Posted Jul 11th 2007 10:30AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: OpEd, 24, Gilmore Girls, Law and Order, Rescue Me, Scrubs, The Shield, Grey's Anatomy, Entourage, The Office, The Sopranos, The Closer, Psych, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, 30 Rock, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Awards, The Riches
Let me take a look at my trusty calendar. Okay, tomorrow I take the kids to the doctor. On Thursday I get that bikini wax. Friday? Well, I do the same think as I do every Friday -- try to take over the world (Snarf!). Now, for next week . . .
Sweet Niblets! Next week (July 19th, to be exact) they announce the nominees for the 59th Emmy awards to honor achievements for what has gone on previously rather than what is going on now. Which is opposite of the Golden Globes or the SAG awards, which honor achievements that are going on both presently and in the past. Wait, let me read that again . . . yep, that makes sense!
So, in preparation for the television wonk's biggest night of the year I have asked the humongous staff over here at TV Squad to give me a hand in picking out who will be the likely nominees and winners in the Best Actor/Actress/Drama/Comedy categories. Of course, your opinions may differ. But, hey, what fun would it be if we picked the same things you did?
Continue reading TV Squad picks their choices for Emmy nominees and winners
Posted Jun 18th 2007 10:01AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, The Shield, Entourage, TV Squad Lists, Hidden Palms
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First I thought this would be a summer filled with possibly watching one or two summer series, and then catching up on the growing stack of books in my "to be read" pile ... but somehow it's morphed into the "DVR + TV shows on DVD Summer of Rock " *fanfare*. It's actually not that dramatic, but I like to stick fanfare in whenever I can. Theme songs are one thing, but fanfare can pepper mundane events with joy. "Here's your latte, sir." *fanfare* See what I mean?
Continue reading What I'm watching this summer: Kevin's list
Posted Jun 13th 2007 1:24PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Programming, Battlestar Galactica, The Shield, Stargate, Veronica Mars, Eureka, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Jericho, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Dirt, The Black Donnellys, The Riches
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The folks over at iTunes have created
this handy list for people who want to spend some time this summer catching up on the television shows that don't get as much buzz (anything that's not
Lost,
Grey's Anatomy,
24). The list includes full seasons of
Friday Night Lights,
Jericho,
30 Rock,
The Shield,
Battlestar Galactica,
Stargate,
The Riches,
Dirt and
Eureka. Also? You can bask in the glory of hastily canceled shows like
Andy Barker, P.I.,
Veronica Mars, and
The Black Donnellys. Oh, and
Studio 60 is on there, but I wouldn't call that a "hastily" canceled show. (The current--and final--season of
The Loop is also on iTunes, though it's not on the 'Missed' list)
This is a great idea. Many of the shows listed get a lot of buzz on sites like ours (because our readers know good television), but the general population doesn't seem to catch on. If only
How I Met Your Mother would get on iTunes... it could definitely use some more fans as it heads into season 3.
Posted Jun 5th 2007 11:04PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews
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(S06E10) "...but understand, you are nothing more than a fly on one of my many shits." - Pezuela
The beginning of the end. We've got one more season of The Shield to go and I have to say that I'm pretty excited for what's been set up. It's going to be a lot to cover with only thirteen episodes remaining in life of the series. Then again, this season only had ten installments and look how many different stories came out of it. From the aftermath of Lem's death to the biggest conspiracy the Farmington district has ever seen, we got it all in season six.
Continue reading The Shield: Spanish Practices (season finale)
Posted Jun 4th 2007 3:41PM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: The Shield, Ask TV Squad, Celebrities
I got another letter from an eager TV fan looking for information last week,
Tracy writes:
"In the late ninties their was a tv show on (upn?) about a bunch of high school students who attended highschool on a cruise ship while traveling the world.
I thought Kathrine Hiegl and or Ryan Gosling (possibly Ben Foster) were on it but none of their IMDB credits list it. Any clue what the show was called or who really was on it?"
Well, Tracy, I'm not sure about Katherine Heigl but Ryan Gosling was definitely on a show you described called Breaker High.
On to this week's question...
Continue reading Stump the King - Michael Chiklis
Posted May 29th 2007 11:02PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews
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(S06E09) "Too many shit-heads. Not enough pillows." - Vic
Despite the fact that I love Vic Mackey, I still laugh a little any time he makes some comment about people in jail. The luck this guy has had! He could just as easily be behind bars. But as this episode taught us, it more often than not just falls into his lap. You'd think karma would have come and bit him in the ass by now, but his good fortune never seems to cease.
Continue reading The Shield: Recoil
Posted May 22nd 2007 11:02PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews
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(S06E08) "We're not clean in this either. And I'm not spending the rest of my life wearing state property." -Ronnie
I'm gonna make a bold statement that'll probably insult some readers: If you don't watch this show, you're dumb. Plain and simple. Nothing else on TV is as well-written, layered, and intricate as The Shield. There's another well-known cable drama with a prominent anti-hero about to end its run. Something about the Jersey mob and its high strung boss. You know that guy I'm talking about? Well, he can't hold a candle to Vic Mackey.
