DiResta is an American sitcom series which premiered on UPN inspired by John DiResta, a real-life New York City transit cop turned stand-up comedian.  Based on the one man show "Beat: A Subway Cop’s Comedy" produced by AGE/GEG "DiResta," depicts many of the former subway cop's "stranger than fiction" experiences as a family man with big dreams and goals struggling to make a living while walking the underground beat. In the series, the acerbic yet big hearted career cop runs the gamut between his New York subway patrol, his police headquarters and his rented suburban home. Unexpectedly, it's often the latter that provides the most surprises for this contemporary everyman. "DiResta" was filmed before a live audience at Paramount Studios and is a production of Paramount Network Television.