Southland (TV series)
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Southland is a gritty American television drama series that realistically portrays the lives and challenges of Los Angeles police officers and detectives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southland (TV series) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7213511 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southland (TV series) Context triple: [J. Michael Muro, notableWork, Southland (TV series)]
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A.
Riverland
Riverland is a major agricultural and wine-producing region in eastern South Australia, known for its irrigated fruit orchards and vineyards along the Murray River.
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B.
Home and Away
Home and Away is a long-running Australian television soap opera set in the fictional coastal town of Summer Bay, known for launching the careers of numerous actors.
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C.
Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama television series set in a small rural town, focusing on the professional and personal lives of its local officers.
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D.
Shortland Islands
The Shortland Islands are a group of islands in the western Solomon Islands that served as a major Japanese naval and air base during World War II, particularly in the Solomon Islands campaign.
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E.
A Place to Call Home
"A Place to Call Home" is the official city motto of Palmdale, California, emphasizing its identity as a welcoming and family-friendly community.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southland (TV series) Target entity description: Southland is a gritty American television drama series that realistically portrays the lives and challenges of Los Angeles police officers and detectives.
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A.
Riverland
Riverland is a major agricultural and wine-producing region in eastern South Australia, known for its irrigated fruit orchards and vineyards along the Murray River.
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B.
Home and Away
Home and Away is a long-running Australian television soap opera set in the fictional coastal town of Summer Bay, known for launching the careers of numerous actors.
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C.
Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama television series set in a small rural town, focusing on the professional and personal lives of its local officers.
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D.
Shortland Islands
The Shortland Islands are a group of islands in the western Solomon Islands that served as a major Japanese naval and air base during World War II, particularly in the Solomon Islands campaign.
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E.
A Place to Call Home
"A Place to Call Home" is the official city motto of Palmdale, California, emphasizing its identity as a welcoming and family-friendly community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | single-camera ⓘ |
| composer | Mark Isham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Ann Biderman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Los Angeles Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Ann Biderman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christopher Chulack NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| finalAired | 2013-04-17 ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2009-04-09 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ serial drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
moral ambiguity in law enforcement
ⓘ
personal lives of police officers ⓘ urban crime in Los Angeles ⓘ |
| laterAiredOn | TNT cable network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ben Sherman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chickie Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Dewey Dudek NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Lydia Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Sammy Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | gritty realistic portrayal of police work ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 43 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 5 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn | NBC Thursday night schedule ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
NBC
ⓘ
TNT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalRunEndYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| originalRunStartYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | HDTV 1080i ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Ben Sherman – Ben McKenzie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chickie Brown – Arija Bareikis NERFINISHED ⓘ Dewey Dudek – C. Thomas Howell NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cooper – Michael Cudlitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Lydia Adams – Regina King NERFINISHED ⓘ Sammy Bryant – Shawn Hatosy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
John Wells Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Television ⓘ |
| setIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Southland (TV series) Description of subject: Southland is a gritty American television drama series that realistically portrays the lives and challenges of Los Angeles police officers and detectives.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.