Southland

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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...

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...

 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. ...

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 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:

By Peter Martin From all that I've read, Southland Tales sounds like an astonishing train wreck. Nick Schager began his review for Cinematical by writing: "Let me present Exhibit A in the case against granting talented young filmmakers extensive creative autonomy." Given my perverse nature, that make...