Southland

In Hollywood's worst-kept secret, Warner Bros. and TNT are putting the finishing touches on a deal to bring the dark cop drama "Southland" to the cable channel.

NBC ordered production on the new show "Southland" shut down; producer John Wells seeks its new home

As EW reported last night, Southland has been canceled by NBC. A combination of so-so ratings and, more significantly, the lack of the 10 p.m. time-slot a grown-up cop drama a series such as Southland requires are undoubtedly the chief reasons.

Waiting for the return of NBC cop drama Southland? Well, don't hold your breath. Production has been shut down and the completed episodes canned. Why? The short answer: Jay Leno. After seeing the...

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NBC has canceled sophomore police drama Southland before a single episode of its second season had the chance to air , according to the Hollywood Reporter.

It's the end of the road for NBC's cop drama "Southland," which has been canceled before the launch of its second season.

the million-dollar-plus salary packages bestowed upon them by the representatives of a grateful nation, writes The Southland Times in an editorial. ...

BBC News The drama, which stars The OC actor Ben McKenzie and Michael Cudlitz, whose credits include A River Runs Through It, aims to take viewers inside the lives ... More4 to show 'gritty' US dramaBBC News Southland heads to UKC21Media More4 nabs rights to NBC's 'Southland'Digital Spy

Everyone was atwitter this week that NBC had pushed the return of Southland back a month. Noooo-! I checked with a source very close to the show who feels ...

The move will allow NBC an extra four weeks to promote the show during the very crowded fall premiere season. The move also saves Southland from competing ... NBC Moves "Southland" Premiere BackTVOvermind NBC pushing back 'Southland'Variety HitFix -Inside TV -TV Squad

Ben McKenzie & Amaury Nolasco: Southland Sexy Ben McKenzie shoots new scenes for an upcoming episode of his hit cop drama, Southland, on Tuesday (August 26) in Los Angeles. Looks like NBC hired the ...

If you're a fan of the TV series Southland, the last time you saw Tom Everett Scott, his character LAPD Det. Russell Clarke was getting shot in the chest at a domestic dispute in a shocking season finale.

The good news for Tom Everett Scott is that he's been a regular on Southland, a critically well-received and popular new series that's been renewed for a second season on NBC.[...]

Michael Cudlitz, co-star of the new NBC cop drama "Southland," has one of those faces: You know you've seen him somewhere but can't remember exactly where.

By rss@youtube.com (TRSclips) Author: TRSclips Keywords: Totally Rad Show TRS review Southland Added: May 12, 2009

 Canada Southland (NBC, CTV, Thursdays, 10 pm) is a startlingly good network drama. A cop show with layer upon layer of menace and strong traces of despondency, it offers a very different picture of sunny LA. It also shifts easily between multiple characters. ...

Underrated thespians such as Regina King, Shawn Hatosy, C. Thomas Howell, Tom Everett Scott and Michael Cudlitz, who were assembled specifically for Southland, play well-rounded characters not because of the slick writing they impart, but because they ...

NY1  IN - Lynn Elber The cast includes Regina King of “Ray” and “Jerry Maguire,” as well as Tom Everett Scott, Michael McGrady, Kevin Alejandro, Shawn Hatosy and Arija Bareikis. “Southland” is taking over the NBC time slot just vacated by “ER. ... EW TV Review: "Southland" NY1

Like everyone else, I enjoy a good cop show. I used to sit mesmerized by "Hill Street Blues" and, more recently, was riveted by "The Shield" and "The Wire."

 NY Now airing on NBC, "Southland" tells the story of the Los Angeles Police Department. A good portion of the story is told through the eyes of a young rookie from a privileged background named Ben Sherman. Like 95 percent of all cop shows, ...

 CA An ad for NBC's Southland in last week's LA Times became the focus of controversy. Nevertheless, the show got some good play out of that and did pretty well in the ratings. Despite the advertisement, an LA Times review of the show didn't go over ...

By Eric Deggans Now Wells steps up tonight with yet another crime drama -- this time trying to give a police precinct in Los Angeles the ER treatment in a new series, Southland. As Southland debuts, prime time is clogged with dramas about cops chasing down bad guys, and most of them look better than half the m...

By Hershon2000 I just saw the debut episode of NBC Southland almost as an afterthought and I figured I'd turn it off after 10 minutes but the entire episode had me engrossed and it was one of the best cop TV Show debuts I've seen and I can't totally figure out ... The acting was really good and believable and Micha...

A review of the new NBC show Southland by Lan Bui. I wrote a quick review of Southland. ... I too enjoyed the heart of the cops, thats a nice addition to a cop drama. I found it very choppy. It jumped from one story line to another too quick for me to get into that story. But by the end, after all the story line...

By Paul Levinson(levinson.paul@gmail.com) Southland - ER showrunner John Wells' latest creation - debuted on NBC this week. The LA cop show has an appealing ensemble of characters, promising story lines - and distracting beeps. The good stuff, first ... Rookie Officer Ben Sherman (Benjamin McKenzie) and his mentor John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz) make a good team. The talk Cooper gives Sherman after Sherman makes a righteous kill - you have a front row seat to the most real action, a chance to make a difference in this world with your every move - was one of the best I've seen of this kind of scene. It's difficult for any cop story to be shocking and original after The Shield, but Southland had some nice twists, and a pace reminiscent of Hill Street Blues. And the dialog was--   [read the full post]

 NY For now. Speaking of NBC, they had a few premieres last night. Not many tuned into Amy Poehler's Parks and Recreation. But the new LA cop drama, Southland did well. My review here. (The Live Feed) I hope everyone saw the episode on Wednesday. ...

