Tue, Jan 6
FX's Damages created quite the conundrum in its first season. It was another high-gloss series with a big-name star - Glenn Close - airing on FX, a network known for creating edgy basic cable series such as The Shield and Rescue Me. But it was perplexing to see some fans of quality dramas - The W...
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Here's what is inside AMC's Emmy DVD campaign package 
source: Los Angeles Times
CA scoring the first best-series victory by a basic-cable network ("Mad Men," best drama) plus basic cable's second triumph with best actor in a drama (Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad" -- the first was Michael Chiklis in FX's "The Shield," 2002). ...
Published Mon, May 25
Here's what is inside AMC's Emmy DVD campaign package 
source: The Envelope
CA scoring the first best-series victory by a basic-cable network ("Mad Men," best drama) plus basic cable's second triumph with best actor in a drama (Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad" -- the first was Michael Chiklis in FX's "The Shield," 2002). ...
Published Mon, May 25
Saving Grace: Holly Hunter Talks Season Three 
source: TVOvermind
CA Then you know you have The Shield and Vic Mackey being this incredible anti-heroic man, who completely captivates the landscape, you know, for a specific audience. And then you follow that with Rescue Me, you have all of these men, and then you start ...
Published Tue, May 19
source: SYS-CON Media
SYS-CON.TV press release), NJ Lorenzo Neal (NFL Ravens - Pro Bowler), Gregory Itzin (Mentalist), Geoff Pierson (Dexter), Joel Murray (Mad Men), Eric Martsolf (Days of Our Lives), David Rees Snell (The Shield), Shawn Ryan (Exec Prod, The Unit/The Shield), Jack McGee (Rescue Me), ...
Published Fri, May 8
What are you looking forward to catching up with this summer? 
source: TV Squad
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, ...
Published Thu, Apr 30
Trimming bills? Try TV box sets 
source: topix.net
IN •“The Shield,” FX. The dirty-cop series that revolutionized basic cable and spurred the rise in scripted programming that made a list like this possible. Seven seasons of situational ethics. •“Battlestar Galactica,” Sci-Fi. A genre-busting foray into ...
Published Mon, Apr 27
DVD box sets are changing our TV viewing habits 
source: Worcester Telegram
MA “The Shield,” FX. The dirty-cop series that revolutionized basic cable and spurred the rise in scripted programming that made a list like this possible. Seven seasons of situational ethics. “Battlestar Galactica,” Sci-Fi. A genre-busting foray into the ...
Published Sun, Apr 26
source: C21Media
UK Baxter, who also represents other FX titles The Shield and Rescue Me, and a&e's Patrick Swayze vehicle The Beast, says the growth of digital networks with narrower demographic targets has also helped in placing cable shows with terrestrial buyers. ...
Published Wed, Apr 22