Coby Bell by K.C. Bailey/NBC
After years of patiently waiting, Third Watch has finally entered the DVD universe! In celebration of this week’s first-season release, I stole some time with Officer Ty Davis himself, Coby Bell, to talk about shooting the show, cracking up his on-screen sidekick and what took so damn long!According to my research, you were the only actor on the show who appeared in every episode. Oh wow. Was I? [Laughs] I didn’t know that.Says you also did really well on a Third Watch edition of The Weakest Link? I do remember that. And I surprised myself. [Laughs] It was members of the cast and [series creator] Ed Bernero did it, too. I kept looking over at my wife and was just pulling these answers out of my ass. Honestly, I didn’t know where they were coming from! [Laughs]How was it filming the show in New York? It was so early in my career. I mean, I graduated college in ’97. I was in this show called L.A. Doctors in ’98, which only lasted a season. Then that pilot seas...
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