Zap2it: As an Irishman in America, what did you learn about being a cop in Manhattan's largely Irish-American Five Points neighborhood in 1864 for "Copper"?Kevin Ryan: As a cop, you were in a gang. That's what these guys were. They were all gangs. Even th more

Before the summer officially came to a close, BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who and COPPER earned record ratings for the channel. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Tvbythenumbers/~3/CnzRR2rch7U/

Copper  “In the Hands of  an Angry God” Episode 3 on Sunday, September 3 9:00pm ET/PT on BBC America Episode Synopsis : September 26, 1864. Racial tensions in Five Points  come to a head as the body of an Irishman is discovered ly more

Copper  “Husbands and Fathers” Episode 2 on Sunday, August 26, 9:00pm ET/PT on BBC America Episode Synopsis : September 21, 1864. Corcoran  receives a lead on a figure from his past who may have information about the loss of his f more

New York City in 1864 was no place for a wimp. In BBC America's Copper , the latest collaboration from Oz and Homicide vets Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson , the Civil War-era town is a boiling stew of impoverished immigrants, uptown power brokers, vicious more

Copper hit the streets of 1864 New York running on Sunday night. The first original scripted series in BBC America history garnered 1.8 million total viewers, becoming the network's highest rated premiere ever in the process. Said Perry Simon, Ge more

Copper  “Surviving Death” Episode 1 on Sunday, August 19, 9:00pm ET/PT on BBC America Episode Synopsis : September 17, 1864. New York City is still recovering from the Draft Riots of 1863. In Five Points , the worst slum in the country , De more

If you think America is strange, violent and complex now, and you wish for a simpler, kinder time way back when, then BBC America's "Copper" may mess with your nostalgic yearnings. It turns out the past is just as dark, twisted and ultimately hopeful as t more