By Kate O'Hare I have seen the season finale of NBC's "Friday Night Lights," which airs tonight -- pipe down, you DirecTV people, let those of us with cable have our day! -- and did another-brick-in-the-wall tweets about it on Twitter. Don't know what Twitter is? Fear not. Click here and here.

The Los Angeles Times carried a front-page advertisement on Thursday that tiptoed along the traditional line between news and commercial message. The one-column ad, for a new NBC cop show, simulated a news story or critic's review. It had a headline and included a line about "this reporte...

Ben McKenzie, Michael Cudlitz, Regina King, Tom Everett Scott, Kevin Alejandro. The good: It makes sense that a show slipping into the time period occupied for so long by ER would have the same feel: It's a big ensemble drama with lots of ... The bad: Some of the dialogue is downright cringe-wor...

By adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman) Those characters are led by LAPD rookie Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie of “The OC”), a fresh-faced newbie who comes from money. Sherman has been partnered with his world-weary, lonely partner John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz). Some of Cooper’s advice to Sherman on their ... ‘Southland,’ which airs o...

In the pilot episode, "Unknown Trouble," Rookie Officer Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie of O.C. fame) experiences a rough introduction to the job in the vein of other great L.A.-based cop dramas, Training Day and Crash. ... The cinematography is unconventional as well, and draws a lot of its aesthetic...

The series has a fairly sizeable cast of characters, but the primary focus is on rookie patrolman Ben Sherman (played by Benjamin McKenzie, formerly a young heartthrob on the Fox teen drama The O.C.). Fresh out of the police academy, Ben's heart is in the right place, but he's not sure he's got...

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) Walking the "Southland" beat with Ben Mckenzie and Regina King Link Benjamin Mckenzie Interview for "Southland". 12 Questions with: Ben Mckenzie link Ben Mckenzie down with the LAPD Link Texan leaps from "The OC" to "Southland". Link

By Tempo Like Shraeger in “The Unusuals,” Ben Sherman, Ben McKenzie’s character on “Southland,” is hiding a secret about his past. And though it has a much darker look and tone, the NBC show also boasts its share of cop cliches. “It’s like driving through the sewer in a glass-bottomed boat,” veteran...

If you've been looking for a good old-fashioned TV cop show, keep looking.Sure, cops abound on television, but they're confined to mystery procedurals, and those who rank below the level of detective are mostly stuck playing secure-the-scene extras. As CSI and its ilk have risen in the ra...

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) Michael Cudlitz (Band of Brothers), Regina King (Ray) and Shawn Hatosy (Alpha Dog) join McKenzie on the ensemble cast. "I couldn't dream of a better cast for this show," McKenzie said. "Everyone is an actor. There are no gimmicky TV casting choices; everyone is absolutely right for the part....

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) A STOLEN WEAPON AND A COVER UP-- Detective Sal Salinger’s (Michael McGrady) nightmare comes true when his car slams into a light pole and gang members steal his weapon. Gang Detectives Sammy Bryant (Shawn Hatosy) and Nate Moretta (Kevin Alejandro) arrive on the scene to help out their bos...

The series doesn’t seem to be banking on gore to draw viewers in. It’s evident as the episode goes on that behind the violent nature of the work these cops do is a show about the kind of people who can do this job. It’s dark and borders on gloomy but not so much that it's hard to watch. Based on the pilo...

By Kate O'Hare On why his character, rookie Officer Ben Sherman (named before McKenzie signed on) barely speaks: On why "Southland" is not like FX's LAPD show, "The Shield": On how knowing this affects how he plays Ben Sherman: On wearing all the cop gear:

GETTING INSIDE Three seasons in the Southland Conference and one more year of transitional probation is ahead for UCA. But, while the Bears soon will complete their move from Division II to Division I, they seem to have regressed during their stay with the Southland. The win total was down t...

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) LA Gang Shuts Down TV Police Drama Cast and crew of the new NBC drama - which was devised by ER creator John Wells and stars O.C. hunk Benjamin McKenzie - were shooting a scene at the 4700 block of 3rd Avenue Wednesday in gang plagued South Central when some trouble flared.

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) ENID ADAMS] This African American woman in her late 50s to early 60s is Detective Lydia Adams (Regina King) mother. She and her daughter share a house, though Enid is now threatening to sell the house and move to Paris to fulfill a lifelong dream of change. She is a retired schoolteacher who is...

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) BEN SHERMAN SR.] This Caucasian man in his early 60s is a gigantically successful criminal defense attorney superstar in Los Angeles. He is also the father of officer Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie). The Sr. Sherman left his then wife and young son and has had 2 wives and 2 more families since then. He...

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) The script for "Southland" came to McKenzie at a time when he wasn't looking for another TV series. But he was drawn to it, met with producers and offered to audition for the part of Ben Sherman — which, of course, sounds strikingly like his real name (Ben Schenkkan).

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By Seth From Emmy Award winners John Wells, Ann Biderman and Chris Chulack comes a raw and authentic look at the police unit in Los Angeles. From the beaches of Malibu to the streets of East Los Angeles, "Southland" is a fast-moving drama that will take viewers inside the lives of cops, criminals, v...

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By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Look Effects Inc. was used for the visual effects work on Southland Tales and has released their “Winter Reel”, which has a few clips from Southland Tales, including the Mega-Zepplin exploding and Boxer Santaros looking out over the Southland from a skyscraper. Check that out at this link.