The film of the exact same name inspired the Large Easy television show from 1987. The show premiered on the USA Cable Network. Tony Crane played New Orleans police lieutenant/detective Remy McSwain, Susan Walters played country district attorney Anne Osbourne and Barry Corbin played police chief C.D. LeBlanc. Daniel Petrie Jr. has been the executive producer of the sequence. 35 episodes were broadcast over two seasons. The show takes place at New Orleans and has been taken in place.