Rescue Me (American TV series)

Rescue Me
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Denis Leary Peter Tolan
Starring	Denis Leary Michael Lombardi James McCaffrey Jack McGee Steven Pasquale Andrea Roth John Scurti Robert John Burke Daniel Sunjata Diane Farr Callie Thorne Dean Winters Tatum O’Neal Adam Ferrara Larenz Tate
Opening theme	"C'mon C'mon" by The Von Bondies
Composers	Christopher Tyng Adam Roth Brad Hatfield
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	93 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jim Serpico Denis Leary Kerry Orent Peter Tolan
Producers	Denis Leary Kerry Orent Alyson Evans Evan Reilly
Cinematography	Tom Houghton Jonathan Freeman
Editors	John Axness Joel Goodman Paul Anderson Thomas M. Bolger Finnian Murray Leslie Tolan
Running time	40–60 minutes
Production companies	The Cloudland Company Apostle DreamWorks Television Sony Pictures Television 20th Century Fox Television (seasons 1–3) FX Productions (seasons 4–7)
Original release
Network	FX
Release	July 21, 2004 (2004-07-21) – September 7, 2011 (2011-09-07)
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Rescue Me is an American dramedy television series that aired on FX from July 21, 2004, to September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters.

The protagonist and focal point of the series is veteran New York City firefighter Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary). The series follows Tommy's troubled family and co-workers as they deal with real-life issues, such as post-9/11 trauma or their own domestic problems. Tommy struggles with the loss of his cousin and best friend, firefighter Jimmy Keefe (James McCaffrey), as well as 59 other firefighters whom he knew who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Jimmy frequently visits Tommy in ghostly dreams.

Tommy is an impatient, self-loathing, hypocritical, manipulative relapsed alcoholic who suffers with severe survivor guilt and posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of 9/11. In the pilot episode, he and his wife Janet (Andrea Roth) have already separated, although they are technically still married, and Tommy has moved across the street. Most of Tommy's actions as a firefighter are heroic and brave, but his family members and fellow firefighters view him as selfish, despite his concern for others and passion for the job.

Rescue Me was created by Leary and Peter Tolan, who also serve as executive producers and head writers, and is produced by Cloudland Company, Apostle, DreamWorks Television, and Sony Pictures Television.