Underbelly - New series on The 101 starting 2/10

[skyboysea]

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., September 17, 2009 – DIRECTV’s The 101® Network continues to bring viewers acclaimed programming that can’t be seen anywhere else with the addition of the award-winning Australian crime-drama trilogy Underbelly. Based on true events, Underbelly is a gripping, gritty and shocking portrayal of the violent, drug-fueled Australian underworld from the 1970s through the early 2000s, with each installment portraying a specific period in the country’s criminal history. The trilogy begins with: Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and tells the story of the Griffith drug trade in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Part two of the series is titled Underbelly: War on the Streets and focuses on the Melbourne gangland killings between 1995 and 2004. The trilogy concludes with Underbelly: The Golden Mile that documents the hotbed of criminal activity in famed Kings Cross section of Sydney in 1989.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/17/directv-takes-viewers-deep-into-the-underbelly-of-the-australian-crime-world/27446

[LOCODUDE]

Thanks for the heads up......

[Bob Coxner]

8.3 on IMDB. From a viewer review there:

"What can I say about 9's Underbelly? Best Australian TV show of the decade, so far, for a start. Unlikely to be out done. Channel 9's Underbelly is the most significant piece of Televisual cinematic art to grace our tube's since Blue Murder. Comparable to a hyper active season of The Soprano's, it is a major classic series that depicts the 25 or so murders of the Melbourne gangland wars."

It doesn't start until Feb 2010. This seems rather early for a press release.