The Shield

Thoughts on Aughts: What made the Golden Age of TV glow? blog) that energy for very different purposes: On "The Shield," it gave even more intensity to the tautly constructed machinations of crooked cop Vic Mackey; ...

Three critics talking TV, Part Deux: 'Dollhouse,' 'Mad Men,' 'Sopranos' and more! blog) I loved “The Shield.” Seasons 3, 4, and 5 -- to me, they were starting to get a little bit like "Vic gets in deep [expletive] again. ... and more »

Three critics talking TV, Part 1: Let's get 'Lost' blog) Tune in for the Next Exciting Installment! We talk "Dollhouse" and "Sopranos" and Sepinwall tries to explain the Armenian Money Train plot from "The Shield. ... and more »

No 'Lie' &mdash the cast of 'The Shield' to reunite on Fox drama The cast of the great FX drama "The Shield" will be reuniting this spring -- on the Fox drama "Lie to Me." "The Shield" was created by Shawn Ryan, ... Cast members from FX's The Shield Reunite On Episode of Lie To MeTVbytheNumbers

Z on TV And if you missed the news last week, be aware that Shawn Ryan ("The Shield," "The Unit") will be "Lie to Me's" new head writer/showrunner, which is good news. As Michael Schneider of Variety notes, Fox is holding most of its new scripted fare for ...

“Southland” is a little reminiscent of “The Shield”; in this NBC drama, dogs are constantly barking, crimes make little sense and bystanders are too afraid to act as witnesses. Quietly holding the whole thing together is McKenzie (“The OC”), ...

By Tempo Far from flaming out, the show gave us Lem’s death, Shane’s breakdown, the testy but always rock-solid friendship of Dutch and Claudette, the amusing goldbricking of Billings, the final betrayal of Ronnie Gardocki -- and so many more moments and relationships I’ll always remember.

By Tempo And that will be that for Vic Mackey and company. Creator Shawn Ryan said in a widely circulated open letter a couple of weeks ago that he would not be going to the “Shield” set while the WGA was on strike, nor would he oversee other ...

By Tempo For one thing, Detective Ronnie Gardocki (David Rees Snell) is put in charge of the Strike Team early in Season 7. Photos: Benito Martinez and Michael Chiklis as David Aceveda and Vic Mackey; David Rees Snell as Ronnie Gardocki (though he's shown here without a beard, the beard returns in S...

By Tempo This season, Vic’s been on the hunt for the killer of fellow cop Curtis "Lem" Lemansky — and he was shocked to find out that the person who murdered Lem was  one of his fellow cops, Shane Vendrell (Walton Goggins). As the season closes, former buddies Vic and Shane are at war, and Shane is tryin...

By Tempo But when the show, which began a typically stellar sixth season April 3, wraps up its seventh and final season some time next year, the character I may miss most is Holland “Dutch” Wagenbach, a dogged detective played by Jay Karnes. But Claudette has been put in charge of the Barn, which may s...

By Tempo In the early 1990s, Shawn Ryan played basketball three times a week at the Hollywood YMCA. He had the time to spare. This was long before he created the critically acclaimed FX drama “The Shield,” and more than a decade before he helped create the successful CBS military series “The...

 IL - Dec 17, 2006 As an internal-affairs cop obsessed with bringing down rogue cop Vic Mackey and his crew, Whitaker was on fire, and "The Shield" cast gave as good as it got ...