''Battle Creek'' is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

on March 1, 2015, as a weekly show broadcast on each Sunday. Starring

Josh Duhamel Joshua David Duhamel (; born November 14, 1972) is an American actor and former fashion model. After various modeling work, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera '' All My Children'' and later starred as Danny M ...

and

Dean Winters Dean Gerard Winters (born July 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ryan O'Reily on the HBO prison drama '' Oz'' and had roles in TV series'' Rescue Me'', ''30 Rock'', ''Sex and the City'' and '' Law & Order: Special Vict ...

, the show followed the mismatched partnership of a police detective and FBI agent in Battle Creek, Michigan. CBS announced on May 8, 2015, after only 9 episodes had aired, that ''Battle Creek'' would end after 13 episodes.

Cast

Main

as Special Agent Milton 'Milt' Chamberlain *

as Detective Russell 'Russ' Agnew *

Aubrey Dollar Aubrey Dollar is an American actress. She is known for playing Marina Cooper on the CBS daytime soap opera '' Guiding Light'' from 2001 to 2004. Dollar has also starred in the short-lived television series '' Point Pleasant'' (2005–2006), '' W ...

as Office Manager Holly Dale * Edward "Grapevine" Fordham Jr. as Detective Aaron 'Funk' Funkhauser *

Kal Penn Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977), known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, author, academic lecturer, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration. As an actor, he is known for his role portrayin ...

as Detective Fontanelle 'Font' White *

Janet McTeer Janet McTeer (born 5 August 1961"Ms Janet McTeer, OBE"
. ''Derbrett's P ...

as Commander Kim 'Guz' Guziewicz

Recurring

Liza Lapira Liza Lapira (born December 3, 1981) is an American actress. She played Kianna in the 2008 film '' 21'', Special Agent Michelle Lee in the CBS police procedural series '' NCIS'' and Ivy, Topher Brink's assistant in ''Dollhouse''. Lapira has also c ...

as Detective Erin 'E' Jacocks *

Damon Herriman Damon Herriman is an Australian actor. He is known for his film and television work in Australia and the United States. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Dewey Crowe in '' Justified''. In 2019, he portrayed the cult leader and crimina ...

as Detective Niblet *

Meredith Eaton Meredith Hope Eaton Gordon (sometimes credited as Meredith Eaton-Gilden; born August 26, 1974) is an American actress. She is tall, and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress". She is known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on t ...

as Meredith Oberling, BCPD's medical examiner

Guests

Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...

as Battle Creek's unorthodox mayor, Scooter Hardy (in "Cereal Killer") *

Peter Jacobson Peter Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dr. Chris Taub on the Fox medical drama series ''House''. He also starred on the USA Network science fiction drama ''Colony'' as former Proxy Snyd ...

as Darrel Hardy, the mayor's brother and chief of staff (in "Cereal Killer") *

Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom ''Murphy Brown'' (1988–1998, 2018). She is also kno ...

as Constance Agnew, a convicted con artist and Russ' mother (in "Mama's Boy") *

Dan Bakkedahl Dan Bakkedahl (born November 18, 1969) is an American actor and improvisational comedian. He is best known for starring as Tim Hughes on the CBS sitcom '' Life in Pieces'', as Congressman Roger Furlong on the HBO series ''Veep'', and as Steve Nu ...

as Barclay Spades (in "Gingerbread Man") *

Robert Sean Leonard Robert Lawrence Leonard (born February 28, 1969), known by his stage name Robert Sean Leonard, is an American actor. He is best known for playing Dr. James Wilson in the television series ''House'' (2004–2012) and Neil Perry in the film ''Dea ...

as Brock (in "Sympathy for the Devil") *

Joey Haro Joseph Haro (born May 29, 1987), also known as Joey Haro, is an American actor best known for playing Clark Stevenson on the MTV teen comedy ''Awkward'' and for voicing Mateo on ''Elena of Avalor''. He was also a member of The Warblers on '' Glee' ...

as Roger (in "Sympathy for the Devil")

Development and production

In September 2013,

Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production and distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures Entertainme ...

announced that it struck a deal with

to produce a new television series created by

Vince Gilligan George Vincent Gilligan Jr. (born February 10, 1967) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is known for his television work, specifically as creator, head writer, executive producer, and director of AMC's '' Breaking Bad'' (2008– ...

titled ''Battle Creek'' based on a script written by Gilligan ten years prior. Despite the name, establishing shots and location shots were not shot in Battle Creek, Michigan. However most of the scenes in the opening credits were filmed in Battle Creek. The main actors visited Battle Creek, Michigan, in the summer of 2014 to get a feel of the location, people, and especially the police department. CBS ordered thirteen episodes, all of which it guaranteed to air. It premiered on

on March 1, 2015. On May 8, 2015, the network announced that ''Battle Creek'' would not be renewed for a second season. The series ended on May 24, 2015.

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

References

External links

Official website
* {{IMDb title, 3215364 2010s American comedy-drama television series 2010s American crime drama television series 2010s American police comedy television series 2015 American television series debuts 2015 American television series endings CBS original programming English-language television shows Television series created by Vince Gilligan Television series by CBS Studios Television series by Sony Pictures Television Television shows set in Michigan