BBC America. The new season starts next Sunday I think. I don't know if they're replaying last year ahead of time. As shows go it's no Justified but it has its moments. Compared to the crap on the networks it's a work of art.
Okay. I didn't like the characters enough to care about what happened to them, though.
And shows like Boardwalk Empire or Deadwood or Rome or Mad Men (at least at the beginning) seemed to be real passion projects, inspired by real love for the past.
Copper came across as more of a commercial concoction intended to exploit the trend. The real passion was Marty Scorsese's when he created Gangs of New York, which probably inspired Copper.
If you think about it, Copper has the same formula or template as Ripper, another better than average show on the same network: early police force, pioneering detective suffering after the disappearance of his wife/daughter, cynical/hotheaded sidekick straddling the line between law and crime, marginal/disgraced but brilliant medical examiner, romantic triangle, egotistical rich people, lowlifes, prostitutes.
I'll be watching anyway, though.