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TV Is King!

In the age of TiVo, you never have to watch bad shows. So here: our picks for the 10 best dramas on TV, followed by our favorite five comedies
| Mar 22, 2006
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THE SHIELD: Jim Sheldon

The Shield

(Spike TV, Fri., 10 p.m.)

The past season of this FX series — catch reruns on Spike TV — was one of the best for this jabby police drama. Guest star Forest Whitaker, obsessively investigating Michael Chiklis' magnetic antihero, ratcheted tensions wonderfully high within the L.A. police squad — staffed with one of TV's all-time great ensemble casts.

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