The Shield on FX will take it to another level tonight when the incredible Glenn Close joins the cast. Make sure you watch it. It’s not easy to find a television show that breaks out of the traditional broadcast mold and avoids cliches — but The Shield is it. Writes TV critic Tom Jicha:”The nastiest cop show on TV has gotten even better.”
Read his whole review about this gritty show that raises a stew of ethical and moral issues…and see if you can resist watching it at 10 pm tonight. (We will NOT miss this one tonight)
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.