The Black Donnellys

By Holly HOLLY: So the narrator says everybody knew they were meant for each other HOLLY: that Michael Corleone Tragically Misunderstood Blossoming Artist Protagonist Donnelly is apparently meant for HOLLY: That’s another square on my Black Donnellys Contrivance Bingo Card.

By Charles Herold Doom hangs over the heads of the Donnelly brothers, four troubled young Irish Americans caught between the Irish and Italian mobs in the NBC drama The Black Donnellys. In every episode it seems as if there is no way the Donnellys can possibly survive another hour.The same can be said about th...

By Andie Whatever it’s trying to do, I think The Black Donnellys is pulling it off somehow, and turning it into some damn fine escapism. The one thing I really like about the NBC promotional department, at least the wing of it that puts out the commercials for their shows, is its inerrant ability to ma...

By Andie The one thing I really like about the NBC promotional department, at least the wing of it that puts out the commercials for their shows, is its inerrant ability to make every upcoming episode of every show seem like a can’t-miss, life altering experience. The promos for NBC’s new drama, The...

The show is created by Paul Haggis and Bobby Morasco (Crash) and centers around four irish brothers named Tommy, Kevin, Jimmy, and Sean, that despite their different chosen paths in life hold one thing to be sacred: “Family above all.” Narrated by a small time wannabe gangster named Joey “...