Posts with tag TheWire
Posted May 14th 2008 3:27PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Celebrities, The Wire, Reality-Free
The Wire actor
Clark Johnson is going to direct a short film about "masculinity and youth" written by nine New York City students. The film, called
Misunderstood, was written by students of the High School of Graphic Communication Arts who won a contest held by Scenarios USA. The group of students consists of juniors and seniors, seven girls and two boys. Clark Johnson was on the committee that chose the winner of the contest. He will begin filming this month with a volunteer crew.
Misunderstood is going to premiere this winter and will be "distributed to high schools and community groups across the country, streamed on the Internet and air on TV." However, the article did not include what channel(s) would be airing the short film.
Johnson, who played Gus Haynes on
The Wire, directed 2006's
The Sentinel. His other directing credits include episodes of FX's
The Sheild, one episode of
The West Wing, and one episode of
NYPD Blue among others.
Posted Apr 7th 2008 10:19AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Casting, Reality-Free
They've done the right thing at CBS in casting -- at least it seems right. Brooklyn native
Rosie Perez will play Lorna, Geena Davis' cop partner on the force in Exit 19. I say it's the right thing, and good casting, because Lorna is supposed to be a Brooklyn girl. You can't get more authentic than Rosie Perez. She's a New Yorker through and through. In
Exit 19, with Geena cast as a cop who works in the city while raising two kids in Long Island, the work atmosphere will likely seem a lot more realistic with Perez as her partner. If they can muster up the chemistry of a
Cagney & Lacey, they'll be well on their way to a success. Of course, with Rosie all of five feet, one and a half inches and Geena a statuesque six feet, they're going to look like
Mutt and Jeff. Continue reading Rosie Perez signed for Geena Davis pilot
Posted Mar 2nd 2008 4:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, then a new Big Brother. - ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos at 7, then a new Extreme Makeover, the series premiere of Oprah's Big Give, and a new Here Come The Newlyweds.
- NBC has a new, two hour Dateline at 7, followed by a new Deal Or No Deal.
- At 8, FOX has a new Simpsons, then new episodes of King of the Hill and Family Guy, and then the series premiere of Unhitched.
- The CW has a new Everybody Hates Chris at 8, followed by a new Aliens in America.
- There's a new Challenge on Food Network at 8, then new episodes of Ultimate Recipe Showdown and Iron Chef America.
- At 9, Lifetime has the new movie The Perfect Assistant.
- HBO has a new episode of The Wire at 9, then a new Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam.
- Showtime has a new L Word at 9.
- Sundance has a new Shameless at 9.
- At 10, CBS has an episode of Dexter.
- AMC has a new Breaking Bad at 10.
- Also at 10: FX has the season premiere of Dirt.
- At 11:45, Cartoon Network has a new Aqua Teen Hunger Force, followed by new episodes of Squidbillies and Frisky Dingo.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Nov 20th 2007 11:43AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Law and Order, The Wire, TV Squad Lists
Police stories make for some of the best stories either in real life or on television. I've been lucky enough to know cops over the years (not in a criminal sense, mind you) and find that it's sometimes a mutual macabre or jaded sense of humor we share. There are the by-the-book cops, the hot-doggers, the idealists, the cynical, the naive, the jaded, the good, the bad, and the "I want to get through my twenty and retire" kind of cops.
My favorite cop television shows over the years often reflect those characters and it's sometimes a bit surprising how close they come to actual police I know ... or how far they stray from the reality of police work.
Continue reading Seven of my all-time favorite cop shows
Posted Sep 4th 2007 4:41PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: The Wire
If any fans of the critically-acclaimed HBO drama The Wire would like to visit the set sometime in the future, you better bring a shopping list. It's being turned into a Wegman's Food Market.
Yup, The Wire is ending after this upcoming season. I have to admire the show for ending after five seasons even though it's a big hit with critics and loyal fans. I've often said that many shows should be like novels and have a definite end time (Lost, Alias, other shows) so they don't go out of control or overstay their welcome or come up with lame plots in later seasons, so it's good to actually hear that creator and executive producer David Simon feels the same way.
This final season will focus on the slimy tactics some people in the media use (that doesn't include bloggers, of course). The show returns in January.
[via TV Tattle]
Posted Dec 31st 2006 3:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, HBO, Cable, Programming
I'm guessing that this news will be met with as much indifference as A&E's plan to air episodes of The Sopranos: if you don't have HBO you'll probably just buy or rent the DVDs rather than watch some edited version. Nevertheless, BET will be airing episodes of the popular HBO series The Wire starting January 10 with a three-day marathon. It's probably not the best way to see this show, but hey, I'm not going to complain if more people are exposed to it, though I guess that's kind of a moot point since the show will end after next season, anyway.
The series will slide into a regular timeslot on BET on Thursdays at 9pm starting January 18.
Posted Dec 10th 2006 4:53PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover and Brothers & Sisters. - CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, followed by new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and Without A Trace.
- NBC has a new Football Night In America at 7, then the Saints vs. the Cowboys.