Continue reading The Shield: The Math of the Wrath
Posted May 15th 2007 11:33PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews
(S06E07) "He's not going to say anything to anybody because I know everything he's done." -Shane
There it is folks. The one thing that can actually make Vic Mackey look terrified. The knowledge in Shane's (apparently not so small) brain. We knew this was coming though. It's almost like watching an episode of Survivor. An alliance has been broken and now it's every man for himself. Who knows what and how they can use it to gain leverage.
I'll be honest though. Shane is proving to be far more effective in covering his tracks than I would have ever imagined. It almost makes you wonder how many times he's gone over this type of scenario in his head, even before the incident with Lem. The guy has put plenty of thought into his actions and it seems like Vic may have a legitimate reason to worry. How do you stop a guy that knows exactly what you know?
Continue reading The Shield: Exiled
Posted May 8th 2007 11:02PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: The Shield, Episode Reviews
(S06E06) This was the last episode sent out as a screener to us months ago. I've said before that having episodes of these shows ahead of time is a double-edged sword. It's great to have them so early, but it sucks to have to wait so long for the next episode. I know, your heart bleeds for me.
The last few episodes were clearly leading up to the final scene in this episode and, no surprise, it was a doozy.
Continue reading The Shield: Chasing Ghosts
Posted May 7th 2007 2:23PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: The Shield, Celebrities
You've probably heard or read stories in the past of how real life can break into shows like Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, and Rescue Me. What usually happens is some type of real emergency occurs while the actors are filming a made-up one for the television viewers. Or, someone will come up to an actor who portrays some kind of 'First Response' character on a show and demand that they arrest a neighbor or help them get their pet down from a tree.
Another example of this type of incident recently occurred with the cast of The Shield. This time, though, their interaction with real life was closer and a bit frightening.
Continue reading The Shield stars threatened by street gangs
Posted May 2nd 2007 12:44AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews
(S06E05) "You ever think about just coming clean? About everything?" -Shane
I suppose I should be used to it by now, but with the ups and downs that most great shows go through, it's weird to watch something and never be disappointed at the end of it. The Shield is just always good and I think it's remarkable.
So if that didn't spell it out, I liked this episode - a lot. Just solid from all points. Plenty of vintage Dutch, a blast from the past with the return of Vic's old partner, and a gut-wrenching confession from Shane made for one hell of an hour.
Continue reading The Shield: Haunts
Posted Apr 24th 2007 11:18PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: The Shield, Episode Reviews
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(S06E04) To say the Strike Team experienced a shakeup in tonight's episode would be an understatement to say the least.
Claudette once again shows her brilliance by leading Vic along into thinking he's got a chance to stick around at The Barn. Somewhat surprisingly it works like a charm. Vic chums right up to his new replacement of all people, and Julien being added to the team is met with no fuss. Vic is one well-behaved little puppy.
Continue reading The Shield: The New Guy
Posted Apr 17th 2007 11:04PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews
(S06E03) "This thing's gonna get a lot uglier before it gets better." -Vic
Well... it's official. I'm fairly certain I can't say a bad thing about this show. It's too good. Period. I'll even go as far as saying that it might be one of the finest cop dramas ever to be made and there's still 20 episodes (7 this season and 13 in the final) left before it's over for good.
There's just so many layers and subtle things that make this show so great (this episode in particular), that I know I won't recall all of them. That's how you know a show's good.
So we picked up with last week's kidnapping of Nadia (Guardo's girl) and Vic was forced to go to some extreme lengths to find the peace he's been looking for.
Continue reading The Shield: Back to One
Posted Apr 10th 2007 11:15PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews
(S06E02) As I was watching this episode I couldn't help but think how ironic it was how Kavanaugh went out of his way to make Mackey look sloppy, when I think Kavanaugh was being the sloppy one all along. How long could he keep up that charade? How long could he keep Amoya under his control and not looking incredibly suspicious?
Meanwhile, as Kavanaugh continues his witch hunt against Mackey (it does feel like a witch hunt, doesn't it?), Vic continued a witch hunt of his own. Though Vic was into being the judge and jury, Kavanaugh was just playing judge.
Continue reading The Shield: Baptism By Fire
Posted Apr 4th 2007 1:41PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: TV on DVD, The Shield, Site Announcements, Contests and Giveaways
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Remember everyone, you've got until
5:00 PM Eastern today to enter our
giveaway of five copies of The Shield season five! Any comments we get after 5PM won't be counted, and only enter once or we'll have to disqualify you. Make sure you comment on the
original post -- no comments on this one.
We'll contact the winners later in the week. Good luck!
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