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Befitting its subject matter, “Coyote” has already had an unusual journey. Once planned as a weekly, ten-episode series for the Paramount Network, it was shut down for the pandemic at six episodes, which will now premiere on CBS All Access in one bingeworthy drop. As if that’s not enough, the program itself is an unusually bumpy road in terms of quality. Just when you think it’s working, a hackneyed line of dialogue throws off the rhythm. Just when you’re about to give up on it, a clever piece of plotting brings you back. Rarely have I gone back and forth more on a show over only si...

People always argue about that. it's the greatest tv show to have black people on it ever. >> what's the highest compliment someone could pay you about the show? >> he didn't lie. that would be it. he 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 ma...

Vic mackey is secretly in bed and 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 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 or...

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 mouse game. vic mackey is making lots of money and you're introduced to terry crowley, this undercover cop, who has been sent to bring him down. you think, oh, that's the show. i've seen that show ...

Going to sell twice as much. you know why. because a fiend is going to chase that [ bleep ] no matter what. >> is it the greatest tv show of all time? people always argue about that. it's the greatest tv show to have black people on it ever. >> what's the highest compliment someone could pay you about the show? >> he didn't lie. that would be it. he 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. well, fx was going to 110 million homes. that's a lot of people who would like programming lik...