'Battle Creek' stars crack cases, clash.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Author: Moore, Frazier
• Date: 21 March 2015

Byline: Frazier Moore

NEW YORK -- An odd-couple cop drama with a not-so-buddy comedy streak: That's "Battle Creek,'' which pairs a hard-bitten detective from the budget-strapped police force in Battle Creek, Michigan, with a golden-boy agent in the flush FBI who seems incapable of making an uncertain move.

Needless to say, these partners-under-duress clash in personality and crime-solving style.

"Battle Creek,'' which airs on CBS at 10 p.m. Sunday, stars Dean Winters as cynical Detective Russ Agnew and Josh Duhamel as silky-smooth Special Agent Milton Chamberlain. In separate phone conversations recently, they discussed their new series, their roles and each other.

WINTERS: "After a snowstorm last February I thought, 'I haven't felt the snow on my head in a long time.' I had long hair at the time, and I went and shaved it. The very next day I got a call about...