Southland (TV series)
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Southland is an American drama series created by writer Ann Biderman
and produced by Warner Bros. Television
. It premiered on NBC
on April 9, 2009. On May 1, 2009, NBC announced that Southland had been renewed for a second season with an initial 13-episode order to begin airing on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 9:00 pm, one hour earlier than its original time slot. On August 27, 2009, shortly before its scheduled premiere, NBC moved the opening of its second season to October 23, 2009, citing the need to promote the show more fully. On October 8, 2009, NBC announced that the series had been canceled.
On November 2, 2009, TNT announced it has purchased the rights to Southlands original seven episodes, as well as six completed episodes from its second season. Southland began airing on TNT on January 12, 2010. On April 26, 2010, TNT announced it had picked up Southland for a ten-episode third season to begin airing on January 4, 2011. TNT's renewal of the show included a substantial budget cut and corresponding cast reduction. Southland has been renewed for another ten-episode fourth season on March 22, 2011 and according to the official web page will start broadcasting on January 17, 2012.
and the lives of the LAPD
officers who police it. The show's first season centers on the experiences and interactions of LAPD patrol officers and detectives, and is more a character-driven drama than a police procedural.
Among the characters are rookie Officer Ben Sherman and his training officer, John Cooper; Detective Lydia Adams, who must balance work with responsibility for her mother; Officer Chickie Brown, who aspires to be the first woman on the elite SWAT Team; and Detective Sammy Bryant, whose home life interferes with his working life. Ultimately, it was the dark tone of the series, deemed inappropriate for 9:00 pm, that led NBC to shut down production and cancel the show after previewing the first six episodes of the second season. TNT began negotiating a move from NBC shortly after the show's cancellation, a process that took nearly a month. TNT's rebroadcast of the first season was mostly uncensored, with only the more extreme profanity bleeped out
.
, Denise Crosby
, and C. Thomas Howell
are the only recurring cast members remaining after the budget cuts.
winning writer Ann Biderman. Biderman began her television writing career on the first season of police drama NYPD Blue
. The series' executive producers are Biderman, Christopher Chulack
and John Wells
. Wells and Chulack, both also Emmy Award winners, had previously worked together on cirically acclaimed medical drama ER
and emergency services drama Third Watch
. Many other crew members had previously worked with Wells and Chulack on these series. Wells and Biderman also write for the series and Chulack is a regular director. Biderman left her executive producer position after the second season but continued to write for the series third season.
Ex-police officer Angela Amato Velez
served as a consulting producer and writer for the first season. She had previously worked for the executive producers on Third Watch. Dee Johnson also served as a consulting producer and writer for the first season. She had previously worked with Wells and Chulack on ER. Emmy Award winning writing team Mitchell Burgess
& Robin Green were hired as executive consultants and writers for the second and third seasons. They had previously worked together as executive producers on The Sopranos
. Diana Son served as a consulting producer and writer for the second season. She had previously worked on the crime drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent
.
David Graziano became a co-executive producer for the second season. Andrew Stearn was a producer for the first two seasons and was promoted to co-executive producer for the third season. Stearn had previously worked on Third Watch. Jonathan Lisco was hired as a co-executive producer for the third season. Lisco is a former lawyer and created the New Orleans police drama K-Ville
. The series is produced by Jon Pare.
ER and Third Watch veteran Nelson McCormick
is also a regular director for Southland. Steadicam expert J. Michael Muro
serves as a regular cinematographer and occasional director for the series. Dana Gonzales
is the other regular director of photography.
compared Southland favorably to series like The Shield
, Rescue Me
and The Wire
in citing the series debut as "one of the most gripping opening episodes of any network crime series". Noting the show's "bold, contemporary tone", Stanley concluded that "Southland is commendably stinting and cold, a series that doesn’t aim to please, and is all the more pleasurable for it." In a second review a year later, Mike Hale was less effusive in his praise. While commending the series for fine performances from its cast—in particular Cudlitz, McKenzie and Hatosy—and its combination of straightforward immediate plots and long-range storytelling, Hale criticized the "heavyhandedness" he saw in some of the writing, noting especially the "sententious lectures about the nature of police work" delivered to Sherman by Cooper in the pilot episode. He finds the show "worthy" but in need of work to qualify as a classic.
