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Buddy (Roy Scheider) is the leader of the Seven Ups, an elite undercover police unit that specializes in busting organized crime figures for long sentences (7 yrs and up). Risky work, but when a fake undercover unit begins kidnapping local mobsters for ransom, the job gets a lot more dangerous... Directed by Phillip D'Antoni. Co-starring Tony Lo Bianco and Richard Lynch. 720p print quality.

I've written before that the current Tuesday night lineup might be the best night of television ever. Of course, that was when Justified was in the schedule, so give it another month.)With ABC's V, about emotionless good looking alien invaders who want to seduce earthlings with promises of universal health care, green energy and peace (if they just give up those troublesome things like individualism and, oh yeah, their souls); TV's most politically sophisticated show The Good Wife; USA Network's utterly charming Catch Me if You Can ripoff, White Collar; FX's promising new boxing series, Lights Out; and possibly best...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Law & Order creator Dick Wolf said he was jolted by NBC's cancellation of the fourth installment of his crime drama franchise, but is looking forward to producing yet another series for the network. He's also eagerly anticipating a French version of Law & Order: Criminal Intent which, if successful, could trigger a wave of overseas adaptations of his series, Wolf said. Wolf called the planned French version of Criminal Intent groundbreaking. The series on broadcaster TF1 is likely to debut in 2006, trade paper Daily Variety reported Monday, noting that U.S. dramas have lagged behind...