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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 VIP Chicago Party Passes For New TNT Police Drama ‘Southland’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on December 30, 2009 - 2:57pm
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TNT’s new police drama “Southland”.
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Are you addicted to cop dramas? Why or why not?
© 2009 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC
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CHICAGO – In our latest TV edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: TV, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the VIP Chicago party for TNT’s new cop drama “Southland”!
To win your free pass to the VIP Chicago “Southland” party courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This party includes complimentary appetizers and drinks, a screening of an all-new “Southland” episode before it airs and a special appearance by “Southland” star Michael Cudlitz!
This party will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Here is the “Southland” synopsis:
Veteran Los Angeles cop John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz) trains rookie Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie of “The O.C.”). Sherman finds himself questioning whether he has the right stuff to be a police officer after witnessing Cooper’s no-nonsense approach.
Other members of the police team include detective Lydia Adams (Regina King), who is her mother’s primary caregiver away from the office; her partner, Russell Clarke (Tom Everett Scott), who is an unhappily married father of three; detective Daniel “Sal” Salinger (Kevin Alejandro), who oversees gang detectives Nate Moretta and Sammy Bryant; and patrol officer Chickie Brown, who is a single mother dreaming of joining the SWAT team.
TNT will begin airing episodes of the first season of “Southland” on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. starting on Jan. 12, 2009.
The “Southland” promo video can be watched now below.
To secure your free pass now, make sure you’re logged into your HollywoodChicago.com account. If you don’t yet have one, you can quickly register here. Having an account with a valid e-mail address is required. Then, simply add a new comment in the form below. In your comment, include an answer to this question:
Like all Hookups here, this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: TV is simple: Just submit your comment below and we will award 50 people randomly via e-mail for our “Southland” Hookup. Winners needs to arrive early as passes are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Good luck!
 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
I'm all over Cop Dramas that are NOT CSI.
There are only a few Cop shows on TV that are worth my time. Life (NBC) was one of them, very different, interesting and awesome. Bones (FOX) is kind of like a Cop Drama. Southland is the latest and I got hooked right from the pilot episode. It’s realistic, gritty, suspenseful, and the relationship between the rookie that comes from money and the veteran officer with a secret is great. The other key characters on the show make it complete. The investigation and danger of the job that is being a cop is what attracts me to it. It’s awesome all around.
YES
I love cop dramas. CSI is fantastic and LA Law was another classic show. They will be around for a long time to come.
Cop Dramas
I enjoy cop dramas. The characters and story lines are very interesting and keep me at the edge of my seat.
cop drama
love cop dramas and cop reality, they clarify what can be gotten away with and where you go wrong.
LOVE 'em!!
Though nothing, IMO, will ever beat Homicide: Life on the Streets or Columbo (!) I am still completely addicted to cop dramas! I love seeing how they take a bunch of random clues and piece them together, the camaraderie (and often times, disdain) between partners and finally, I love finding out about their personal lives. A good show will have me glued to the television.
Having said that, I REALLY miss Vincent D’Onofrio on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. ILY, Bobby! :-)
Cop Dramas
Shows with a strong center and an interesting assortment of characters are more interesting to watch then straight-ahead procedurals… Like The Shield, Homicide, or Southland.
Shows like CSI and Law and Order never were interesting to me because they are with the grain of what a normal procedural cop show is. While a shows about characters who happen to be cops are always more engaging and are more meaningful.
Not typically
I can watch a good cop drama now and then, but I know I am usually being fed an exaggerated version of reality. That can be okay for television’s sake, but a lot of dramas go a bit overboard and are a bit too incredible.
Southland
Fascinating.
cop drama addict
I love cop dramasfor the stories, gritty seting and hot leads.
Cop Dramas
I love the Shield, and I thought no one can ever replace that show, but watching Southland was really good, and Benjoamin McKenzie is hott!!!