Vegas : Season 1
 

Vegas is a new period drama from CBS, set in 1960s Las Vegas. Being from CBS, it's also (of course) a police procedural ;)

Wikipedia - Vegas (TV)

The pilot lifts the series above the usual CBS procedurals thanks to the casting and the setting.

It stars Dennis Quaid as Ralph Lamb, a cattle rancher who served as a well-respected military policeman during WWII. After the Governor's niece is found murdered, and with the Sheriff missing, the Mayor (The West Wing's Michael O'Neill) drafts Lamb in to investigate the murder, having previously served with him in the war. Aiding him are his brother Jack (Jason O'Mara, Hero-Cop-Dad from Terrible Nova) and Assistant District Attorney Katherine O'Connell (The Matrix's Carrie-Anne Moss)

Meanwhile, high-level Chicago mobster Vincent Savino (The Shield's Michael Chiklis) has just moved to Las Vegas to take over operations in the city... leading to the inevitable clashes with the city's new lawman.


Pretty good for a pilot. Better, IMO, than CBS' other new procedural Elementary (which has Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes working in New York with Lucy Liu's female Watson). Quaid and Chiklis are both great, and are sure to have many good scenes together as the series progresses.

Re: Vegas - Season 1
 

I watched it and enjoyed it. I knew nothing about it before it aired so I was surprised.

Re: Vegas - Season 1
 

I almost didn't bother with it, until I saw that Chiklis and Quaid were in it and that it was co-created by Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas, Casino).

Re: Vegas - Season 1
 

I fancied watching this , it airs on Sky Atlantic in February only problem is its touch and go whether it gets a second season. :(

I'm hoping it does it looks my kind of show.

Re: Vegas - Season 1
 

I quite enjoy it. But yeah, not sure if there's a future for it :(

Re: Vegas - Season 1
 

Have to say Matt I've now watched 7 episodes (Sky Atlantic pace ) and I'm hooked , Chiklis and Quaid are excellent in my opinion. Has its outcome been announced yet ? I'm hoping it doesn't get canned but sadly as is the case so many times with US shows it probably will. :(

Re: Vegas : Season 1
 

The last I heard was that it's a "long shot" for renewal :(

Ratings are not great, plus when it returns from its latest hiatus it's being moved to Friday nights...

Re: Vegas : Season 1
 

That's a real shame, it's one of a very few shows I look forward to :(