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The Shield

The Shield
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Genre Crime drama
Created by Shawn Ryan
Starring Michael Chiklis
Glenn Close
Catherine Dent
Reed Diamond
Paula Garces
Walton Goggins
Michael Jace
Kenneth Johnson
Jay Karnes
David Marciano
Benito Martinez
Cathy Cahlin Ryan
David Rees Snell
CCH Pounder
Opening theme "Just Another Day"
by Vivian Romero
Ernesto Bautista
Rodney Alejandro
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 7
No. of episodes 88 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Shawn Ryan
Scott Brazil
Glen Mazzara
Charles H. Eglee
Kurt Sutter
Scott Rosenbaum
Adam Fierro
Producer(s) Michael Chiklis
Location(s) Los Angeles, California
Cinematography Rohn Schmidt
Running time 45–50 minutes
Production company(s) MiddKid Productions
Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (season 1)
Sony Pictures Television (seasons 2–7)
Fox Television Studios
Distributor 20th Television
Release
Original network FX
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Audio format Dolby Surround 2.0
Original release March 12, 2002 (2002-03-12) – November 25, 2008 (2008-11-25)

The Shield is an American crime drama television series starring Michael Chiklis that premiered on March 12, 2002, on FX in the United States, and concluded on November 25, 2008, after seven seasons. Known for its portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as Rampart in reference to the true life Rampart Division police scandal, on which the show's Strike Team was loosely based. The series was created by Shawn Ryan and The Barn Productions for Fox Television Studios and Sony Pictures Television.

Several notable film actors took extended roles on the show, including Glenn Close, who was the female lead during the fourth season, Forest Whitaker, who guest starred in seasons 5 and 6, Laura Harring, in season 5, Franka Potente, in season 6, and Laurie Holden, in season 7.

The series has received critical acclaim, as well as several awards and nominations. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 2002, and the final season won a 2008 AFI Award for best television series. In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Shield #50 on its list of the 60 Best Series of All Time. Chiklis won both the Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama in 2002.

The Shield is about an experimental division of the Los Angeles Police Department set up in the fictional Farmington district ("the Farm") of Los Angeles, using a converted church ("the Barn") as their police station, and featuring a group of detectives called the Strike Team, a four-man anti-gang unit based on the LAPD's real-life Rampart Division Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) unit. Rampart was seriously considered as the series' name and was even used in some early promotional ads for the series. The show has an ensemble cast and, as a result, usually runs a number of separate story lines through each episode.


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