Just watched the first episode of The Shield. Thoroughly enjoyed it-thanks.
Mind you, the minute I saw who the writer/creator was (Shawn Ryan) I knew I was going to enjoy it. He has also written/created the excellent Lie To Me and S.W.A.T.
Funnily enough, Kenny Johnson was in S.W.A.T as well as The Shield, and left the cast in this week's episode.
Just watched the first episode of The Shield. Thoroughly enjoyed it-thanks.
Mind you, the minute I saw who the writer/creator was (Shawn Ryan) I knew I was going to enjoy it. He has also written/created the excellent Lie To Me and S.W.A.T.
Funnily enough, Kenny Johnson was in S.W.A.T as well as The Shield, and left the cast in this week's episode.
Just watched the first episode of The Shield. Thoroughly enjoyed it-thanks.
Mind you, the minute I saw who the writer/creator was (Shawn Ryan) I knew I was going to enjoy it. He has also written/created the excellent Lie To Me and S.W.A.T.
Funnily enough, Kenny Johnson was in S.W.A.T as well as The Shield, and left the cast in this week's episode.
Shawn Ryans wife plays the wife of Michael Chiklis in the series.
Just watched the first episode of The Shield. Thoroughly enjoyed it-thanks.
Mind you, the minute I saw who the writer/creator was (Shawn Ryan) I knew I was going to enjoy it. He has also written/created the excellent Lie To Me and S.W.A.T.
Funnily enough, Kenny Johnson was in S.W.A.T as well as The Shield, and left the cast in this week's episode.
Shawn Ryans wife plays the wife of Michael Chiklis in the series.
Other bits of gossip. Michael Jace shot, and killed, his wife in real life.
The "Dave" that shows shite comedy repeats all the time?
So it's a Channel, not a Streaming service like, say, Netflix or Prime?
Do I have to pay to have it?
‘You just can’t do that sh1t anymore’: The brilliance and brutality of The Shield, 20 years on FX’s revolutionary cop show saw Michael Chiklis inhabit one of the most reprehensible police officers ever brought to the screen. For its 20th anniversary, Louis Chilton speaks to several of the cast and creators about the struggles and joys of making a series radically ahead of its time
The Shield sprung up amid a tectonic shift in TV. The Sopranos was just three seasons into its run at the time, but had already redrawn the creative boundaries of what a drama series could be. Along with formative “prestige TV” such as Oz, Six Feet Under, and later Deadwood and The Wire, The Sopranos was on HBO: an established paid-for cable network where anything, it seemed, could go. The Shield was to be the flagship series for the newly launched basic cable network FX. FX would later become the home of acclaimed and popular series such as It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Fargo, Atlanta, Better Things, and The Americans, to name but a few. Before The Shield, however, FX was quite literally nothing.
“NYPD Blue was the hardest thing on network [television],” says Martinez. “And you had The Sopranos on HBO. We were the road in between, and we had to be able to match the quality of these two shows, with one tenth of the budget and no viewership. The only thing we could rely on was our talents.”
Their talents were more than enough. The Shield had the highest-rated scripted premiere in the history of basic cable. Overnight, FX was thrust into TV’s big leagues. It wasn’t just audiences that fell for the charms of Mackey and co. Critics poured adoration on the series from the start. Chiklis won a Best Lead Actor Emmy for his work on the first season, an award that had previously gone to The Sopranos’ James Gandolfini for two years running. Emmy nominations for directing and writing accompanied it, as did a Golden Globe win for Best Drama. “Suddenly, it was a very different kind of thing,” recalls Jay Karnes. “We went from feeling like, ‘Is anyone ever going to see this?’, to ‘Wow, we really have gotten a lot of recognition’.”
The third season saw a decline in its ratings, so the series employed a time-honoured trick of the trade to goose viewership numbers: it started bringing in high-profile ringers. For season four, this took the form of Glenn Close – playing embattled new police chief Monica Rawling – and Anthony Anderson, as a terrifying local crime lord masquerading as a community activist. For both actors, this was a radical departure from their previous roles, yet both excelled. Season five brought Forest Whitaker on board, delivering a frankly possessed performance as internal affairs cop Jon Kavanaugh, a man whose determination to hold Mackey to account spirals into a fully fledged obsession. It’s maybe Whitaker’s best ever performance, one that bends the whole series to his peculiar, hypnotic rhythms.
