Protector, The (television) Hour-long series on Lifetime, premiering on June 12, 2011, and ending on September 19, 2011. Divorced mother Gloria Sheppard juggles her demanding personal and professional life as an intuitive LAPD homicide detective while raising two boys, with the live-in help of her troubled younger brother Davey. Stars Ally Walker (Gloria Sheppard), Tisha Campbell-Martin (Michelle Dulcett), Miguel Ferrer (Felix Valdez), Chris Payne Gilbert (Davey Sheppard), Terrell Tilford (Ramon Rush), Thomas Robinson (Leo Sheppard), Sage Ryan (Nick Sheppard). From ABC Studios.