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Southland returns with its second season on TNT after having been renewed by NBC but dropped by the peacock network to ostensibly make room for The Jay Leno Show.

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NewsdayVerne Gay

Here's to a long and fruitful run in the new home. Tuesday night proves exactly why Southland deserves one.

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Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker

The tremendously exciting second-season premiere — the first of six new episodes — plunges us into numerous L.A.-cop story lines, the best of which finds Regina King's Lydia dealing with a cocky new partner

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Washington PostTom Shales

Southland is a show of high caliber and riveting brilliance, instantly one of the finest hours of TiVo-worthy drama anywhere on the tube.

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Boston HeraldMark A. Perigard

King, Cudlitz and McKenzie carry this drama, in note-perfect peformances. They make Southland a worthy part of your Tuesday night stakeout.

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New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

Just reciting plots can make Southland sound like a soap opera, and in some ways that's what ensemble shows are. But this one is more than that.

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VarietyBrian Lowry

This gritty series about L.A. cops does have a niche cable sensibility, but it's exceptionally well made, with sharply drawn characters and, happily, more intense focus on the best of them in these initial patrols.

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Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith

TNT's cop drama Southland is like a hot date on a Saturday night. Just waiting for another episode to begin each week is a thrill, and once the show gets going the rush is like nothing else on TV.

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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

There's a cool, no-nonsense attitude about Southland that may make it more challenging for viewers to embrace than some other shows, but this cop drama has so many strong performances and enough nuanced writing that it remains one of the better dramas currently in prime time.

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The New York TimesMike Hale

The solemnities of the writing are balanced by some excellent performances and superior production values.

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Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd

The personal business is interesting enough, if here and there inexplicable--like life, I hear you sigh--and does help make sense of why the characters act so needy around the office. But what Southland does best is to portray police work as a job--boring, trying, exciting by turns.

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PopMattersCynthia Fuchs

Much like last season, this one already has Adams and Ben standing in for viewers. Their insights, or their reactions, mold yours.

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Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall

It’s a bland, interchangeable bunch, with most of them having a single identifiable trait.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 28 User Votes

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