"the good cop", another humorous murder-mystery series created and written by breckman, debuted on netflix in september 2018. (it ran for ten episodes before being cancelled.) the show starred tony danza as tony caruso, sr., "a disgraced, former nypd officer who never followed the rules," and josh groban as his son, tony "t.j." caruso, jr., a squeaky-clean homicide detective. about the series, breckman said, "many cop shows feature dark and provocative material: psycho-sexual killers, twisted, grim, flawed detectives. many address the most controversial issues of the day. i watch a lot of them. god bless 'em all. but the show i want to produce is playful, family-friendly, and a celebration of old-fashioned puzzle-solving."