The Black Donnellys
 

Did anyone else watch this tonight? I loved it.

I did... it was okay, but not really my cup of tea. My stepdad loved it.

i taped it, but i missed the last 15 minutes, but what i saw of it i thought was great!

I didn't get a chance but it looks interesting. I'll probably try to catch it/tape it next week. It seems like it's at least unique, which is a big deal with all the TV copycats.

There's an encore of the episode on Thusday at 9 or 10 :)

I was just about to post that. It's also available for free on iTunes right now.

I DVR'd it. I've yet to watch it, but I would rather have seen Studio 60...

Can I ask, where did the term "Guinea" come from when referring to Italians, particularly in the Boston/NY setting? Because I'd never heard that one before and then first The Departed, now this. I've heard wop for Italian and mick for Irish, but what about guinea?
ETA:
Ok, nm did my own homework... from wikipedia:Continuing down my learning journey:

I loooooooved this show.

Yay, I'm glad you liked it. :) It's probably just because you're Irish though. ;)

Yeah, that'd be it.

Someone at my law school who is not my friend anymore told me she tried watching it but she doesn't like "ethnic" shows.

THANKS sooooo much for telling us that! i'm very excited to watch the whole thing now!

i wish nbc would put whole shows online like abc, i would love to watch the office, but its on at a bad time. the only way i watch ugly betty and grey's is by online.

NBC is starting to - one of my friends actually watched Black Donnellys online last night. They don't have The Office yet though.

Amen, I refuse to watch any more NBC. Every time my favorite show is on NBC it gets cancelled.

*potential spoiler issues, retards*

I just watched this yesterday - I d/led it off iTunes . . . pretty solid, although the concept is a direct rip on every mafia story ever ("if you kill the boss, you'd better be prepared to be the boss"). It was somewhat predictable, but the cinematography was way above par. It didn't really leave a lot of room to grow, but I was impressed.

Lyrelyre ...clever name by the way, symbol and nickname...anyway, I know...and then the ones who leave...and you never watched...wished you had when they were on and a hit....I never got into Will and Grace after the first season....now, damn, wish I had...so I ignore NBC's new shows for that same reason...expect them to break my heart ....fyi..there is a huge on line petition to save Studio 60...so there is a slim chance!!

sorry to break the sacred double reply rule...but checked the Death Watch site which tracks the shows due to be cancelled....and according to them, BLACK DONNELLEYS is 7th on their list...and has a 52:1 chance of cancellation so do something fast if you like or love this show!!

This show is not bad. I might catch the next episode, if time permits.

But what happened to Studio 60???

Finally watched it tonight -- I enjoyed it.

It's on hiatus right now, but it's back on the chopping block and may be cancelled. BD pulled decent numbers, so who knows what NBC execs are going to do. We're told we can expect to see S60 back, but that it may not stay for long. Go and sign the petition to save it here: http://studio60.bluestatedigital.com/page/petition/main

I'm a huge fan of this show now. And while I loved Studio 60 and would really like to see it come back, I definitely don't mind watching this show every Monday night. :)

Excellent show. As James said, it's a stereotypical mafia type movie. Who cares though? It's good stuff.

Good show so far. The one thing I don't like is the guy in jail that pops in and out of scenes.