Mon, 02 February 2009 at 12:24 am

Ben McKenzie: Southland Preview!

Former O.C. stud Benjamin McKenzie stars as young rookie Ben Sherman in the new NBC drama called Southland.

The show is a raw and authentic look at the police unit in Los Angeles. From the beaches of Malibu to the streets of East Los Angeles, Southland is a series that will take viewers inside the lives of cops, criminals, victims and their families.

Southland will debut on @ 10PM ET/PT on Thursday, April 9 on NBC.

Also pictured: Michael Cudlitz, Regina King, Tom Everett Scott, Michael McGrady, Kevin Alejandro, Shawn Hatosy and Arija Bareikis.

Ben McKenzie: “Southland” Preview!

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Photos: Mitchell Haaseth/NBC
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38 Comments

# 1

Jen @ 02/02/2009 at 12:27 am

nice seeing ben again!!

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Valerie @ 02/02/2009 at 12:29 am

I’ll be sure to tune in! I miss seeing Ben!

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EJ @ 02/02/2009 at 12:33 am

I will watch this just to see Regina King! She is such as great actress that has been overlooked by Hollywood. So happy to see her on a new show! I do have a slight ‘girl crush’ on her too!

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Tina @ 02/02/2009 at 12:33 am

i miss him!!

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dana @ 02/02/2009 at 12:39 am

AWW im gla ben’s gonna be on tv again

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dana @ 02/02/2009 at 12:42 am

I’ll be sure to watch! Ben’s such a cutie

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abriil :) @ 02/02/2009 at 12:45 am

I’ll give it a chance just for BEN! :D♥

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Steph @ 02/02/2009 at 12:47 am

cool regina king is a great actress

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alice @ 02/02/2009 at 12:54 am

Great cast.

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shea @ 02/02/2009 at 1:10 am

Ben is actually the only one who got talent on that overrated OC show, the rest of them are all just media hos. Good luck to Ben…

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marie @ 02/02/2009 at 1:19 am

Brody and Ben both have talent, it’s the two girls who are overexposed and overrated.

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Daniel @ 02/02/2009 at 1:28 am

Nice can’t wait to watch the whole thing.
Note that the background music were in The O.C.’s season one.

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haha @ 02/02/2009 at 1:34 am

oh great, another cop show…. don´t we have enough of those already?

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Courtney @ 02/02/2009 at 1:41 am

I think I orgasmed in my mouth a little. Ben McKenzie is too hot for me to function.

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carla @ 02/02/2009 at 2:07 am

I will watch this for Regina King, Shawn Hatosy and Ben Mckenzie

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shea @ 02/02/2009 at 2:12 am

@ #11
Well ok sorry for that. Brody is quite likeable too. But those 2 tarlets, they just makes me ICKS!

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emma @ 02/02/2009 at 2:34 am

Bennnn! Omg you do not understand how I excited I am to see him back on tv. It’s kind of ironic that Alex Murdoch’s Orange Sky is the song for this preview, as it was a major song on The OC :)

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Jane doe @ 02/02/2009 at 2:43 am

go Regina King! woot, woot.

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Frankie @ 02/02/2009 at 5:48 am

This looks so good. I can’t wait until April, I want it now!!.
Ben looks amazing in uniform, love him!.

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Greetings @ 02/02/2009 at 6:39 am

YES!!! Finally Ben will be on Tv and in a cop-show!!!!

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Caro @ 02/02/2009 at 7:46 am

Ahh YAY I am so excited! I love Ben and Regina! She’s such an amazing actress and deserves more recognition.

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Anon @ 02/02/2009 at 8:52 am

I really like Ben and I’m glad he is getting another shot. I saw him in a movie where he played Amy Adam’s loser husband and he was really good. He is a fine actor. He and Adam Brody and Rachel were all good in O.C. Only Mischa Barton was just playing herself! LOL!

I saw Ray again on TV and I LOVE Regina King. I hope this is a good show.

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Athena @ 02/02/2009 at 8:59 am

“Orange Sky” is such an awesome song. And Ben McKenzie on a new show! Can’t go wrong!

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Athena @ 02/02/2009 at 9:27 am

Oh gosh lol I didn’t even notice that I rhymed.

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emma @ 02/02/2009 at 9:37 am

I miss Ben so much it will be nice to see him on a regular basis again

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fifimom @ 02/02/2009 at 9:48 am

Thanks for posting. I can’t wait to see Ben on TV again. He and the show looks great.

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gerard Vandenberg @ 02/02/2009 at 10:23 am

This is the reason the criminal activity in the united states is so high, folks?

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Yoyo @ 02/02/2009 at 10:30 am

Absolutely delicious.

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Tiffany @ 02/02/2009 at 1:05 pm

Wow, he’s gone from bad boy to good cop, either way i’m excited to see Ben again!

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olivia @ 02/02/2009 at 1:45 pm

Yay for Ben!!

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lou @ 02/02/2009 at 3:12 pm

The show looks awesome. Great cast! These guys are all real actors, not just pretty faces. Michael Cudlitz was great in Over There and Band of Brothers. Regina is a fav of mine. Can’t wait!

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Bia @ 02/02/2009 at 3:39 pm

Yeah!
Go Ben, go *o*

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ashly @ 02/02/2009 at 5:40 pm

It’s about time we’ll see Ben again. He’s too good an actor to just disappear.

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kelli2 @ 02/02/2009 at 10:05 pm

Love my big, “BULL”

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Hoodie @ 02/04/2009 at 5:39 pm

I miss Ben as Ryan Atwood! Good to see him again though.

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Polo @ 02/06/2009 at 4:25 pm

The Oc is not overrated! It was the core of teenage girls’ youth!

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nicolette murray @ 02/11/2009 at 10:47 pm

i am oddly obbsessed with ben! i have all four of the o.c. seasons. and every o.c. soundtrack. i will watch this show and not miss one episode even if it isn’t thebest =]]

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katie @ 04/06/2009 at 8:10 am

im really confused…i live in england but im a big ben mckenzie fan …I WANT TO WATCH THIS SOOOOO MUCH …but im not sure i can get NBC on my freeview does anyone know if I can and whether it is on e4 or a channel like that if i cant

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