The Black Donnellys
Ran for: 1 season (2007)
How did a show co-created by the great Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) not succeed past its first year? The show was based on a real Irish family that emigrated to Ontario and although the original family had multiple casualties, this on-screen family escaped New York’s street ring of death on a weekly basis, somehow. It starred Olivia Wilde, who showed some serious acting chops following her stint on The O.C. This show smacked hard and warranted more of an inside look into organized crime and Wahlberg-esque upbringings. Here’s the first episode in case you forget what a solid pilot can look like.
