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Hill Street Blues

Gotham: The City Without Batman

By Corrina Lawson

May 30, 2014

How can Gotham be an interesting show if it doesn’t have Batman? It’s a question I’ve been asked numerous times since Fox Television announced that Gotham would join their fall schedule. The show will focus on a young Jim Gordon investigating the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne and track the evolution of the city…

Hill Street Blues cast

Five Reasons Hill Street Blues is the Best Cop Show Ever

By Corrina Lawson

March 18, 2013

Sometimes it seems like this police drama is all but forgotten. Later shows such as Homicide: Life on the Street and NYPD Blue seem to have all the acclaim. And the show lasted just six seasons, a fraction of the staying power of the Law & Order and CSI franchises. But it’s still the best…

The Choirboys by Joseph Wambaugh

From The Choirboys to Southland – Uniform Cops Hold The Line

By Colin Campbell

June 2, 2011

“Oh honey. You got balls like an elephant and a whang like an ox.” Words to live by if you happen to be well endowed, but more importantly an example of the superb dialogue that makes Joseph Wambaugh’s novel, The Choirboys, such a treat.  That, plus the fact that it shines a light on the…

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