TV Guide: The Shield

Listing: The Shield

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:30:00 -0400

Sat Oct 25 11:30 PM FX

Listing: Parricide

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tue Oct 21 10:00 PM FX Vic and Ronnie escape attempts on their lives, and when Ronnie's assailant is caught, Shane must think and act quickly. Meanwhile, with barely a week to go before he must turn in his badge, Vic makes Agent Murray a business proposition. He also has some dirty work to do for Pezuela, involving a priest (Silas Weir Mitchell), whose church is in a location Pezuela finds inconvenient.

Listing: Bitches Brew

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tue Oct 14 10:00 PM FX Vic's review-board hearing is moved up unexpectedly (but the result isn't unexpected), putting new pressure on his mission to take down Pezuela---which hits another snag when the Feds take over the investigation of Robert Martin's murder. Meanwhile, Vic ramps up his quest to stay in his infant son's life; Shane tends to private business as he probes a prostitute's murder; and Dutch is disturbed by what he finds at Claudette's house when he and Billings investigate a neighborhood break-in.

Listing: Animal Control

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Mon Oct 13 12:00 AM FX Vic and Ronnie set up a Mexican-Armenian meeting but tell the two sides different things and keep some pertinent details from Shane; Shane and former Strike Team adversary Tavon Garris (Brian White) team up uneasily as a six-year-old murder case heats up; Ronnie gets a warning from Claudette about Vic's freelancing; and a naked sleepwalker (Scott Michael Campbell) is found in a warehouse with blood on his body that isn't his own.

Video: Animal Control

iTunes — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:02:13 -0400

Vic sets plans in motion to end the gang threat as his relationship with Cassidy deteriorates. Dutch and Billings investigate a possible somnambulist murderer.

Video: Game Face

iTunes — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:02:11 -0400

Claudette encounters a murderous old nemesis. Vic confronts Olivia about her political connections. Dutch's case gets personal.

Video: Genocide

iTunes — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:02:09 -0400

The gang war erupts in unexpected ways that Vic can't fully control. Dutch and Billings' homicide investigation grows into something more disturbing Cassidy reaches out to Danny.

Video: Money Shots

iTunes — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:02:06 -0400

Vic works an angle to make himself valuable to the Armenian mob. Corrine finds herself in a surprising legal jam. Tina targets a producer of adult entertainment.

Video: Snitch

iTunes — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:02:04 -0400

As a local gang war heats up, Vic positions himself as a valuable commodity to the warring parties. Corrine and Cassidy confront Vic. Written by Gary Lennon.

Video: Coefficient of Drag

iTunes — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:02:01 -0400

Vic challenges Shane and deals with threats to his family. A federal agent arrives in Farmington to investigate a recent wave of violence.

News: The Shield Episode Recap: "Animal Control"

TV Guide — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:58:00 -0400

The aptly titled sixth episode of The Shield's final season featured Vic Mackey pulling the strings as hard as ever over the various gang members in Farmington, Dutch and Claudette briefly re-teaming on a possible murder case, the return of a long lost strike team member and a long standing feud seemingly coming to a head. With only 7 episodes left in the show, things are really starting to come together. I just can't figure out what's going to happen next.

Read my complete recap, after the jump.

News: Hot List: Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008

TV Guide — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:13:00 -0400

Real Housewives of Atlanta
9 pm/ET BRAVO
What ever happened to Southern hospitality? We may all be asking that question in light of this soapy entry in Bravo's Real Housewives franchise. Tonight's premiere introduces the five privileged ladies from Atlanta — single socialite Sheree, real-estate investor's wife NeNe, dating mother Kim, and sports-star spouses DeShawn and Lisa. Real-world dramas swirl when our Southern belles gather at Sheree's big-bucks birthday bash. Forget the candles — there should be plenty of blowouts without them. — Dean Maurer

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News: There has been a new term for ...

TV Guide — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Question: There has been a new term for a character on TV called the "anti-hero." I am a bit confused on this term, in that it has had such characters as Tony Soprano, Dr. House, Tommy Gavin and the cops on The Shield (haven't watched the last). Anyway, what I am confused with is that how are some of these considered 'heroes?" They don't really give anything positive back to the community, where some do. I see that they all have personality flaws which we all have, but the heroes thing is what irks me.
Answer: This isn't so much a new term — anti-heroes have been around in literature and movies, etc., for a long while — as it has become a significant TV trend in recent years, especially in the wake of The Sopranos, and later The Shield, which pushed basic-cable envelopes, with the oversexed Nip/Tuck doctors and the self-destructive Tommy Gavin of Rescue Me to follow. Anticipating all of these was Dennis Franz's unforgettable Sipowicz on NYPD Blue, who was heroic beyond doubt in hi ...

News: Ask Matt: Is Cloris a Dancing Distraction? Is Heroes Becoming Less Super? And More!

TV Guide — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:44:00 -0400

Question: I'm a huge fan of Dancing with the Stars. However, I need to vent. I have no problem with an 82-year-old woman being a participant of DWTS. I like old people — I am one myself. However, can you please get a message to Cloris Leachman for me? Tell her that I am embarrassed for her. Not because of her age, not because of her dancing skill, but because of her sophomoric actions that are not funny. — Ashley B.

Matt Roush: First off, don't fool yourself that ABC is doing anything to drum up business among the seniors. Nothing against them — some of my best friends and family members, etc. — but that demographic, you may have heard, isn't exactly advertiser-friendly, more's the pity. The issue, though, is Cloris, isn't it?

Photo: The Shield - Season 7 Premiere, "The Coefficient of Drag" - Laurie Holden as Agent Olivia Murray