Southland

TV Series
2009–2013
TV-MA
42m

IMDb RATING

8.5/10

30K

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Cop Drama Police Procedural Crime Drama Thriller

The lives of Police Officers working for the Los Angeles Police Department.The lives of Police Officers working for the Los Angeles Police Department.The lives of Police Officers working for the Los Angeles Police Department.

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IMDb RATING

8.5/10

30K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,613

223

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 15 wins & 27 nominations total

Episodes43

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TopTop-rated5 seasons5 years

Trivia
NBC executives disliked the character of Officer Dewey Dudek and wanted him to be killed off when the show was airing on NBC.

Goofs
Throughout the series, real Los Angeles thoroughfares or sections are named (e.g. Rodeo, Florence, Vermont), while scenery is nowhere near the real life locations. Even fictitious addresses aren't within the range seen on the real street (e.g. 1024 Rodeo Rd. can't exist on a street that only goes as far east as the 2000 West block).

Crazy credits
One of the first images in the opening credit sequence is a police officer pointing his service weapon in the direction of the camera. That is actually Los Angeles Police Chief, James "Two-Gun" Davis, who served from 1926 to 1931.

Connections
Featured in 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2011)

Soundtracks
Canção do Mar (Song of the Sea)
(uncredited)
Written by Frederico de Brito & Ferrer Trindade
Performed by Dulce Pontes

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Featured review

10/10

Wish It Would Have Had A Few More Years

Obviously a tv show will have some dramatic elements, but overall this was one of the most accurate cop shows made at that time. I have retired and I suspect the job isn't as enjoyable as it was in the 80's through early 2000's, but the creators got this show right. The themes, the attitudes, personalities and overall feeling of the job are very well done. Southland and Bosch do a great job of getting the details right when it comes to police stories.