I started watching Southland in 2009, when it premiered on NBC. It was canceled soon after and found a new home on TNT, where it ran for four more seasons. I didn't have TNT for that full run, however, and my ability to watch it from season three onward has been through Netflix, where I just started receiving the fifth and final season. I'm about halfway through watching it.
As I near the end of the show, I find myself feeling some reluctance to finish it, as I don't really want it to end. To me it seems to be a logical next generation of what Adam-12 was, a portrayal of at least some of the gritty reality of police work, along with showing both the good and bad of Los Angeles. I'll finish it anyway, as I want to see it through.
I'm glad that Me-TV is running most of the Jack Webb shows. I wish they had the rights to the original TV Dragnet, though. I'd like to see the black-and-white episodes that haven't been released on disc.
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