The Nurse Jackie and Sopranos vet is great no matter what role she’s got, and she’d just recently worked with NBC for the headline-ripping spinoff Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, which was only set for a single season.
So maybe she’s free to take on a new show?
Ray Liotta, whose real-life daughter also appeared on the show, was obviously just randomly throwing some pipe-dream casting out there into the ethers, but that doesn’t deny just how smart his line of thinking was when speaking with IndieWire about Shades of Blue coming to an end.
Any time there is a need for a female lead at the head of a major TV drama, then Edie Falco’s name should always be at the top of the list of people to reach out to.