Dorothy Rabinowitz of The Wall Street Journal
says "Prattle is, in any case, a minor note compared with the crackling pace of the first script, its evocative mood of menace at every turn, each police car racing to destinations that will reveal who knows what tragedy or unspeakable sight." The Kansas City Star stated the show in even a more positive light saying "Southland is built to be bigger, and in that sense it succeeds immediately, thanks to excellent casting (especially Michael Cudlitz
and Regina King
as a cop and a detective), gritty location shooting around L.A. and storytelling that doesn’t hold the viewer’s hand."
released the first season on DVD
in an uncensored version, with the profanities intact.
In May of 2011, they also released the second season in a similarly uncensored version. However, the title is only available through the studio's manufacture-on-demand program.
No release date has been given for the third season to be released on DVD, but it will also be available only through Warner's MOD program.
The studio is not currently considering Blu-Ray releases for any of the show's three seasons.
Ann Biderman
Ann Biderman is an American film and television writer. She is the creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed NBC/TNT series Southland, and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Drama Series for an episode of NYPD Blue.-Career:In the 2008 to 2009...
and produced by Warner Bros. Television
Warner Bros. Television
Warner Bros. Television is the television production arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of Time Warner. Alongside CBS Television Studios, it serves as a television production arm of The CW Television Network , though it also produces shows for other networks, such as Shameless on...
. It premiered on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
on April 9, 2009. On May 1, 2009, NBC announced that Southland had been renewed for a second season with an initial 13-episode order to begin airing on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 9:00 pm, one hour earlier than its original time slot. On August 27, 2009, shortly before its scheduled premiere, NBC moved the opening of its second season to October 23, 2009, citing the need to promote the show more fully. On October 8, 2009, NBC announced that the series had been canceled.
On November 2, 2009, TNT announced it has purchased the rights to Southlands original seven episodes, as well as six completed episodes from its second season. Southland began airing on TNT on January 12, 2010. On April 26, 2010, TNT announced it had picked up Southland for a ten-episode third season to begin airing on January 4, 2011. TNT's renewal of the show included a substantial budget cut and corresponding cast reduction. Southland has been renewed for another ten-episode fourth season on March 22, 2011 and according to the official web page will start broadcasting on January 17, 2012.
Plot
According to NBC, Southland takes a "raw and authentic look" at Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and the lives of the LAPD
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...
officers who police it. The show's first season centers on the experiences and interactions of LAPD patrol officers and detectives, and is more a character-driven drama than a police procedural.
Among the characters are rookie Officer Ben Sherman and his training officer, John Cooper; Detective Lydia Adams, who must balance work with responsibility for her mother; Officer Chickie Brown, who aspires to be the first woman on the elite SWAT Team; and Detective Sammy Bryant, whose home life interferes with his working life. Ultimately, it was the dark tone of the series, deemed inappropriate for 9:00 pm, that led NBC to shut down production and cancel the show after previewing the first six episodes of the second season. TNT began negotiating a move from NBC shortly after the show's cancellation, a process that took nearly a month. TNT's rebroadcast of the first season was mostly uncensored, with only the more extreme profanity bleeped out
Bleep censor
A bleep censor is the replacement of profanity or classified information with a beep sound , in television or radio...
.
Cast
Following the change of network, the second season, which premiered on TNT following the rebroadcast of the first season, de-emphasizes the ensemble cast and focuses more on the Adams and Sherman characters and their partners. Stories now center more on how crimes come together, with less-serialized storylines. Budget cuts prior to the third season production resulted in further changes to the cast. Roxana Brusso, Hedy BurressHedy Burress
-Early life:She was born Heather Elizabeth Burress in Edwardsville, Illinois, to teacher parents. She attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, before relocating to Los Angeles, California, in 1995.-Career:...
, Denise Crosby
Denise Crosby
Denise Michelle Crosby is an American actress best known for portraying Security Chief Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation...
, and C. Thomas Howell
C. Thomas Howell
Christopher Thomas "Tommy" Howell , known by his stage name C. Thomas Howell, is an American actor and film director. He starred in the films The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis and in The Hitcher as Jim Halsey. He has appeared in The Da Vinci Treasure,Soul Man, Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, Gettysburg, H. G...
are the only recurring cast members remaining after the budget cuts.
