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David Milch Brings Cop Show to HBO

BuzzSugar — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:32:53 PST

David Milch and HBO, together again.
Milch, the creator of the beloved Deadwood and the reviled John from Cincinnati, is taking his third shot at an HBO series with a new cop drama.

What's the story?
Milch is going back to his Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue roots with this one, called Last of the Ninth. The show is set in the New York Police Department in 1972, and Milch said the story revolves around "an older detective's mentoring of a young detective returned from Vietnam in a department fiscally crippled, under attack by revolutionaries, and which has been brought by allegations of systemic corruption into public disrepute." Sounds intense.

Maybe this could be the next great cop show.
With HBO's The Wire and FX's The Shield both ending after this season, it seems like a good time for a new, dark, gritty police drama. What do you think?

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Link Time! 10/4

BuzzSugar — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:02:44 PDT

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What to TiVo: Monday

BuzzSugar — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:59:00 PDT

8:00 The Bachelor (new, season finale)
10:00 The Bachelor: After the Final Rose (new)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guests Dr. Phil McGraw and The Bachelor runner-up)

8:00 How I Met Your Mother (repeat)
8:30 2 Broke Girls (repeat)
9:00 Two and a Half Men (repeat)
9:30 Mike & Molly (repeat)
10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (repeat)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guests Will Ferrell and Jon Bernthal)
12:37 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guests Leslie Bibb and David Milch)

8:00 House (repeat)
9:00 Alcatraz (new)

8:00 The Voice (new)
10:00 Smash (new)
11:35 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guests Jessica Simpson and Adam Carolla)
12:35 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (repeat, with guests Joan Rivers and Stacy Keibler)

8:00 America's Next Top Model: British Invasion (repeat)
9:00 Hart of Dixie (repeat)

Dustin Hoffman Heads to the Races in HBO's Luck Trailer

Rose Curiel — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:53:34 PDT

A couple of actors with impressive track records are off to the tracks in HBO's new drama about horse racing, Luck. The network has revealed its first look at the series, and those seeking a feel-good show about the sport in the style of Seabiscuit should probably look elsewhere. The drama reveals the gritty underworld of gambling revolving around the sport, with Dustin Hoffman starring as Ace Bernestein, a man who is back on the streets after three years in prison.

I'm not into horse racing by any means, but I'm curious to see Academy Award winner Hoffman on the small screen - and to learn more details behind what is sure to be his sketchy backstory. Nick Nolte also stars, and HBO alum David Milch (Deadwood) wrote the pilot episode with Michael Mann directing. Luck is set to premiere in January, but you can get a better feel for the series when you watch the trailer