& Order in its place before deciding to cancel the series. Three of the remaining unaired episodes were broadcast on December 27, 2003, and the final episode aired on December 28, 2003. In retrospect, the show's creator, Graham Yost said: "Boomtown was perhaps, in retrospect, better suited for HBO or FX. But at that time, HBO had The Wire, and FX had The Shield. So NBC was really the only place for it, and they embraced the Rashomon structure and were excited by that, but then when the ratings weren't spectacular, what happens is everyone questions everything. 'Maybe that's the problem. Maybe it's the music. Maybe it's this. Maybe it's that. And the doubt becomes corrosive. So when we were lobbying for a second season, we were told straightforwardly that... there was one particular episode toward the end of the first season where Fearless, played by Mykelti Williamson, has to deal with the past of having been molested as a child, and we were basically told, 'You can't do any more episodes like that.' To this day, I don't know if that was the right decision. I do feel like that was one of the best episodes we ever did. I'm extraordinarily proud of that. But you want to keep going, you want to work with those actors, those writers, that crew. You want to take a shot, and you're hoping you will succeed, but we didn't. So there's a part of me that regrets the abbreviated second season, but there's also a part of me that's like, 'Eh. We gave it a shot. Boomtown received several awards and nominations, including Emmy Awards, Golden Satellite Awards, and Television Critics Association Awards. Cast and characters Main Donnie Wahlberg as Los Angeles Police Department Detective II Joel Stevens Neal McDonough as Los Angeles County Assistant District Attorney David McNorris Mykelti Williamson as Los Angeles Police Department Detective II Bobby 'Fearless' Smith Gary Basaraba as Los Angeles Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler Nina Garbiras as Andrea Little, a reporter (season one) Lana Parrilla as Teresa Ortiz, a paramedic in season one, and a rookie police officer in season two Jason Gedrick as Los Angeles Police Department Police Officer II Tom Turcotte Recurring Megan Ward as Kelly Stevens David Proval as Los Angeles Police Department Detective II Paul Turcotte Dorian Harewood as Los Angeles Police Department Captain Ron Hicks Kelly Rowan as