- Lifetime has Whoopi Goldberg in Call Me Claus at 7, followed by Christmas on Chestnut Street.
- Also at 7: Food Network has All Star Holiday Gifts, where the network's cooks give food gift ideas.
- At 7:30, The CW has a new Reba, then a new 7th Heaven and a repeat America's Next Top Model.
- At 8, FOX has new episodes of The Simpsons, American Dad, and Family Guy, then a repeat Family Guy.
- AMC has Prancer at 8.
- The Travel Channel has Puppet Planet: A Very New York Christmas at 8, followed by Dazzling Holiday Lights and Crazy For Christmas.
- At 9, Food Network has a new Iron Chef Amercia, Cat Cora vs. Walter Royal.
- CMTV has the 20 Merriest Christmas Videos at 9.
- At 10, MTV has a new new Love Ride, featuring Pam Anderson and Kid Rock. Awww, remember when?
- Also at 10: HBO has a new ep of The Wire, while Showtime has a new Dexter.
Posted Dec 6th 2006 1:00PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: HBO, Site Announcements, Festivus, Contests and Giveaways
It's time once again for our annual Festivus contest, but this time we're asking for something quite different.
Last year we asked for readers to prove to us that they were the ultimate Festivus celebrant, which got us some interesting entries to say the least.
This year we're asking you, dear readers, to post to us some of your own, original, TV and/or Festivus themed lyrics that work in place of a popular existing song. So, for example, you could tell us you're replacing the lyrics for 'O Christmas Tree', give us your new title (like 'O Men In Trees') and then your own lyrics that work within the song and apply to the new title. We'll pick one winner out of the bunch on December 19th, just in time for Festivus!
And what does the winner get? Read on for those details and some rules.
Continue reading It's another Festivus contest! Win multi-season sets of HBO shows!
Posted Sep 24th 2006 10:54PM by Michael Canfield
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, HBO, OpEd, The Wire
(S04E03) "I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly and shit." -- Namond BriceThe cast has grown so big that three episodes in an we're still catching our first glimpse this year of some major characters, (these HBO
org charts really help keep everyone straight). Finally this week, one of the series' most compelling characters makes his fappearance: Omar Little (Michael K. Williams). I'll never forget his revenge on the Barksdale crew (both in and out of court) and I have to wonder what there is for him to do this year, where the focus is on Marlo's gang, with which Omar does not have any particular beef with (not yet) and political corruption on the level that doesn't interact with street characters like Omar. They'll find something, I'm sure.
Continue reading The Wire: Home Rooms
Posted Sep 13th 2006 3:07PM by Michael Canfield
Filed under: Programming, OpEd
I guess I could just devote my evenings to MyNetworkTV's
telenovas but that would be too easy. From the NFL, to New Caprica, Star's Hollow, the Sunset strip, Rockefeller Plaza, and west Baltimore, here's where I expect to park my butt this fall season:
Sunday5:15 pm (West Coast)
Sunday Night Football (NBC). John Madden.
10 pm
The Wire (HBO). The best ... blah blah blah, etc. (Actually, I'll most likely catch these earlier in the week
On Demand.)
Continue reading Mike C.'s Fall TV Schedule
Posted Sep 9th 2006 7:17PM by Michael Canfield
Filed under: HBO, OpEd, Web, Celebrities, The Wire
Stand-up comic Patton Oswalt (
The King of Queens,
Comedians of Comedy,
Reno 911) has one of the better celebrity blogs I've found. Maybe that's because he mostly talks about comic books and bad road food, and has yet to format anything to look like poetry. His blog's pretty funny, the fact that he calls it his "spew" not withstanding.
Right now
he's begging his readers to tune into HBO Sunday night and watch
The Wire season 4. Like others have, Patton calls
The Wire the "best show ever on television." Here's the money quote : "
The Wire is one of the few times you'll watch TV and not feel like the people making TV think you're a fucking idiot."
Continue reading Patton Oswalt begs you to watch 'The Wire'
Posted Sep 6th 2006 11:28AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous
Hello. My name is Keith and I'm a spoiler junkie. This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we'll supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad@gmail.com or call and leave a message at
917-421-9477 (NY) - your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
I guess Labor Day expanded into Labor Week, as a couple of my primary sources of spoilers took the week off! Anyway, I'll give you want I could get.
This week:
Jericho, Battlestar Galactica, Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy and The Wire. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Aug 30th 2006 10:19AM by Michael Canfield
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, HBO, Premium Cable, OpEd, The Wire
We've waited a long time for season four of
The Wire, both with anticipation and apprehension. In anticipation, because the show has been so unbelievably good up to now. And apprehension, because most series fall off in quality eventually don't they? Maybe the wait will have been worth it, if only that it has given many new viewers the chance to discover the series on DVD. The first two seasons have been out for awhile. That's how I found it, at that is the reason I ordered HBO for the first time in my life this summer.
The Wire seems positioned finally to receive the accolades it has long deserved.
Continue reading The Wire season 4 -- an early look
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