The Shield

By Danny Gallagher But unlike shows like The Shield or The Sopranos where most of the luck pushing is done by the main character, the people behind Dexter like to spread the carelessness around. Just about everyone in this twisted tale has some skeletons in their closets, both figurative and possibly litera...

By John Scott Lewinski Here's an observation TV fans wouldn't expect: If you know your Shakespeare, you might have a good idea where Sons of Anarchy is headed in its second season. I paid a visit to the show's sweltering North Hollywood set last week as series creator Kurt Sutter (The Shield) and his cast were putt...

By Jason Hughes The Shield may have wrapped its run this past year, but that doesn't mean creator Shawn Ryan is done with FX. The network did let his vision run its course to completion, so I'm sure he's quite comfortable there. I know I am. This time, he's executive producing with Ocean's Eleven scribe Ted Gri...

By Danny Gallagher The question actually sparked an interesting and light-hearted war of friendly curses between the cast and Sons of Anarchy star Ron Perlman who was also on the dais to grub for Emmy nods. Walter Goggins, the actor who brilliantly played the daft and overly cocky Shane Vendrell, uttered "T...

By Jane Boursaw Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, The Shield, TV Squad Polls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dexter, Reality-Free I've finished Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I'm nearly done with Angel. I'll post this weekend about season five of Angel. You guy...

 CA - Jason Hughes It was dark, diabolical and on FX. What can I say, FX takes good care of me when it comes to quality programming. Plus I'd just finished loving Glenn Close on The Shield and this looked like a nice, meaty role. Unfortunately, for some reason, ...

By Danny Gallagher Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, 24, Scrubs, The Shield, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten TV Land doesn't work like Reality Land, if the Reality Land is in fact reality and not some bizarre reality land where meat-hungry producers are th...

By Danny Gallagher We finally get a taste of the aristocracy from the inside in the second episode. All the scheming and conniving that makes the greatest primetime soap operas and dramas like The Shield and The West Wing so great to watch. The fun comes from figuring how people like Vic Mackey and President Bar...

By Jonathan Toomey FX has dubbed SOA as a worthy successor to The Shield and based Sons' season one ratings, I couldn't agree more. The freshman season started out flat but picked up steam as it progressed. As for Rollins? Look at the guy! If there's one person out there that looks like he belongs on this show, it'...

Washington Post  CA - Jan 16, 2009 In the spirit of Vic Mackey and The Shield, A&E's new original series is taking us back to a very dark place in law enforcement. ... A Beast of a new cop drama The Gazette (Montreal) Real life adds drama to 'The Beast' Boston Globe

By Jason Hughes The beast that Patrick Swayze's Barker is referring to is the undercover work that he and his new partner Ellis Dove do for the FBI. But there may be more to the show title than just this simple explanation. Barker may be as much the beast as the job. In the spirit of Vic Mackey and The Shield, A&...

By Joel Keller But they all seemed small in comparison to what happened in the late-night hours of Election Day, when Barack Obama got up in front of a crowd in Chicago's Grant Park and gave his acceptance speech. No matter what you think of Obama or his politics, it was a historic moment, and not just becaus...

By Jonathan Toomey So it's always a breath of fresh air when a truly quality program ends not only at its peak, but it ends with a series finale that does the entire run of the show justice. It doesn't happen often, and this year we were fortunate to say good-bye on a high note to two of the greatest cop dramas ever ma...

By Mike Moody Some shows, like critical darlings The Shield and Battlestar Galactica, are allowed to end gracefully; major story arcs are wrapped up and fans are left satisfied. Others are yanked from network schedules like unsightly weeds from a rose garden.

By Danny Gallagher Filed under: Other Drama Shows, The Shield, Celebrities, Reality-FreeHas the sour economy got your down? Does the threat of impending financial collapse keep you from getting your eight hours each night? Do you constantly worry about having to give up your home, your children to slave...

By Danny Gallagher Filed under: Other Drama Shows, The Shield, Celebrities, Reality-Free Shield star Michael Chiklis is developing a dramatic series set in the ever-so-slowly collapsing financial world.Continue reading Chiklis developing drama based on financial crisis

By Danny Gallagher Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Reality-FreeIt's been more than three weeks since The Shield ended its seven-year run, and I still find myself wanting more. Not just wanting it. Craving it, needing it, willing to do anything for it -- the way one of Vic's CI junkies would gather intel on the On...

By Richard Keller Last week another terrific cable drama, The Shield, took its final bow in a series finale that still has fans talking. The talk is mostly about the last three minutes, which featured Vic Mackey's silent contemplation of the life he now leads after losing his friends, family and, some say, h...

By Jonathan Toomey Seven seasons, 88 episodes, and it all comes down to this. Vic Mackey, one of television's greatest anti-heroes, finally got what was coming to him. The Shield is over and Tuesday nights across America just got a little less exciting. Shawn Ryan has crafted some masterful Vic Mackey moments...

Related articles from BuddyTV.

By Bob Sassone History Channel has a new episode of The Universe at 9.Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 9, then a new Cha$e.At 10, FX has the series finale of The Shield.Comedy Central repeats A Colbert Christmas at 10.MTV has a new Paris Hilton's My New BFF at 10.Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Thanksgiving episode of B...