Sugar viewers react to ‘most insane twist ever’ after ‘wild’ Colin Farrell reveal ‘Easily one of the most insane f***ing things I’ve ever seen on TV,’ one stunned viewer said
It is revealed in the closing moments of the episode that Sugar is, in fact, an alien. Sugar is shown injecting himself with a syringe, which reverses his ability to shapeshift.
This is the first time viewers see Sugar as he really is – a blue extra-terrestrial from outer space, who looks very much like Karen Gillan’s Nebula in the Guardians of the Galaxy films.
Why exactly an alien has been sent to Los Angeles to become a private investigator remains to be seen, but viewers were left stunned by the revelation – and have been reacting accordingly on social media.
“If you’re watching Sugar on Apple TV…. you guys are not prepared for The Twist that will happen this week,” one social media user wrote, adding: “Easily one of the most insane f***ing things I’ve ever seen happen on a TV show before.”
Sugar viewers react to ‘most insane twist ever’ after ‘wild’ Colin Farrell reveal ‘Easily one of the most insane f***ing things I’ve ever seen on TV,’ one stunned viewer said
It is revealed in the closing moments of the episode that Sugar is, in fact, an alien. Sugar is shown injecting himself with a syringe, which reverses his ability to shapeshift.
This is the first time viewers see Sugar as he really is – a blue extra-terrestrial from outer space, who looks very much like Karen Gillan’s Nebula in the Guardians of the Galaxy films.
Why exactly an alien has been sent to Los Angeles to become a private investigator remains to be seen, but viewers were left stunned by the revelation – and have been reacting accordingly on social media.
“If you’re watching Sugar on Apple TV…. you guys are not prepared for The Twist that will happen this week,” one social media user wrote, adding: “Easily one of the most insane f***ing things I’ve ever seen happen on a TV show before.”
These "spin-offs" are almost always an anti-climax, but Top Boy might be the best TV Series I've ever watched.
There is a particular reason why American (as opposed to British) spin-offs are often a bit naff.
There are Union rules in relation to subsequent series for US TV programmes, guaranteeing pay rises for cast and crew. Which does not apply to spin-off series. So it is just a way of cutting costs.
These "spin-offs" are almost always an anti-climax, but Top Boy might be the best TV Series I've ever watched.
Their biggest problem will surely be, as just about all the major characters, except for her, have all been killed off. Definiely one of the best I have watched.
These "spin-offs" are almost always an anti-climax, but Top Boy might be the best TV Series I've ever watched.
Their biggest problem will surely be, as just about all the major characters, except for her, have all been killed off. Definiely one of the best I have watched.
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Mind you, the minute I saw who the writer/creator was (Shawn Ryan) I knew I was going to enjoy it. He has also written/created the excellent Lie To Me and S.W.A.T.
Funnily enough, Kenny Johnson was in S.W.A.T as well as The Shield, and left the cast in this week's episode.
The Shield - is it this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shield
And what platform/Channel is it on please?
I think on a par with NYPD Blue.
It is on Dave.
This is definitely worth a watch-part 2 today.
The Dry
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
The "Dave" that shows shite comedy repeats all the time?
So it's a Channel, not a Streaming service like, say, Netflix or Prime?
Do I have to pay to have it?
Yes.
No.
Go to On Demand on your Sky homepage.
Scroll down to channels.
Then select Dave.
Michael Jace shot, and killed, his wife in real life.
