Editing NYPD Blue (section)

== Sequel ==
The sequel of the series was announced in October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title='NYPD Blue' Sequel With Andy Sipowicz's Son Set At ABC From Matt Olmstead, Nick Wootton & Jesse Bochco|website=Yahoo|url=https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/nypd-blue-sequel-andy-sipowicz-223016018.html|access-date=7 August 2023|author=Nellie Andreeva|date=18 October 2018}}</ref> The [[Television pilot|pilot]] is a co-production between 20th Century Fox TV, which was behind the original series, and ABC Studios, and producers were [[Casting (performing arts)|casting]] its four main roles at the time of the announcement. The storyline would revolve around the murder of Andy Sipowicz, with his son Theo as a uniformed police officer who works to earn promotion to detective while investigating his father's killing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/nypd-blue-sequel-series-abc-1202983411/|title='NYPD Blue' Follow-Up Series Lands Pilot Production Commitment at ABC|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=2018-10-17|work=Variety|access-date=2018-10-18|language=en-US}}</ref>

On May 10, 2019, it was reported that the sequel's pilot would be retooled for a potential midseason pickup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/nypd-blue-abc-pilot-reworked-midseason-consideration-1202611993/|title='NYPD Blue': ABC Pilot To Be Reworked For Midseason Consideration|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2019-05-11|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> On January 30, 2020, it was reported that the sequel was no longer in active development at ABC.