The Shield

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”), ...

 United States s FX —and basic cable, for that matter—turning a network known for reruns of "The X-Files" and "NYPD Blue" into the home of edgy series such as "The Shield," "Nip/Tuck" and "Rescue Me." Inherited successes at Fox Broadcasting such as "American Idol," ...

 United States And it's still possible to get networks to make shows that come from a different place, according to Shawn Ryan, creator of "The Shield" and executive producer of CBS' "The Unit," who has numerous projects in development at cable and broadcast networks ...

Talking about 'Battlestar Galactica's' 'Blood on the Scales' with ... The Watcher - Chicago Tribune Blog, IL - Feb 6, 2009 He's mistaken and misguided but not bad in the way that Zarek is bad (in that sense, he's the Shane to Zarek's Vic Mackey from "The Shield. ...

By Tempo Now that the fall season is well underway, it’s time to see where things stand. Here’s a progress report on what’s been great and not so great on new and returning TV shows: Best furrowed brow: Kevin McKidd as Maj. Owen Hunt on "Grey's Anatomy." It's a good thing his blue eyes and crinkled brow ar...

By Tempo Did Vic Mackey get away with his many sins? And for Vic Mackey, isn’t that a fate worse than death? After the screening last month, “Shield” creator Shawn Ryan spoke with a group of journalists. I asked him if Vic endured a fate worse than death.

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...