FX’s revolutionary cop show saw Michael Chiklis inhabit one of the most reprehensible police officers ever brought to the screen. For its 20th anniversary, Louis Chilton speaks to several of the cast and creators about the struggles and joys of making a series radically ahead of its time
The Shield sprung up amid a tectonic shift in TV. The Sopranos was just three seasons into its run at the time, but had already redrawn the creative boundaries of what a drama series could be. Along with formative “prestige TV” such as Oz, Six Feet Under, and later Deadwood and The Wire, The Sopranos was on HBO: an established paid-for cable network where anything, it seemed, could go. The Shield was to be the flagship series for the newly launched basic cable network FX. FX would later become the home of acclaimed and popular series such as It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Fargo, Atlanta, Better Things, and The Americans, to name but a few. Before The Shield, however, FX was quite literally nothing.
“NYPD Blue was the hardest thing on network [television],” says Martinez. “And you had The Sopranos on HBO. We were the road in between, and we had to be able to match the quality of these two shows, with one tenth of the budget and no viewership. The only thing we could rely on was our talents.”
Their talents were more than enough. The Shield had the highest-rated scripted premiere in the history of basic cable. Overnight, FX was thrust into TV’s big leagues. It wasn’t just audiences that fell for the charms of Mackey and co. Critics poured adoration on the series from the start. Chiklis won a Best Lead Actor Emmy for his work on the first season, an award that had previously gone to The Sopranos’ James Gandolfini for two years running. Emmy nominations for directing and writing accompanied it, as did a Golden Globe win for Best Drama. “Suddenly, it was a very different kind of thing,” recalls Jay Karnes. “We went from feeling like, ‘Is anyone ever going to see this?’, to ‘Wow, we really have gotten a lot of recognition’.”
The third season saw a decline in its ratings, so the series employed a time-honoured trick of the trade to goose viewership numbers: it started bringing in high-profile ringers. For season four, this took the form of Glenn Close – playing embattled new police chief Monica Rawling – and Anthony Anderson, as a terrifying local crime lord masquerading as a community activist. For both actors, this was a radical departure from their previous roles, yet both excelled. Season five brought Forest Whitaker on board, delivering a frankly possessed performance as internal affairs cop Jon Kavanaugh, a man whose determination to hold Mackey to account spirals into a fully fledged obsession. It’s maybe Whitaker’s best ever performance, one that bends the whole series to his peculiar, hypnotic rhythms.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/the-shield-michael-chiklis-fx-b2033628.html
‘Easily one of the most insane f***ing things I’ve ever seen on TV,’ one stunned viewer said
It is revealed in the closing moments of the episode that Sugar is, in fact, an alien. Sugar is shown injecting himself with a syringe, which reverses his ability to shapeshift.
This is the first time viewers see Sugar as he really is – a blue extra-terrestrial from outer space, who looks very much like Karen Gillan’s Nebula in the Guardians of the Galaxy films.
Why exactly an alien has been sent to Los Angeles to become a private investigator remains to be seen, but viewers were left stunned by the revelation – and have been reacting accordingly on social media.
“If you’re watching Sugar on Apple TV…. you guys are not prepared for The Twist that will happen this week,” one social media user wrote, adding: “Easily one of the most insane f***ing things I’ve ever seen happen on a TV show before.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sugar-apple-tv-colin-farrell-b2539994.html
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/bafta-tv-awards-2024-top-181500078.html
Netflix’s ‘Top Boy’ Beats ‘Slow Horses’ To Best Drama Series — BAFTA TV Awards
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/netflix-top-boy-beats-slow-183756025.html
Jasmine Jobson responds to Top Boy spin-off
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/jasmine-jobson-responds-top-boy-214300364.html
Actress who starred in drama filmed in Bolton wins BAFTA - all the awards
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/actress-starred-drama-filmed-bolton-203152820.html
BAFTA viewers overjoyed to see 'spellbinding' Happy Valley win Most Memorable Moment
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/bafta-viewers-overjoyed-see-spellbinding-211202259.html
"Jasmine Jobson responds to Top Boy spin-off"
These "spin-offs" are almost always an anti-climax, but Top Boy might be the best TV Series I've ever watched.
There are Union rules in relation to subsequent series for US TV programmes, guaranteeing pay rises for cast and crew. Which does not apply to spin-off series. So it is just a way of cutting costs.
Definiely one of the best I have watched.
@HAYSIE
Yes, that's probably fair comment.
I'd probably prefer to watch the original again.