Tonight is the season finale of Southland. It is likely also the series finale, unless by some executive-powered miracle TNT decides to make new episodes. That's a pretty depressing thought, because this show is really good. I'm feeling maudlin, because I just love the emotional wringer that this show provides, but I'm trying to take some comfort in the fact that at the very least I got to watch this handful of episodes at all.

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In the few months since NBC announced that it was cancelling Southland because it was too gritty and whatnot and TNT's subsequent pick-up, I've come to terms with this decision. In fact, I'm even weirdly grateful that it went down that way, mostly because this show can keep its hard-hitting look and feel on cable in a way that network television just doesn't allow for. But also because I think that this worthy show has generated more press this way than it ever would have had it aired on NBC in the fall as previously planned. (As a midseason replacement in the spring of 2009, it was barely a blip on most people's radars, or DVRs, as it was.)

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