Main cast
| Actor | Character | Rank | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arija Bareikis Arija Bareikis - Biography :She starred alongside Rob Schneider as Kate in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and currently is cast as LAPD police officer Chickie Brown, in the police drama series Southland, which originally aired on NBC before moving to TNT in 2010.... |
Chickie Brown | Police Officer III | Hollywood Division |
| Michael Cudlitz Michael Cudlitz Michael Cudlitz is an American actor. He can be seen in the TNT drama Southland, starring as John Cooper, and the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers as Sgt. Denver "Bull" Randleman.-Life and career:... |
John Cooper John Cooper (Southland) Officer John Cooper is a fictional character who appears on the American television series Southland. A veteran officer with the Los Angeles Police Department , Cooper is a Police Officer III+1, which is a Senior Lead Officer, serving as a field training officer in the Hollywood Division in West... |
Police Officer III+1 (Senior Lead Officer) | Hollywood Division |
| Shawn Hatosy Shawn Hatosy Shawn Wayne Hatosy is an actor with over 40 film and television credits to his name.-Personal life:Hatosy was born in Frederick, Maryland, the son of Carol , a loan officer, and Wayne Hatosy, a graphic designer and event planning director... |
Sammy Bryant | Detective II (Season 1-3) Police Officer III (Season 4) |
Gangs and Narcotics Division |
| Regina King Regina King Regina King is an American film and television actress. She is well known for her role as Mary Jenkins's studious daughter, Brenda Jenkins, on the 1980s sitcom, 227, and for her critically acclaimed supporting role in the feature film Jerry Maguire... |
Lydia Adams | Detective II | West Bureau Detectives |
| Michael McGrady Michael McGrady Michael Steven McGrady is an American theater, film and television actor. He is best known for playing Detective Daniel "Sal" Salinger in the television series Southland... |
Daniel "Sal" Salinger | Detective III | Gang and Narcotics Division |
| Benjamin McKenzie Benjamin McKenzie Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan , better known as Benjamin McKenzie, is an American actor and producer. He is best known for playing Ryan Atwood in the television series The O.C. and for playing Ben Sherman in Southland. He appeared in the films Junebug and 88 Minutes which earned him a Sarasota Film... |
Ben Sherman | Police Officer II | Hollywood Division |
| Tom Everett Scott Tom Everett Scott Thomas "Tom" Everett Scott is an American film, theatre and television actor. His film work includes a starring role as drummer Guy Patterson in the film That Thing You Do! .-Career:... |
Russell Clarke (Seasons 1, 3; recurring Season 2) | Detective II | Former Administrative Services Bureau—fired from the department in "Sideways" |
| Kevin Alejandro Kevin Alejandro Kevin Michael Alejandro is an American actor. Alejandro may be best known for his roles as Nate Moretta in the series Southland and as Jesus Velasquez in the series True Blood.-Early life:... |
Nate Moretta (Seasons 1–3;) | Detective II | Former Gang and Narcotics Division—deceased |
Recurring cast
| Actor | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Laz Alonso Laz Alonso Lazaro "Laz" Alonso is an American film and television actor. He is best known for playing Tsu'tey in James Cameron's science fiction film Avatar. He is also well known for his role as Fenix "Rise" Calderon in the film Fast & Furious. Alonso has had roles in other films such as Jarhead, This... |
Detective III Gil Puente (Seasons 2–3) | Teams with Bryant and Moretta for a task force investigating Trinney Day |
| Emily Bergl Emily Bergl Anne Emily Bergl is an English-born American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as Rachel Lang on the film The Rage: Carrie 2 , Annie O'Donnell on the ABC television show Men in Trees , Beth Young on Desperate Housewives and Tammy Bryant on the TNT drama series... |
Tammi Bryant (Season 1–present) | Detective Bryant's wife |
| Roxana Brusso | Detective III Alicia Fernandez (Season 1–present) | West Bureau Detectives—Detectives Adams' and Ochoa's supervisor |
| Hedy Burress Hedy Burress -Early life:She was born Heather Elizabeth Burress in Edwardsville, Illinois, to teacher parents. She attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, before relocating to Los Angeles, California, in 1995.-Career:... |
Laurie Cooper (Season 1–present) | Officer Cooper's ex-wife |
| Denise Crosby Denise Crosby Denise Michelle Crosby is an American actress best known for portraying Security Chief Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation... |
