipedia, show has already generated more controversy than that, --and ironically, due to political correctness but coming from a different angle-- 

Ironside (2013 TV series)

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For the original series, see Ironside (TV series).

Ironside
Genre	Drama
Format	Police procedural
Starring	Blair Underwood Kenneth Choi Brent Sexton Pablo Schreiber Spencer Grammer Neal Bledsoe
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Semel[1] Teri Weinberg[1] John Davis[1] Jon Fox[1]
Production company(s)	Universal Television David Entertainment Yellow Brick Road
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Chronology
Preceded by	Ironside
External links
Official website

Ironside is an upcoming American drama television series that is scheduled to premiere in the 2013–14 television season on NBC. It will air on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central, after Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It is a remake of the 1960s television series Ironside. The series is expected to premiere on October 2, 2013.^[2]

Contents

• 1 Production
• 2 Cast and characters
• 3 Controversy
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Production

The pilot was written by Michael Caleo, who is also the executive producer, while Universal TV, David Entertainment and Yellow Brick Road will produce the show.^[3]
According to various news outlets, the plot of the show will revolve around "A tough, sexy but acerbic police detective using a wheelchair after a shooting is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases in the city." ^[4][5]

Cast and characters

• Blair Underwood as Robert Ironside^[6][7]
• Brent Sexton as Gary Stanton^[7]
• Pablo Schreiber as Virgil^[7]
• Spencer Grammer as Holly^[7]
• Neal Bledsoe as Teddy^[7]
• Kenneth Choi as Captain Ed Rollins^[7][8]

Controversy

Controversy arose over the decision to cast Blair Underwood in a role of a parapalegic despite the fact the actor does not have a physical disability requiring a wheelchair. Sons of Anarchy actor Kurt Yaeger, himself an amputee, compared the act to blackface, being quoted as saying "This would be like being in the '50s and having a white guy do blackface, at this point. You need to start having disabled people playing disabled characters. Period."^[9] Auti Angel, a paralyzed actress who appears in the Sundance Channel’s reality series Push Girls was quoted as saying "What are they afraid of? There are so many extremely talented individuals who are performing artists with a different ability."^[10] Larry Sapp, a disabled independent filmmaker, went as far as to boycott the show by starting a Facebook page called Don't Shoot Ironside.^[11] However, fellow Push Girls star, Angela Rockwood says she is not opposed to Ironside because the drama, like her show, challenges perceptions of how those in wheelchairs should look and act.^[11]