Southland

[TNGTony]

So after watching this premier episode I am not sure if I will continue to watch. I don't care how many critics love the gritty look and the disconnected stories. I just don't connect with series that make you want to shoot yourself from depression after you watch the episode.

All three major crimes these cops investgated were solved within their shift and all three in completely unlikely ways. A rookie cop on his first day draws and kills a suspect when the scene is loaded with veteran cops. And the thing that drives me nuts: the ending music video. To me a series episode with an ending music video tells me the episode was streched because the script was "short".

I will not give up on the series, but three times during this premier episode I found myself reaching for the remote. I forced myself to give the show a complete chance.

See ya
Tony

 

[KAB]

I stopped watching mid-way. Nothing new.

 

[Jimmy 440]

Me 3,Boring

 

[db2]

I'll give it one more week. I was hoping it would branch out from the hundreds of other cop shows already out there. So far it hasn't.

 

[satjay]

I am going to give it another shot as well. I need something to fill in since "life" has completed!

 

[dfergie]

NBC renews 'Southland'

Warner Bros. TV gets 13-episode order

NBC has renewed midseason drama “Southland.” The network on Friday night picked up 13 episodes from the cop drama exec produced by John Wells.

Source & More:THR.com

 

[TNGTony]

Friday night is usually where weak shows go to die. The 13 episode order (instead of a full season) is another sign that NBC isn't very confident of the show's success on a Friday.

I watched last week's episode while doing other things and really couldn't tell you what happened, and this week's show is still on my DVR unwatched. I may get to it eventually.

Southland is no replacement to the typical NBC "must watch TV" Thursday nights. ER, LA Law, St. Elsewhere. But Leno is going to kill the streak anyway with his daily 10pm show.

See ya
Tony

 

[dfergie]

NBC cancels 'Southland' before its premiere

NBC has canceled the well-regarded John Wells' cop drama "Southland."

Source & More: thrfeed.com

 

[TNGTony]

No surprise to me. I stopped watching after the third episode last year and removed the timer.

Thanks for the info on the show.

See ya
Tony

 

[dfergie]

No surprise to me. I stopped watching after the third episode last year and removed the timer.

Thanks for the info on the show.

See ya
Tony

Your Welcome Same here...

 

[KAB]

NBC should just change it's name to JLN (figure it out).

 

[gadgtfreek]

I actually like the gritty shows and enjoyed it. NBC just sucks, and after recently canceling my Heroes timer, they can go to ****.

 

[mike123abc]

Well maybe with a few openings in the schedule they will be able to pull in some spring shows to the fall...

 

[bicker]

It will be nice to see Chuck return sometime before March.

I'm not surprised that they ditched Southland -- actually, I was surprised that the show got past the first episode. My wife and I didn't like it at all. What I guess, from this week's news, is that Warner Brothers simply delivered inadequate episodes to NBC.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Funny thing about NBC, and why I think they are last, is because they keep things like the Office and Chuck around.

 

[bicker]

<stunned>

 

[mike123abc]

No network has all programming appeal to all people. Some will like every show, some will dislike every show. The problem I see with the current NBC system is that by splitting all the series up they go so long between seasons that shows lose their audience.

 

[lakebum431]

I had recorded all of the Southland episodes, but never got around to watching (got to love having a big external hdd). Guess I'll delete them all now along with the timer. Oh well. At least I didn't get into it before they did this!

 

[dfergie]

'Southland' might have new home at TNT

Nellie Andreeva

Four days after the abrupt cancellation of sophomore series "Southland" by NBC, chatter intensifies that the gritty cop drama may find a second home at TNT.
TNT was an obvious choice as it shares a corporate parent with Warner Bros. TV, which produces the critically praised series with studio-based John Wells Prods.
But sources on Monday indicated that talks between the two sides are advancing.

Source & More: hollywoodreporter.com

 

[gadgtfreek]

That would be great. Put it along with Dark Blue :up