Five USA are showing FX's hit crime drama JUSTIFIED every Wednesday @10pm, starring Timothy Olyphant, the pilot of which I've reviewed over at Obsessed With Film:
"My childhood memories of American television mostly take place in pastoral areas of the USA. The A-Team, Dallas, Knight Rider, The Dukes Of Hazzard, The Fall Guy; in each the countryside were backdrops of cacti, never-ending roads, deserts, creeks, pickup trucks, good ol' boys, moonshine and Stetsons. At some point in the late-'80s, US television started to cling to its cosmopolitan coasts for more urban drama, but trends appear to be reversing with True Blood (Louisiana), Breaking Bad (New Mexico) and now Justified (Kentucky) restoring a rural view of America again. There's just something more romantic, dangerous and culturally pure about that." Continue reading...