Drama series following the lives and cases of dirty cop Vic Mackey and the corrupt LAPD unit under his command.Drama series following the lives and cases of dirty cop Vic Mackey and the corrupt LAPD unit under his command.Drama series following the lives and cases of dirty cop Vic Mackey and the corrupt LAPD unit under his command.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 15 wins & 61 nominations total
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- TriviaCreator Shawn Ryan's original title of the show was "The Barn." The FX network feared that potential audiences might be turned away by that, because they might think it was a gardening show or something similar. "Rampart" was also considered, after the controversial corruption charges against the Rampart division of the Los Angeles Police Department. This title was used in early promotional materials, including several TV spots. Upon opposition from the LAPD, as well as the fact that people not familiar with the Rampart scandal might not understand the name, the title was changed at the last minute to "The Shield."
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Vic Mackey: Good cop and bad cop have left for the day. I'm a different kind of cop.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002)
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Probably the best Series of its type!
I watched this during the original TV broadcasts and purchased the DVD set afterwards. It's probably the best police corruption series that I've ever watched. It takes us from the early years when they started taking shortcuts to the later years when they had become full fledged criminals who thought nothing of flooding the streets with drugs or killing people. The thing I really enjoyed about the series was that it showed them as human beings. By the end of the series, their morals had become so twisted that they were going after people just like themselves and somehow justifying it to themselves. It was a great series and I still get the DVD set out yearly for a watch. I just finished watching the final episode and it's just as good as it was the first time I watched it. And the series is probably even more relevant today than it was back then. It tells us that power is a corrupter and too much power can become a great corrupter. I think we've all personally seen that to be true. I know I have in the people I've encountered throughout life. If you haven't watched it yet. Then stream it or buy the DVD/Blu-ray set. You won't regret it!
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- ABC Television Center - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA(ABC Television Center)
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