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I'm a different kind of cop. >> the pilot of "the shield" is fascinating because you think that the show is being set up as a cat and mouse game. vic mackey is secretly in bed with all the gangs and all the drug dealers making lots of money. then you're introduced to kerry crowley, this undercover cop who's been sent to bring him down. you think, oh, that's the show. i've seen that show before. i've seen that movie before. >> we're talking about making a case that puts mackey behind bars for a long time. >> then we get to the end of the pilot and vic shoots terry in the face. ♪ >> there was ...

Money, and then you're introduced to terry, this undercover cop, who is sent to bring him down. you think, oh, that's the show. i've seen that show before. i've seen that movie before. >> we're talking about making the case that puts mack behind bars for a long time. >> then we get to the pilot and vic shoots terry in the face. >> there was some thought that hbo shows did well because they had no commercials. so when a basic cable show like "the shield" that did have commercials found an audience, all of a sudden it just opened the door, and other original programming sprung up like "nip/tuck....

Show? >> you didn't lie. that would be it. you didn't cheat. >> good night, stars. >> good night, stars. >> good night po-pos. >> good night, po-pos. >> at the time, hbo was in about 33 million homes. fx was going to 110 million homes. that's a lot of people who would like programming like this who do not have hbo. and then we just said, there's got to be a different version of tony soprano. that ultimately was found in the script with vic mackey, who was a cop. >> i'm a different kind of cop. >> the pilot of "the shield" is fascinating because you think that the show is being set up as a cat ...

And then we just said, there's got to be a different version of tony soprano. that ultimately was found in the script with vic mackey, who was a cop. >> i'm a different kind of cop. >> the pilot of "the shield" is fascinating because you think that the show is being set up as a cat and mouse game. vic mackey is making lots of money and you're introduced to terry, this undercover cop, who was sent to bring him down. you think, oh, that's the show. i've seen that show before. i've seen that movie before. >> we're talking about making the case that puts mack behind bars for a long time. >> then w...

Sent to bring him down. you think, that's the show. i've seen this show before. i've seen that movie before. >> talking about making a case that puts mackie behind bars for a long time. >> then the end of the pilot, vick shoots terry in the face. >> there was some thought that hbo shows did well because they had no commercials. so when a basic cable show like "the shield" that did have commercials found an audience, all of a sudden, it just opened the door and other original programming sprung up. like "nip tuck." >> when you stop striving for protection, you might as well be dead. >> and "res...