Benjamin McKenzie - News and Articles #15: New show means a lot more news! - Page 4

alluxera · 04-22-2009, 10:00 AM

Thank you for all the news

callieUK · 04-22-2009, 10:32 AM

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Thanks for all the news and video. Extra has posted a short video of Ben talking about his being single at their site today.

Thanks for the info. Just checked it out. Ben can't stop talking about his handcuffs, can he? Terri Seymour got very giggly.

Nessa233 · 04-22-2009, 11:53 AM

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Thanks for the info. Just checked it out. Ben can't stop talking about his handcuffs, can he? Terri Seymour got very giggly.

So many news.

Where can I see the other video? The Extra one

callieUK · 04-22-2009, 01:03 PM

Here.

Extra Video Gallery

Nessa233 · 04-22-2009, 01:29 PM

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Here.

Extra Video Gallery

SQUEEEEEEEEE.. Thank you!
We're all here Ben

Ryan-Marissa<3 · 04-22-2009, 03:52 PM

Thank you so much for all the new information!

**LoveBEN** · 04-22-2009, 06:38 PM

Thanks for the link Cal

he's so cute!

Some news today

Tweet with the cast of Southland

Twitter / NBC: Tweet with the cast of #So ...

Tweet with the cast of #Southland at this Friday's Summer Press Day! Send questions now to #BenMcKenzie and #ReginaKing!
Nielsens: 'Southland' isn't looking back in the ratings

Nielsens: 'Southland' isn't looking back in the ratings - USATODAY.com

Second-time charms. NBC's Southland, in its second week against repeats on ABC, drew 9.6 million viewers Thursday, down just slightly from its opener, while Amy Poehler's Parks and Recreation (6 million) fell a modest 13%, similar to the dropoff for ABC's The Unusuals (also 6 million Wednesday). News wasn't as good for CBS serial Harper's Island, which dropped 24%, to 7.8 million, opposite Southland.
TV and Filming Locations for Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | On Location Vacations

Southland is filming near N Alameda St and W College St in Los Angeles. (Thanks Anon!)
Ben sighting

Twitter / Toby Wilkins: Just saw Benjamin McKenzie ...

Just saw Benjamin McKenzie. I guess they're shooting "Southland" on the block where the Two Boots Pizza just opened up. Good pizza.

callieUK · 04-23-2009, 02:21 AM

Thanks for all the latest updates. I wonder which episode they're filming right now.

**LoveBEN** · 04-23-2009, 07:34 AM

^I'm guessing #5

'Southland' has signs of being a keeper

Southland, the new police drama from ER co-creator John Wells, is just three weeks old, but already it shows signs of being a keeper.
Southland is pulling in almost as many viewers as ER did early earlier this year, during that show's final season, and it now looks like a decent bet for renewal when the fall schedules are unveiled next month.
More importantly, it's a cop show with a difference -- an ensemble drama that owes more to cop shows from TV's past like Adam-12, The Rookies and High Incident than it does modern-day forensic dramas like CSI, Bones and Criminal Minds.
Of those past shows, Southland owes most to The Rookies, a 1970s series based on Joseph Wambaugh's book The New Centurions, about rookie police officers thrown into a milieu of psychedelic drugs, hippie be-ins and race riots. The Rookies depicted the day-in-the-day life of a typical uniformed police officer patrolling the big city suburbs, and it had a realism and an edge that other TV cop shows of the time lacked.
Southland is about a newbie adjusting to a new life on the job. As played by Ben McKenzie, rookie police officer Ben Sherman is a young, naive idealist who led a pampered upbringing in a well-to-do neighbourhood before deciding to become a street cop.
In tonight's episode, we learn a little more about why he decided to ditch the good life for the life of a police officer, and it sets up many of the episodes to come.
Southland is the TV midseason's biggest surprise. It's a new show that, on the face of it, looks like just another TV cop show but, beneath that surface, becomes so much more. Of all the new series that have debuted in recent weeks -- and there have been many -- this is the one that looks as if it will stick. (CTV, NBC, 10 p.m.)

'Southland' has signs of being a keeper

**swedish_girl80** · 04-23-2009, 08:28 AM

Thanks Michal and Callie for the links

He looked good in the extra video

I love that the audience see it is a keeper.

callieUK · 04-23-2009, 12:01 PM

It's definitely a keeper for me. I just hope NBC feel the same.

I posted a Michael/Arija interview in the spoiler thread and Michael seems very positive about the show's future.

**swedish_girl80** · 04-23-2009, 12:15 PM

Saw that Callie thanks for posting it

I really hope it will be good for NBC and it will get more episode that maybe some swedish channel can buy it so more can watch it here too.

krisz · 04-23-2009, 02:51 PM

I got this update on my twitter. I thought I would post. Pic of Ben on set.

Ben McKenzie is Boyle Heights Bold | Benjamin McKenzie, Southland : Just Jared

**LoveBEN** · 04-23-2009, 10:58 PM

Thank you krisz

you can see Regina in some of the pics. The pics were also posted on ONTD.

Behind the Scenes of NBC's Southland --- There's a short clip with Ben and Regina King

KUSA - It's described as the ER of cop shows and the buzz continues to build about NBC's Southland.
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On 9NEWS At Noon we talked to stars Regina King and Ben McKenzie who say the realism of the show has attracted a cult following among the real cops the series tries to portray.

The actors say the key to Southland's realism is the amount of time the writers and producers take to get every detail as accurate as possible. The [producer] sits in with detectives and patrol officers to find out how that world works together. How patrol officers and detectives work together and don't work together," actress Regina King explained.

For McKenzie, his preparation included going on a series of ride-alongs.

"I noticed one thing immediately, which is that you're in uniform, in a marked car, and you don't know who anyone else is, but they all know who you are," he said.

"You're the mark. You don't look like them, you don't act like them and you don't dress like them. They might come to you with a problem that needs fixing, or they might create a problem with you. You never know," he explained.

Both actors credit the show's creator Ann Biderman and executive producer John Wells with the show's early buzz, along with its growing numbers of real police officers who've become fans.

"The script is incredibly dense, intricate and beautiful," said McKenzie. "And, Chris and John have been making some of the best television in the last 10 or 20 years, in my opinion."

The show airs on 9NEWS and NBC on Thursdays at 9 p.m. MST.:

9NEWS.com | Colorado's Online News Leader | Behind the scenes of NBC's 'Southland'
Two articles scans from; Entertainment Weekly and People:
Some blog posts

http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2009/04...peek-southland

TIGER BUTTER: Celebrity Lightning Round

TVlicious: Southland

fifimom · 04-23-2009, 11:59 PM

Thanks.