Emmys: Michael Cudlitz on TNT's 'Southland'

Michael shares how he deals with the harsh topics on TNT's drama and what it is like playing a gay character.

[@patrickorourke41]

Dear Hulu: PLEASE PICK UP SOUTHLAND FOR SEASON 6!!!

[@OldestGamer50]

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[@sheenaayo7527]

BRING THEM BACK!! Please give us season 6😭

[@obiwashere]

Love the way he addressed playing a gay character. He has a responsibility to his character and no one else. The ONLY show I watch religiously.

[@orduni90]

Why do the best shows always get canceled?! ughhhhhhh!

[@maz7726]

Because the truth hurts, humans are their own worst enemies.

[@davidduranmorales550]

Sometimes what happens is that the actors start getting recognized by other shows or producers who want to create a show and get offered more money. For example, i think cooper (michael cudlitz) got offered more for that stupid dead walker show or whatever the hell its called... sometimes things like that do occur.

[@davidduranmorales550]

Could also be that with todays society acting all pansies the executives of cable televisions may be more cautious on what theu are going to air, etc. Alot of stuff man

[@gregh7400]

Because tv producers are stupid.

[@mkn3817]

Blm and antifa terrorists didn't like it

[@mahum87]

LOVE HIM!! ... can not believe the season ended the way it did... :s

[@anthonyyoungs2216]

Literally a world class show.

[@OldestGamer50]

Please bring back the show. Half the cast isn’t working right now. But sadly you can’t bring back Cooper.

[@ricomichel]

It's true, Southland was thoroughly good, certainly the best realistic drama I've seen

[@60mandm]

This series so deserves the Emmy for best drama this year. TNT picked up the series after NBC canceled it and the storyline only got better. Last episode was one of the best-written shows I've ever seen.

[@michaelrs8010]

And just four years later the show and the producers and he would have all been excoriated because an actual gay actor was not chosen to play the character.

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

Cudlitz is the fucking god in this part!

[@josevilla8179]

Watt happen to season 6 tnt.? wtf I luv southland

[@Jack-oz4bf]

Dude this was like the best cop show ever made and they stopped it!

[@min.kieshalpeterson1667]

This needs to come back to Prime Time.

[@mahum87]

absolutely agree... why did it get cancelled?1 why God ?! why?!

[@EddieEdsta101RojasJr]

Did not like that cliffhanger at the end of season 5 man. They should've made a season 6 to pick up where they left off.

[@Luvie1980]

Was Southland ever nominated for an Emmy?

[@MeteHan0_0]

John Cooper is gay. And I love the character of John. But why was previously married to a woman?

[@psychicriver]

I think he loved her, but not romantically, and he wanted to start a family with her. Maybe at one time they were best friends and he thought by marrying her he could come to fall in love with her in that way

[@erwinprado8585]

You say that like it’s not common. There’s been plenty of gay men who didn’t come out as gay until way later in their life but before then they were with plenty of women

[@b_side8669]

Honestly they always seem to cancel the good shows & always say ohhh we will tie up loose ends with a movie ok well I will name off good shows witch the makers say they would make a movie & nothing . deadwood canceled(movie nothing ) southland canceled (movie nothing ) magic city canceled (movie nothing ) Franklin & bash canceled (movie nothing ) either you are going to make a movie out of these canceled shows & tie up your loose in the show or ether revive it to a different network or the other one is don’t say anything about a movie if your not gonna keep your word & get the hype train & stringing us long as fans hoping & waiting forever for a movie . I mean a revival isn’t bad if it worked for Futurama & the terminator Sarah chronicle files & even will & grace & Roseann why not anyone of them other shows