Giveaway Tuesday: An iPod Nano (and a talking bottle opener), courtesy of Frank TV (584); The Shield: Possible Kill Screen (72); Did ABC make the wrong move with Daisies and Sexy? (72); Five reasons to watch Smallville this season (49) ...

Giveaway Tuesday: An iPod Nano (and a talking bottle opener), courtesy of Frank TV (572); The Shield: Possible Kill Screen (72); Did ABC make the wrong move with Daisies and Sexy? (53); Five reasons to watch Smallville this season (49) ...

Giveaway Tuesday: An iPod Nano (and a talking bottle opener), courtesy of Frank TV (560); The Shield: Possible Kill Screen (71); Five reasons to watch Smallville this season (49); ABC cancels Pushing Daisies, and I hate everyone (46) ...

Giveaway Tuesday: An iPod Nano (and a talking bottle opener), courtesy of Frank TV (542); The Shield: Possible Kill Screen (70); Five reasons to watch Smallville this season (47); The Office: Business Trip (45); Heroes: It's Coming (40) ...

Giveaway Tuesday: An iPod Nano (and a talking bottle opener), courtesy of Frank TV (534); The Shield: Possible Kill Screen (69); Five reasons to watch Smallville this season (47); The Office: Business Trip (45); Heroes: It's Coming (40) ...

Giveaway Tuesday: An iPod Nano (and a talking bottle opener), courtesy of Frank TV (528); The Shield: Possible Kill Screen (68); Five reasons to watch Smallville this season (47); The Office: Business Trip (45); Heroes: It's Coming (40) ...

The Shield: Possible Kill Screen (2 days ago - 68 Comments); The Shield: Petty Cash (10 days ago - 30 Comments); Saying good-bye to The Barn: Chatting up The Shield's Shawn Ryan as series finale nears (4 days ago - 8 Comments) ...

Giveaway Tuesday: An iPod Nano (and a talking bottle opener), courtesy of Frank TV (492); The Shield: Possible Kill Screen (67); Five reasons to watch Smallville this season (47); The Office: Business Trip (45); 30 Rock: The One With ...

Giveaway Tuesday: An iPod Nano (and a talking bottle opener), courtesy of Frank TV (475); The Shield: Possible Kill Screen (66); Five reasons to watch Smallville this season (47); The Office: Business Trip (45); 30 Rock: The One With ...

Giveaway Tuesday: An iPod Nano (and a talking bottle opener), courtesy of Frank TV (346); The Shield: Possible Kill Screen (48); The Office: Business Trip (45); 30 Rock: The One With The Cast Of Night Court (40); Five reasons why it's ...

Personally, I will be truly disappointed if either Shane or Ronnie kill Vic or if Vic truly sells our Ronnie. Something about these possible endings just does not quite do the series true justice. Reply. 2 stars vote down vote up Report ...

By Jonathan Toomey Another thing I've mentioned at least a few times over the course of this season are the brilliant looks some of the actors have been giving. These faces and expressions that just say 1000 different things - especially Shane. This episode, a few others stepped up. I loved Dutch's face when tha...

By Bob Sassone At 8, ABC has two new episodes of Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new Eli Stone.CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of The Mentalist and Without A Trace.NBC has a new Biggest Loser, followed by a new Law and Order: SVU.FOX has new episodes of House and Fringe.The CW has a new 90210 at 8, the...

By Jonathan Toomey Over the past several years, TV fans have been fortunate enough to be able to say a proper good-bye to some of the medium's finest dramas ever made. Alias, The Wire, The West Wing, The Sopranos, and Six Feet Under have all bowed out within the past four years, and the list could go on. They all got...

By Jonathan Toomey Yet for someone who we know so little about, as fans, we've never questioned Vic's ability to achieve ... well ... anything. While the comparisons between Vic Mackey and Jack Bauer are endless (24 premiered in 2001 as well), Ryan said that he agreed with 24's similar style of refraining from showi...

By Kona Gallagher Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, Late Night, The Shield, How I Met Your Mother, Celebrities, Dexter, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, Mad Men, The Big Bang TheoryI was reading AOL TV's "TV's 50 Hottest Hunks - Ever," and I was struck by two thoughts: "...

By Jonathan Toomey Picking up just about a week after Shane killed Lem, the late Det. Lemansky has been buried minus the pomp of a proper police funeral. Turns out that Aceveda and his new political cronies made sure that the city knew Lem was "dirty." Naturally, Vic is not thrilled with that and along with Shane a...

By Jonathan Toomey So naturally, when I was approached about speaking with Walton Goggins, I practically blew up with anticipation. However, I'm not the only Shield fan here at TV Squad. Our fearless leader Keith is a die-hard too. So we decided to do something different for this interview -- the first ever TV S...

By Jonathan Toomey Filed under: TV on DVD, The Shield, FX Savor it folks. It's been a long time coming, but according to TV Shows on DVD, FOX has finally released the information for the fifth season of The Shield. Check out that box art. Vic looks great, huh?