Captain Susan Salinger (Season 1–present) | Detective Salinger's wife |
| Patrick Fischler Patrick Fischler Patrick Fischler is an American actor best known for his roles as Jimmy Barrett on the drama series Mad Men, Dharma Initiative worker Phil on the drama series Lost and Detective Kenny No-Gun on the police drama Southland... |
Detective I Kenny "No-Gun" (Seasons 1–2) | Gang and Narcotics Division |
| Jenny Gago Jenny Gago Jenny Gago is an American actress.- Career :Gago has appeared in movies and television for 25 years, including recurring roles as Captain Santina on MacGyver, Detective Beatrice Zapeda in Alien Nation, Anaya on The Agency and Grandma on Freddie... |
Detective II Josie Ochoa (Season 3) | West Bureau Detectives; Adams' partner |
| C. Thomas Howell C. Thomas Howell Christopher Thomas "Tommy" Howell , known by his stage name C. Thomas Howell, is an American actor and film director. He starred in the films The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis and in The Hitcher as Jim Halsey. He has appeared in The Da Vinci Treasure,Soul Man, Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, Gettysburg, H. G... |
Police Officer III Bill "Dewey" Dudek (Season 1–present) | Hollywood Division—Officer Brown's recovering alcoholic partner |
| Lex Medlin Lex Medlin Lex Medlin is an American comedic actor who has appeared in a wide variety of television commercials and sitcoms. A star of the 2006 Fox TV sitcom Happy Hour... |
Detective I Andy Williams (Seasons 1–2) | Gang and Narcotics Division |
| Amaury Nolasco Amaury Nolasco Amaury Nolasco Garrido is a Puerto Rican actor, best known for the role of Fernando Sucre on the television series Prison Break, and for his role in Transformers.-Early life:... |
Detective Rene Cordero (Season 2) | West Bureau Detectives—Adams' interim partner |
| Marty Ryan | Sergeant I Wallace (Seasons 1–2) | Hollywood Division—Assistant watch commander/supervisor |
| Jamie McShane | Sergeant II Hill (Season 3) | Hollywood Division—Assistant watch commander/supervisor |
| Lucy Liu Lucy Liu Lucy Alexis Liu is an American actress and film producer. She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal , and has also appeared in several Hollywood films including Charlie's Angels, Chicago, Kill Bill, and Kung Fu Panda.-Early... |
Police Officer III Jessica Tang (Season 4) | Officer Cooper's partner |
| Lou Diamond Phillips Lou Diamond Phillips Lou Diamond Phillips is an American film, television, and stage actor and director. His breakthrough came when he starred in the film La Bamba. He earned a supporting actor Golden Globe Award nomination for his role in Stand and Deliver and a Tony Award nomination for his role in The King and I... |
(Season 4) | |
| Dorian Missick Dorian Missick Dorian Missick is an American actor, best known for his roles as Damian in Six Degrees and Victor Vance in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Missick was born in East Orange, NJ, but grew up mainly in Plainfield, NJ, and Decatur, Georgia... |
(Season 4) | Detective Adam's partner |
Crew
The series was created by Emmy AwardEmmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
winning writer Ann Biderman. Biderman began her television writing career on the first season of police drama NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
. The series' executive producers are Biderman, Christopher Chulack
Christopher Chulack
Christopher Chulack is an American television producer and director. He has worked extensively on ER and has won several awards.-ER:Chulack began working on the NBC medical drama ER as a director and producer with the first season. He was promoted to co-executive producer midway through the third...
and John Wells
John Wells (TV producer)
John Marcum Wells is an American theater and television producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as executive producer and show runner of the television series ER, Third Watch, and The West Wing. His company, John Wells Productions, is currently based at Warner Bros. studios in...
. Wells and Chulack, both also Emmy Award winners, had previously worked together on cirically acclaimed medical drama ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
and emergency services drama Third Watch
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
. Many other crew members had previously worked with Wells and Chulack on these series. Wells and Biderman also write for the series and Chulack is a regular director. Biderman left her executive producer position after the second season but continued to write for the series third season.
