Tag Archives: Southland

2010/01/14 · 2:01 pm

Score One for Gritty High School Football Dramas!

Well, if there were two good things to come out of Jay Leno destroying the NBC schedule, they are that Chuck has been brought back early and given a major push (and will now likely have a much greater chance of surviving to season four) and, as, just announced, Friday Night Lights will return on April 30.  Originally, the word was that the critically-beloved, Ben Silverman-sabotaged, tragically audience-starved drama would not return to NBC until the summer, but with all the holes soon to open up in the schedule it looks like it’s coming back early.  Yay!  Still time to catch up seasons 1-3.  And, trust me, you should.

I bet NBC regrets axing Southland now.

See the full post-Olympics, post-late night debacle schedule @ Tuned In.

Oh, and looks like I was wrong about Dick Wolf.  He seems safe.  For now.

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2009/11/05 · 5:28 pm

Score One for Gritty Cop Dramas!

As rumored since its axe by NBC, the Gritty Cop Drama Southland has been rescued by TNT.  What’s more is that the cable net will air the Gritty Cop Drama Fridays at 10pm (starting Jan 12), setting up a smackdown against new nemesis Jay Leno (if Leno survives til the New Year).

No word yet if the addition of Southland to the TNT roster will require the show to add a Strong Female Lead, à la The Closer, Saving Grace and HawthroRNe.  Might I make a recommendation?   Or, if she’s not available, they can take SNL‘s suggestion and bring Penny Marshall aboard:

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Of course, the big question is what does this all mean for Dick Wolf?  Well, TNT already airs syndicated episodes of the flagship Law & Order franchise, so perhaps Mr. Wolf will bring original episodes of the series here when NBC replaces his show with Dateline: To Catch a Biggest Loser.

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2009/10/09 · 7:35 pm

NBC to Replace ‘Southland’ With ‘Chuck?’

Well, no, not exactly, but according to Michael Ausiello the third season premiere of Chuck might be pushed up earlier than its initially scheduled March return.  With a new vacancy in the schedule (read: Southland) this sounds good to me.

Sure, I know what you’re thinking, “But I’ve never seen Chuck.  This doesn’t excite me.”   Well, you’re in luck, Hulu is streaming pilot.  So, no excuses.

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2009/10/09 · 5:24 pm

NBC to replace all 9pm shows with ‘To Catch a Predator’

No, not really, they wouldn’t want to sacrifice the second hour of The Biggest Loser.  But they did cancel Southland. Take that, gritty cop drama!

But it’s probably only a matter of time.

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