By Jonathan Toomey It's lengthy too. At almost a minute long and set to a very cool song ("This Night" by Black Lab according to this message board), the promo takes you through the skies of LA before it settles on Vic and Shane standing in front of Lem's grave. Sends chills down my spine. With Dirt premiering in Jan...

By Jonathan Toomey This is actually old news, but I don't remember reading anything about it. So it's new to me and hopefully to most of you other Shield fans. Alex O'Loughlin joined the cast of The Shield a few months ago when the second half of season five began filming and according to this IGN interview, he's b...

By Jonathan Toomey Anyone else been watching F/X lately? During the past few episodes of Nip/Tuck, there have been nothing but advertisements for the new Courtney Cox-Arquette drama Dirt. The show premieres this coming January but what about The Shield? Ever since it's mid-season finale last March, ther...

By Richard Keller There were two major plots this week, and they focused on Carol and Doug Abby and Luka. The major plotline was Kovac on trial against Curtis Ames (Whitaker), who went into the ER with a cough and ended up having a debilitating stroke. The course of events is shown through flashback, with each p...

By Keith McDuffee Filed under: OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, The Shield, The Five, TV Sports, Veronica Mars, Buffy the Vampire SlayerMan, I have to limit myself to only five things I'm looking forward to for the fall TV season? What in the hell was I thinking? Well, at least it doesn't stop you readers f...

By Jonathan Toomey Detective Curtis Lemansky Born July 14, 1963 Died March 21, 2006 Cause of Death Then it flashes through a quick montage of all the characters. It ends on Shane. Whew, still sends chills down my spine. It wraps with what I'm assuming is the tagline for the rest of the season: "No One Rests in Peac...

By Richard Keller The actors are what make the show. Each character on The Shield is unique; Vic Mackey is the veteran cop who would do anything for his friends and family, even if it meant being a little dirty; Councilman Aceveda was (and is) out for power and bringing down Mackey; IAD Lieutenant Kavanaugh wa...

By Keith McDuffee Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Cable, OpEd, The Shield Tonight, the look on Vic's face when he saw that Kavanaugh's ex-wife wanted him was perfect. It clearly said, "Oh, this is too good to be true." What I didn't see coming (snicker) was the ex-wife admitting to it in such graphic detail.

By Keith McDuffee This was, hands down, the best episode of the season so far. The Strike Team was back to its old tricks, Kavanaugh turns more evil by the day, and now Aceveda's going to play right in the middle of everything. Hell, I was even glad to see Claudette back, as it was pretty obvious where the show's he...

By Keith McDuffee The reports of Claudette's death are greatly exaggerated, it seems; we nary hear a word of her fall, just Dutch's report to Kavanaugh that she's doing better. This episode primarily dealt with the now svelte Kavanaugh and the story behind his still-worn wedding ring. I have to admit that, a...

By Keith McDuffee Filed under: Drama, Cable, OpEd, The ShieldI think the big event of this episode wasn't all that shocking to most of us, given what was shown in last week's preview. One thing that did hit me as a potential cool twist was possibility that the Strike Team would find a new home outside the Barn, a...

By Keith McDuffee Filed under: Drama, Cable, OpEd, The ShieldForest Whitaker can sure play one nasty bastard. What an F-ing bastard Kavannaugh is, telling Corinne about the affair Vic had. He's definitely turning up the heat this time, pulling no punches on anyone he can get his hands on. Can you just imagine...

By Keith McDuffee Filed under: Drama, Cable, OpEd, The ShieldIf there was ever an episode where Vic totally and absolutely mopped the floor with someone in authority over himself, this would be, well, one of many...but right at the top. Continue reading The Shield: TrophyPermalink | Email this | Comment...

By Keith McDuffee Filed under: Drama, Cable, The ShieldTonight's episode continued to show the influence the Strike Team has on the scum around The Farm, even when they have to go so far as to shovel it off for someone else to pick up. Not a whole lot of action this time around, but the beginning of Vic's race for...

By Jonathan Toomey Filed under: Drama, Cable, TV on DVD, OpEd, The ShieldThe fourth season of The Shield was great and arguably better than it should have been because of the additions of Glenn Close and Anthony Anderson. The performances put forth by both of them really made the season for me because everyt...

By Keith McDuffee Filed under: Drama, Cable, Programming, OpEd, The ShieldFirst, the good news. Recently it was announced that the next season of The Shield would be extended to 21 episodes, eight more than any previous season. Woohoo! Well, actually, not so fast -- now, the bad news. It seems likely that tho...

By Lacy Hall Filed under: Drama, Cable, Talent, The ShieldLast night was Sunday dinner with my parents and I made the mistake of saying this in front of my dad -- "All the good shows are on Sunday night, Wednesday night, and Thursday night...I got nothing to watch on Mondays." It wasn't two seconds befor...

By Keith McDuffee Filed under: Drama, Cable, Industry, The ShieldThis may be the first time one cable network (Spike TV) has picked up the syndicated cable rights to another cable network's (FX) original series (The Shield). Spike will be running all past season episodes, including next year's upcoming...