Ex-police officer Angela Amato Velez
Angela Amato Velez
Angela Amato Velez is an American television writer and producer. She has also worked as a police officer, legal aid attorney and novelist. She has worked as a writer and producer on the police drama Southland and the legal drama The Good Wife...
served as a consulting producer and writer for the first season. She had previously worked for the executive producers on Third Watch. Dee Johnson also served as a consulting producer and writer for the first season. She had previously worked with Wells and Chulack on ER. Emmy Award winning writing team Mitchell Burgess
Mitchell Burgess
Mitchell Burgess is an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer. He worked extensively on the HBO hit-series The Sopranos. He was a creator and executive producer for Blue Bloods. He frequently works with his wife Robin Green.-Career:...
& Robin Green were hired as executive consultants and writers for the second and third seasons. They had previously worked together as executive producers on The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
. Diana Son served as a consulting producer and writer for the second season. She had previously worked on the crime drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
.
David Graziano became a co-executive producer for the second season. Andrew Stearn was a producer for the first two seasons and was promoted to co-executive producer for the third season. Stearn had previously worked on Third Watch. Jonathan Lisco was hired as a co-executive producer for the third season. Lisco is a former lawyer and created the New Orleans police drama K-Ville
K-Ville
K-Ville may refer to:* Krzyzewskiville, a line of students wishing to gain access to basketball games at Duke University.* K-Ville , a 2007 television series on Fox.* Kville Hundred in Sweden....
. The series is produced by Jon Pare.
ER and Third Watch veteran Nelson McCormick
Nelson McCormick (director)
Nelson McCormick is an American director and producer of film and television.Some of his television directing credits include NYPD Blue, V.I.P, Alias, House, Third Watch, ER, Prison Break, 24, The Closer, Southland, Nip/Tuck, The West Wing and among other series.He also directed the feature films...
is also a regular director for Southland. Steadicam expert J. Michael Muro
J. Michael Muro
James Michael Muro is an American BAFTA-nominated cinematographer and independent film director. He is known primarily for his Steadicam work...
serves as a regular cinematographer and occasional director for the series. Dana Gonzales
Dana Gonzales
Dana W. Gonzales is a an American cinematographer.He is noted for his work on the feature films Man in the Chair , Felon and Down for Life and among other films....
is the other regular director of photography.
Reception
Alessandra Stanley for The New York TimesThe New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
compared Southland favorably to series like The Shield
The Shield
The Shield is an American television drama series starring Michael Chiklis which premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons...
, Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)
Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...
and The Wire
The WIRE
the WIRE is the student-run College radio station at the University of Oklahoma, broadcasting in a freeform format. The WIRE serves the University of Oklahoma and surrounding communities, and is staffed by student DJs. The WIRE broadcasts at 1710 kHz AM in Norman, Oklahoma...
in citing the series debut as "one of the most gripping opening episodes of any network crime series". Noting the show's "bold, contemporary tone", Stanley concluded that "Southland is commendably stinting and cold, a series that doesn’t aim to please, and is all the more pleasurable for it." In a second review a year later, Mike Hale was less effusive in his praise. While commending the series for fine performances from its cast—in particular Cudlitz, McKenzie and Hatosy—and its combination of straightforward immediate plots and long-range storytelling, Hale criticized the "heavyhandedness" he saw in some of the writing, noting especially the "sententious lectures about the nature of police work" delivered to Sherman by Cooper in the pilot episode. He finds the show "worthy" but in need of work to qualify as a classic.
Dorothy Rabinowitz of The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
says "Prattle is, in any case, a minor note compared with the crackling pace of the first script, its evocative mood of menace at every turn, each police car racing to destinations that will reveal who knows what tragedy or unspeakable sight." The Kansas City Star stated the show in even a more positive light saying "Southland is built to be bigger, and in that sense it succeeds immediately, thanks to excellent casting (especially Michael Cudlitz
Michael Cudlitz
Michael Cudlitz is an American actor. He can be seen in the TNT drama Southland, starring as John Cooper, and the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers as Sgt. Denver "Bull" Randleman.-Life and career:...
and Regina King
Regina King
Regina King is an American film and television actress. She is well known for her role as Mary Jenkins's studious daughter, Brenda Jenkins, on the 1980s sitcom, 227, and for her critically acclaimed supporting role in the feature film Jerry Maguire...
as a cop and a detective), gritty location shooting around L.A. and storytelling that doesn’t hold the viewer’s hand."
DVD release
Shortly before its TNT premiere, Warner Home VideoWarner Home Video
Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., itself part of Time Warner. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video . The company launched in the United States with twenty films on VHS and Betamax videocassettes in late 1979...
released the first season on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in an uncensored version, with the profanities intact.
