Southland Season 3 Episode 6 can be watched on Tuesday at 10:00pm EST on Turner Network TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Cop or Not. Synopsis of the episode is: Lydia deals with being in the spotlight while working on a celebrity murder case; Sammy goes out on patrol; John and Ben are frustrated over a security detail.
Southland is an American drama series created by writer Ann Biderman and produced by Warner Bros. Television. It premiered on NBC on April 9, 2009. On May 1, 2009, NBC announced that Southland had been renewed for a second season with an initial 13-episode order to begin airing on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 9:00 pm, one hour earlier than its original time slot. Shortly before its scheduled premiere, NBC moved the opening of its second season to October 23, 2009, citing the need to promote the show more fully. On October 8, 2009, NBC announced that the series had been canceled.
On November 2, 2009, TNT announced it has purchased the rights to Southland's original seven episodes, as well as six completed episodes from its second season. Southland began airing on TNT on January 12, 2010. On April 26, 2010, TNT announced it had picked up Southland for a ten-episode third season to begin airing on January 4 2011. TNT's renewal of the show included a substantial budget cut and corresponding cast reduction.
According to NBC, Southland takes a "raw and authentic look" at Los Angeles and the lives of the LAPD officers who police it. The show's first season centers on the experiences and interactions of LAPD patrol officers and detectives, and is more a character-driven drama than a police procedural. Among the characters are rookie Officer Ben Sherman and his training officer, John Cooper; Detective Lydia Adams, who must balance work with responsibility for her mother; Officer Chickie Brown, who aspires to be the first woman on the elite SWAT Team; and Detective Sammy Bryant, whose home life interferes with his working life. Ultimately, it was the dark tone of the series, deemed inappropriate for 9:00 pm, that led NBC to shut down production and cancel the show after previewing the first six episodes of the second season. TNT began negotiating a move from NBC shortly after the show's cancellation, a process that took nearly a month.
Shortly before its TNT premiere, Warner Home Video released the first season on DVD in an uncensored version, with the profanities intact. TNT's rebroadcast of the first season was mostly uncensored, with only the more extreme profanity bleeped.
The second season, which premiered on TNT following the rebroadcast of the first season, de-emphasizes the ensemble cast, and instead follows the Adams and Sherman characters and their partners. Stories center more on how crimes come together, with less-serialized storylines. Budget cuts prior to third season production will result in a reduced cast. Regina King, Michael Cudlitz, Shawn Hatosy and Ben McKenzie will remain as regulars, pending completion of contract negotiations, with Michael McGrady, Kevin Alejandro and Arija Bareikis moving to recurring roles. Tom Everett Scott, whose character was unpopular with NBC, may return as a regular now that the show is produced for TNT.
