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Homeland Security USA
SERIES: ABC, Tuesday 8:00p (60 minutes)


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Starring Phillip Crowley

The work of officers of the Department of Homeland Security is seen in this documentary series based on a similar show in Australia.

GENRE(S):	Documentary
CREATED BY:	Arnold Shapiro
FIRST AIR DATE:	January 6, 2008

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Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

Creator/producer Shapiro and company do a commendable job establishing the formula early on. The problem is that the concept is by nature wholly repetitive.

Variety Brian Lowry

As is so often the case, however, it's difficult to invest real-life police work with the sense of excitement that television doles out in scripted programming--even with music whose urgency borders on the comical.

Washington Post Tom Shales

There's little about Homeland Security USA that's warmly reassuring in the post-9/11 world. But the agents do behave with commendable civility (at least while cameras are trained on them) and apparent diligence.

New York Post Linda Stasi

While some of the "finds" the security officers uncover at border crossings tonight at the Los Angeles International Airport, at the Blaine, Wash./Canada border, at the US/Mexican border and while patrolling the desert outside Tucson, are interesting, most are not.

Slate Troy Patterson

Rolling the wars on terror, drugs, and illegal immigration into one rhetorical package, Homeland Security USA plays partly like a pumped-up recruiting film, partly like a public-affairs outreach video for hard-core video gamers.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

Homeland Security USA is a powerful ego boost for insecure civil servants, but it doesn’t reveal much about the homeland’s actual security.

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Homeland Security USA SERIES: ABC, Tuesday 8:00p (60 minutes)

Homeland Security USA
SERIES: ABC, Tuesday 8:00p (60 minutes)