In May of 2011, they also released the second season in a similarly uncensored version. However, the title is only available through the studio's manufacture-on-demand program.
No release date has been given for the third season to be released on DVD, but it will also be available only through Warner's MOD program.
The studio is not currently considering Blu-Ray releases for any of the show's three seasons.
| DVD Name | Region 1 Release Date | Region 2 Release Date | Region 4 Release Date | Ep # | Discs | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | January 26, 2010 | TBA | TBA | 7 | 2 | Southland: Redefining the Cop Drama. |
| Season 2 | May 24, 2011 | TBA | TBA | 6 | 2 | This DVD is made available through the Warner Bros. Made on Demand DVD Program, Amazon.com, and Target.com. |
| Season 3 | TBA | TBA | TBA | 10 | TBA |
International broadcasting
| Country | Network | Series Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| Space Space (Latin American TV channel) Space is an Argentine cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System and Time Warner. It airs movies, series and television shows. It is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina... |
June 10, 2010 | |
| GEM GEM -Broadcasting and entertainment:* G.E.M., a pop singer from Hong Kong* GEM , an Australian free-to-air TV Channel* Gem , stylized as GEM, an indie rock band from Utrecht, The Netherlands... |
November, 2010 | |
| SBT Space Space (Latin American TV channel) Space is an Argentine cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System and Time Warner. It airs movies, series and television shows. It is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina... |
March 14, 2011 | |
| PRO.BG | January, 2010 | |
 Canada (English) Quebec (French) |
CTV CTV television network CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival... Super Channel Séries+ Séries+ Séries+ is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel devoted to scripted comedy and dramatic programming. The channel is a joint venture between Astral Media and Shaw Media.-History:... |
April 9, 2009 (season 1) March 15, 2010 June 5, 2010 |
| MTV3 MTV3 MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials... |
February 23, 2011 | |
 Early Modern France |
Orange Cinéchoc | January 10, 2010 |
| Kabel1 | 2011 | |
| Stöð 2 Stöð 2 Stöð 2 is an Icelandic television channel, owned and operated by 365. Founded in 1986, It was the first privately owned television station in Iceland following the lifting of the state monopoly on television broadcasting... |
April 6, 2010 | |
| 3e 3E 3E or 3-E may refer to:*3e, general entertainment channel operated in Ireland*3rd meridian east*Third edition in the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons*NY 3E, alternate name for New York State Route 104*OK-3E, abbreviation for Oklahoma State Highway 3... |
June 6, 2010 | |
| AXN AXN AXN is a Pay television, cable and satellite television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America... |
January, 2010 | |
| TV1 TV1 TV1 may refer to:* TV1 , Australian cable and satellite television channel* TV One , New Zealand television network* TV1 , defunct Estonian television channel* TV1 , Lithuanian television channel... |
November, 2011 | |
| TVNorge TVNorge TVNorge is a Norwegian television channel.TVNorge went on the air December 5, 1988 and was the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel. The channel was started with 50 000 NOK... |
September 28, 2009 | |
| Fox Portugal Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the... |
November 30, 2009 | |
| M-Net Action M-Net M-Net is a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, established in 1986 by Naspers.... |
May 2010 | |
| Kanal A Kanal A Kanal A is the first commercial television station in Slovenia. The television program, which has been operating within PRO PLUS d.o.o., has national coverage. In its primary target group of viewers , Kanal A is the second most watched TV programme in Slovenia... |
September 2011 | |
| TV3 TV3 (Sweden) TV3 is a television channel targeted at a Swedish language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded on 31 December 1987 by entrepreneur Jan Stenbeck as joint Scandinavian channel, but Denmark and Norway soon got their own versions of TV3... |
October 7, 2009 | |
| DiziMax DiziMax DiziMax is a series of Satellite television channels available on Turkish satellite television provider Digiturk. It consists of DiziMax, DiziMax HD, and DiziMaxMore and is available on Sinema Paketi .... |
January 2010 | |
| More4 More4 More4 is a digital television channel, run by British broadcaster Channel 4, that launched on 10 October 2005. It is carried on Freeview, on satellite broadcasters Freesat and Sky, UK IPTV broadcaster TalkTalk TV and on UK cable network Virgin Media and in the Republic of Ireland cable networks... |
July 1, 2010 |