Editing Serpico (section)

==Legacy==
On September 21, 1975, ''Serpico'' premiered on television on ''[[The ABC Sunday Night Movie]]''.{{sfn|Tampa Tribune-Times staff|1975|p=41}}

It was released on [[VHS]] in 1991,{{sfn|Weiner, David|1992|p=DL}} and on [[DVD]] in 2002.{{sfn|Hodgkins, John|2013|p=157}} The film was made available on [[Blu-ray]] in 2013.{{sfn|Paramount Pictures staff|2013}} [[Masters of Cinema]] released ''Serpico'' in the United Kingdom on Blu-ray in 2014. It contains three video documentaries about the film, a photo gallery with an audio commentary by Lumet, and a forty-four page booklet.{{sfn|Masters of Cinema staff|2014}}

A [[Serpico (TV series)|television series]] based on Maas's book and the motion picture was broadcast on [[NBC]] between September 1976 and January 1977, with [[David Birney]] as Serpico.{{sfn|Hischak, Thomas|2014|p=212}} Fourteen episodes were broadcast, but the fifteenth was not aired. The series was preceded by the pilot film ''Serpico: The Deadly Game'', which was broadcast in April 1976.{{sfn|Martindale, David|1991|p=439}}

The main character in the 1976 Italian film ''[[The Cop in Blue Jeans]]'' was inspired by ''Serpico''.{{sfn|Curti, Roberto|2013|p=168}} In the 1977 film ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', a poster of ''Serpico'' is featured in the room of its main character, Tony Manero.{{sfn|Wlodarz, Joe|2010|p=61}} The film is referenced in 1994's ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' by the character Dwight McClusky.{{sfn|Tarantino, Quentin|2000|p=10}} The poster of the film is featured in the room of the main character of 1997's ''[[Boogie Nights]]''.{{sfn|Paasonen, Susanna|Nikunen, Kaarina|Saarenmaa, Laura|2007|p=27}} Serpico was mentioned in the 1995 film ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]''.{{sfn|Frank, Scott|Leonard, Elmore|1996|p=4}}

In a 2004 ''[[Corner Gas]]'' episode "The Taxman", local cops Davis and Karen talk about the film, and Karen tries to rent it at the video store.{{sfn|Video Service Corp staff|2008}} In the 2007 episode of ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' "Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City", Charlie imitates Pacino’s performance after the gang buys an out-of-commission police car. The film is referenced in a 2016 episode of ''[[El ministerio del tiempo]]'' as the reason for the nickname of one of its main characters, "Pacino".{{sfn|Quirós, Paloma|2016}} Among other police films, ''Serpico'' influenced the [[Hong Kong action cinema]].{{sfn|Yau, Esther|2017|p=110}}