The Shield (TV series)
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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) |
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| 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 – November 25, 2008 |
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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