Only the producers of The Shield or the most rabid fans of the stars would deny that The Shield is a poorly made show.
It is shot on video and affects a fake documentary-style (no offense to documentaries which often look better than The Shield) that makes one quickly reach for the remote.
The editing is also abysmal, again by a fake concern to appear "real" and achieving the exact opposite effect.
And that is what causes The Shield to be low-rated. Now why does that fact not mean that PBS documentaries are also bad because they get low ratings? Because The Shield has been the beneficiary of millions upon millions of dollars of advertising, PR and other hype. FX has bought this show several awards to show "ignoramuses" such as myself that this show is "good quality". All that expense did is show that award "academies" are easily swayed by a few hundreds of thousands worth out outdoors advertising and trade publication PR. It hasn't made The Shield any better.
Nor has it made it any more successful with the public, who couldn't care less about critics views (they almost always like bad shows) or awards (the more often than not go to bad shows).
It is shot on video and affects a fake documentary-style (no offense to documentaries which often look better than The Shield) that makes one quickly reach for the remote.
The editing is also abysmal, again by a fake concern to appear "real" and achieving the exact opposite effect.
And that is what causes The Shield to be low-rated. Now why does that fact not mean that PBS documentaries are also bad because they get low ratings? Because The Shield has been the beneficiary of millions upon millions of dollars of advertising, PR and other hype. FX has bought this show several awards to show "ignoramuses" such as myself that this show is "good quality". All that expense did is show that award "academies" are easily swayed by a few hundreds of thousands worth out outdoors advertising and trade publication PR. It hasn't made The Shield any better.
Nor has it made it any more successful with the public, who couldn't care less about critics views (they almost always like bad shows) or awards (the more often than not go to bad shows).