http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/ae/2861161 NEW YORK -- Glenn Close has joined the cast of FX's The Shield. The Fatal Attraction actress will star as Capt. Monica Rawling for the cop drama's 13-episode fourth season, the cable channel announced Thursday. This is the first time Close will play a regular on a prime-time TV series. "Glenn is flat-out, hands-down one of the very best actresses on the planet," said Shield creator and executive producer Shawn Ryan in a statement. "We think this is an extremely unique, dynamic character that shakes our Shield world upside-down over the course of the entire season." The Rawling character will empower Detective Vic Mackey, played by Michael Chiklis, to enforce her controversial community policies. Production begins in January. "As a great admirer of Glenn Close's work, I'm thrilled she will be bringing her prodigious talents to FX and The Shield," said FX President of Entertainment John Landgraf. "Shawn Ryan has created an original and complex character, and we have great excitement about what Glenn will bring to her." Close has starred in films such as Dangerous Liaisons, The Big Chill, The World According to Garp and Air Force One. Her TV movies include Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story.
This show rocks. Man, it sucks that starts only every January. But Deuce, some bad news: http://www.tvtome.com/Shield/ October 11, 2004 Next Season... The Last? No, that's not a typo. Word from Fox Studios is that the next season may be the final season, as early story-lines submitted weeks ago show that the series may not have enough "shock-value steam" to press on for a 5th season. Not to mention one executive has recently said he would rather see Rescue Me take the Tuesday spot after last season's so-called "brawl with the mob" storyline went in the standard format of "Vic Mackey doing whatever he wants with no consequences." Whether this story is true or not has yet to be seen, as fans are having an even more difficult time getting a hold of script-work this year than previous years. ------------------ That would bite ASS if that happens...
I too am worried this could be the Shields last season. I love the show but Showing Aceveda do what he did in that house crossed the line. Each season does seem to be somewhat repetitive; Vick always manages to find a way out of everything. With that said its one of my favorite shows, watch it every week and i hope they can get the ratings back up. They dipped to a little over 2 million viewers last season.
