Michael Cudlitz, who played gay cop John Cooper on Southland, reacts to EW about NBC's ridiculous cancellation of one of their few worthwhile dramas: "In retrospect, I saw it coming. We were two weeks away from airing and [the cancellation news] has created more press for the show than NBC has put into it on its own...We were given the same statement that everyone got. [NBC] said they watched the first [four] episodes and determined that they were too dark...There's something else going on I'm sure. We had a cast and crew screening on Tuesday for the season 2 premiere, and it was phenomenal...There's some speculation that they're trying to cut costs because they're trying to sell the network, but I don't know. The thing that strikes me as very bizarre is that they have [six episodes] in the can, they don't have anything on right now that is doing well, and our show is good. Why would you not put it on? So something else must be going on....I'm pissed." Damn right -- you should be. God forbid there be a positive depiction of a masculine gay man on network TV. [EW]