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The 10 Best TV Dramas for Marathon Viewing

We're talking more than a fun afternoon of House or Law and Order reruns on Bravo or TNT. These dramas will compel you to call-in sick to work just so you can find out what happens next.  read more

The Shield/Dexter Writers Hired for Hancock Sequel

Despite its worldwide $624 million cash-in, reactions to the offbeat superhero flick, Hancock, boiled down to a humdrum murmur, and maybe this is why producers have been a little sluggish about its follow-up. It wasn't bad and it wasn't great, which means now is the perfect opportunity for producers Michael Mann and Akiva Goldsman to make a sequel that is better than their original. ...  read more

The 10 Best Cop Shows of The Last 10 Years

Sure, there are plenty of doctors and lawyers on television these days, but cops still reign supreme. Since the day Dragnet went on the air back in 1951, network executives have continued to fall in love with cop shows to the point that any city without its own CSI or NCIS just doesn't take crime very seriously. There have been plenty of formulaic police procedurals clogging the airwaves, but cops and robbers have also inspired some undeniably great TV. Detectives and patrolmen, we salute you....  read more

FX developing Staten Island drama

Lawrence O'Donnell of The West Wing has signed on to write and executive produce a new FX cop drama, Staten Island. Production of the pilot is currently underway; should the project be signed for a full season, the series will replace The Shield (the critically acclaimed drama's seven-year run culminates Nov. 25)....  read more