A New Legal Drama On CBS: The Code
The Code, a CBS series focusing on JAG lawyers, premieres tonight (April 9th), at 9 p.m., 8 Central time. After tonight, its regular time will be Mondays at 9, 8 Central time. Here’s more
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Perry Mason Returns To Television, This Time On HBO
HBO will air a limited series featuring Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason, but a Perry Mason as we haven’t seen him before. This drama featuring the Erle Stanley Gardner character is set in 1930s...
Family Connections On Game of Thrones
Do you need help following who’s who on Game of Thrones (GoT)? Time Magazine has published a genealogy of the GoT characters. Check it out here.
Shades of Rashomon
NBC has green-lit the legal drama Prism, which tells the story of a murder trial from a several different viewpoints. It will star Mykelti Williamson, Malin Akerman, and Sara Rue, as well as Ramon Rodriguez,...
John Ip, “Bodyguard” and Zeitgeist of Counterterrorism
Introduction Bodyguard is a six-part BBC television series written by Jed Mercurio. Broadcast in 2018, the show marries tensely plotted and compellingly shot action sequences with bureaucratic turf wars and political intrigue taking...
“Deserve Got Nothin’ To Do With It” The Value of Homicide Victims In “The Wire” @ABFResearch
Janice Nadler, Northwestern University School of Law; American Bar Foundation, is publishing ‘Deserve Got Nothin’ to Do with It’: The Value of Homicide Victims in The Wire in the University of Chicago Legal Forum. Here is...
Do “The Rookie” and Other New Cop Shows Position White Officers As Heroes Battling Minorities In Leadership Roles? Read Elizabeth Hoover’s Review at WaPo
In her review “Today’s Cop Dramas Are Obsessed With Fighting “Political Correctness,” critic Elizabeth Hoover considers whether a number of new police procedurals, such as “The Rookie,” “Chicago P.D.,” and “Training Day,” send a...
“Making a Murderer,” Part 2, Returns on October 19th
The new season of Making a Murderer debuts October 19 on Netflix. More here from The Hollywood Reporter.