michael cudlitz-related stories
Posted Oct 24th 2009 2:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
When
NBC canceled Southland before the second season even had a chance to debut, online fans went into "
Save Southland" mode. They went on Twitter, wrote letters to NBC and Warner Brothers, and tried to get the network to reconsider their decision,
Jericho-style. Well, NBC is still not going to air the show, but Nikki Finke is reporting that
TNT is going to pick up the show and start airing the first season as early as next week.
But she says that the deal isn't set yet because TNT and NBC can't come to terms on money (of course). In fact, an insider tells Finke that the "behavior from NBC has been unbelievable and amazingly f***ed up - even for them - which is saying something."
Of course, there's no word yet on whether TNT will simply buy the first season's worth of episodes and whatever they filmed for the second season or if TNT will actually produce more new episodes.
Posted Oct 8th 2009 10:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, Cancellations, Reality-Free
Oh, this is going to tick off sooooo many people.
NBC has decided to cancel Southland! They have finished filming six episodes for season two but NBC suddenly pulled the plug on the show. There's still a chance that a cable network could pick it up. I can picture the show on FX or TNT or USA. Or maybe NBC could put it on Bravo? Nah, then they'd have no room for
Real Housewives of Bangor, Maine.
Continue reading Goodbye Southland
Posted May 22nd 2009 9:25AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
This was only the seventh episode of
Southland but it was also the season finale, due to it starting after
ER ended its run.
I'm still of two minds about this show. While it's obvious it's a "quality" show, I want more
Adam-12 and less ensemble cast dramatics. Did you catch the scene with the lady with the chicken nuggets? That actually happened in real life a few months ago. (Yes, I mentioned chicken nuggets before the big shooting at the end!)
The show is
coming back this fall but will move to Friday nights at 9 (thanks Jay). That's probably not a good thing.
Posted May 2nd 2009 3:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Really, this isn't a huge surprise.
NBC has
renewed the new Thursday night police drama Southland for another 13 episodes. The reason why I don't think this is a big surprise is because the show is getting some attention (though the ratings aren't as good as they were when the first episode debuted) and because it's a John Wells, show, and if there's anyone who is going to get a thumbs up from NBC its Wells, who also did
ER,
The West Wing, and
Third Watch for the network. I guess it's interesting that it's 13 episodes and not a full season, but that order could be upped later (or maybe this will become more of the norm, renewing shows with a shorter episode order).
Now, NBC, when you announce which shows you've picked up and which shows aren't coming back on Monday, could you please renew
Chuck for another season? Thanks.
Posted May 1st 2009 11:16AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
I think I'd like
Southland a lot more if it just focused on the cops played by Ben McKenzie and Michael Cudlitz. I find myself getting less interested when they cut away from what they're doing. I think
Southland should be like a fictional version of
Cops, showing the two cops inside the car talking and then going to various calls during the hour. I know, you're thinking, that's just
Adam-12. But I really liked
Adam-12!
Posted Apr 3rd 2009 1:29PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Video, Early Looks, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Southland, the gritty new police drama from film producer Ann Biderman, puts the spotlight on the dark and grimy corners of Los Angeles as seen through the eyes of uniformed cops and plainclothes detectives. Unfortunately, the series premiere is mired in cop show clichés and forgets to deliver anything we haven't seen before.
The first episode –
stream it now or watch it below, a week before it debuts on NBC – owes a lot to
NYPD Blue,
Homicide: Life on the Street and countless other cop shows that came before it. It's a procedural with a large cast about cops struggling to balance "the job" with their personal lives.
Continue reading Southland -- An early look - VIDEO
Posted Mar 28th 2007 8:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, Industry, Programming, Standoff
Fans of Standoff, the FOX hostage negotiator drama starring Ron Livingston and Rosemarie DeWitt, were worried when it was announced that the show was moving to Fridays. Now here's more to be concerned about: the show isn't returning at all until the summer.
It was supposed to return in April, but FOX has decided the show won't be back until after the network announces its fall schedule in May. I wonder how this will affect their decision, since the show has been on hiatus for a while and they're not going to know what the summer numbers are until, well, the show airs in the summer. They insist the show isn't canceled, but this can't be seen as a "good" sign, that's for sure. It got pretty good numbers when it was on.
For the record, I thought the show was so-so.
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