The Black Donnellys

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The Black Donnellys follows the exploits of four young, working-class Irish brothers. Their involvement in organized crime in New York City will put their life at risk and they will do anything to protect each other from the hostility between them and the others New York families who want their territory.''
The series is produced by NBC Universal Television Studio in association with Blackfriars Bridge Productions.moreless
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S 1 :  Ep 13 Aired 04/08/07
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  • I LOVE THE BLACK DONNELLY'S!

    10
    "Perfect"
    By apofahl, Jan 05, 2011 Report Abuse
    This was an excellent TV Show, that I highly recommend. It had great actors and an awesome story line that never lost your attention. I truley wish NBC would bring this series back, they didn't receive great ratings because at the time of air The Saprano's was in it's sixth season. If they brought it back now, I believe they would get an outstaning amount of views. Most tv shows these days are lame and have no competition against The Black Donnellys! PLEASE bring it BACK so the FANS can see what happens next!!!! Instead of just leaving us all in Suspense.....moreless

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  • In truth a very poor show wrapped up like a great one, poor casting I don't believe them.

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    By butchcassidy10, Oct 06, 2010 Report Abuse
    I downloaded the whole series, I was so excited about this a great writer and director taking on a gritty story.

    I am afraid to say I am disappointed and think this show after seeing 6 episodes, is devastatingly poor but is a real shame as it should be great.

    OK first and importantly the casting is awful apart from the girl and the cop, the brothers excluding the youngest are not believable and also they are to young.

    The guy that plays the lead brother is doing his best Sean Penn angry, mumbling and grumbling act and to be honest I wouldn't follow this guy he doesn't inspire he has no weight.

    The writing leans very heavy on background music to lay the scene rather than letting the actors and the writing do it which says a lot.

    The mention of the Italians and the Irish, the Irish, the Irish, hell your Americans get over it divided you stand divided you fall. These guys couldn't point to Ireland on a map let alone come from the place.

    Overall this to me feels like the first 20 minutes of the film Sleepers, stretched out to a 12 episode series.

    A poor show wrapped up like a great one, I wish my generation would do better.moreless

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  • NBC cut it off because it was too gritty.

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    By SC_Shadow, Dec 04, 2008 Report Abuse
    NBC's excuse is the ratings, which were higher than many shows they have including Life, Heroes season 3, and Crusoe, as well as many others. It also had (and still has) higher ratings than Brotherhood(Showtime) AND the show it got replaced by! (Studio 60)

    The fact is NBC didn't want the show on their station because it was too gritty. My question is why in the world would they take this on in the first place if they didn't plan on keeping it?

    This was a heavy hitter, could've been better than The Sopranos.

    The show ended with the Donnelly's running, their mother getting shot, and the head of the Irish and Italian mob getting killed. I think NBC didn't want to keep TBD because season 2 would be too good, and too violent. It's obvious that season 2 would start with the Donnellys taking over the Irish mob and fighting with the Italians. The series would turn into an extremely well written mob show, it just blows my mind thinking of how awesome TBD would've been had they given it another season.moreless

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  • Four brothers, contrast trouble with a bit of romance. A truly magnificent show.

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    By smilerooney, Jul 23, 2008 Report Abuse
    I only just caught this show while cruising randomly online. encouraged by pure boredom was this a show to cure or what. It has everything needed for a top show. It deserves to be in the top 5 shows in my opinion but not only is it not in the top 50 but NBC had the nerve to cancel it. The characters were truly brilliant and the script was genius. While portraying a violent and criminally innovative scheme it finds a balance, contradiction and connection between love, family and crime.

    Following Sammy's struggle to keep his brothers safe the back story and setting have been perfected. Distilling the range of emotions evolved within living in the criminally corrupted poor Irish district within USA it clearly shows the criminal organizations war with each other.

    There is nothing to say or so but recognize the capability of this show to entertain. It is not the best show I've watched but it is a close third to supernatural and house.moreless

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  • This is a drama about 4 brothers living in New York City growing up in an organized crime family.

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    By willis313, Jul 07, 2008 Report Abuse
    This show some what reminds me of the sopranos. I liked this one better though because its showed the black irish side of organized crime. They shouldn't have cancelled it after only one season. I think the problem was that it was at a 10:00 P.M. timeslot which is one of the times when not too many people are watching TV. I also think that NBC should've tried to sell it to a cable network so it wouldn't have to end. Although I was disappointed about it getting cancelled, I was happy to see that NBC released a DVD for it.moreless

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