• StatusEnded
  • Rating6.3
  • Created by:David Mills
  • Production
    CompaniesSpelling Television, Knee Deep Productions, NBC Studios
  • GenreCrime, Drama
  • Episode
    Runtime60mins
  • First Air
    Date2003-02-02
  • NetworksNBC

Overview

Kingpin is an American crime drama television series which debuted on the NBC network in the U.S. and CTV in Canada on February 2, 2003 and lasted 6 episodes. NBC's answer to The Sopranos and also influenced by The Godfather, Macbeth and Traffik, the story was about a Mexican drug trafficker named Miguel Cadena and his family life. It was to be followed by a television series, but low ratings canceled those plans. Commercials for the mini-series on NBC featured the song "Más" by the Mexican band Kinky.

Casts

Yancey Arias

Sheryl Lee

Bobby Cannavale

Angela Alvarado

Brian Benben

Shay Roundtree

Neko Parham

Eduardo Palomo