Homeland Security USA: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

ABC | Season Premiere Date: January 6, 2009

Starring: Phillip Crowley

Summary: 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): Drama, Reality, Action & Adventure, Game Show

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. Strip Clubs. Open on Thursday
Air Date: September 6, 2009
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S1:E12. Were You Actually on 'The Bachelor'?
Air Date: August 30, 2009
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S1:E11. There Goes Another Broken Heart Thanks to the CBP
Air Date: August 23, 2009

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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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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RandyW

Jan 8, 2009

This show just gives us the truth about the types of things these Border Patrol guys come across. It's a variety of threats, events, and misunderstandings. It's pretty cool tp watch.

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TriciaB

Jan 7, 2009

I liked this show...I found it interesting and exciting. I live in a fairly rural part of Ohio and my eyes were opened at what goes on at border patrols and airports. Keep up the Good Work.

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SarahG

Jan 8, 2009

This show was very interesting. It showed so many of the daily events that take place on our borders. It makes you very appreciative of all the work the officers do on our behalf. Thanks ABC.

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JennetP

Jan 13, 2009

This is not a television show; it's an infomercial. No drama, no interesting characters, just one illustration after another of what a fine job the Homeland Security folks are doing to keep us all safe in our beds. No, it's not the first show to paint a rosy picture of law This is not a television show; it's an infomercial. No drama, no interesting characters, just one illustration after another of what a fine job the Homeland Security folks are doing to keep us all safe in our beds. No, it's not the first show to paint a rosy picture of law enforcement; even those psychotic bounty hunters on "Dog" enjoy the ethical airbrushing that American television applies to everyone chasing lawbreakers. Where this show offends is in portraying every violation of customs and immigration law as implicated in terrorism. Complex policy issues that we face as a nation are not helped by portraying every illegal farm worker as a potential recruit and every $5 marijunana purchase as a contribution to the C-4 kitty. If this is a product of the "liberal media" that pundits are always bleating about, then I'd hate to see what a conservative media would serve up. Live capital punishment, perhaps? When all is said and done, the show is not really interested in keeping us safe in our beds; it's interested in keeping us asleep, a goal aided by the fact that, on top of everything else, the show is BORING. It's an infomercial selling complacency, and I fervently hope American viewers are not buying,… Expand

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AhrenW

Feb 28, 2009

They need to show them hunting down illegal aliens that have not commited any crimes other than being here illegally to really make this an unbiased look at Homeland Security. They need to show the innocent American children that go through the hardship of lossing one or both parents to They need to show them hunting down illegal aliens that have not commited any crimes other than being here illegally to really make this an unbiased look at Homeland Security. They need to show the innocent American children that go through the hardship of lossing one or both parents to deportation. This show disgusts me. Show the stories your trying to keep secret from the public. No one is illegal. When my great grand parents emigrated here from Western Europe their was no such thing as an illegal immigrant. We need to cancel this show. Stop punishing innocent people for wanting a better life for themselves and their children. Thank you.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 6, 2009
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  S1:E13. Strip Clubs. Open on Thursday
  Air Date: September 6, 2009
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  S1:E12. Were You Actually on 'The Bachelor'?
  Air Date: August 30, 2009
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  S1:E11. There Goes Another Broken Heart Thanks to the CBP
  Air Date: August 23, 2009
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  S1:E10. We're a Nation of Immigrants. All of Us
  Air Date: August 16, 2009
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  S1:E9. What Kind of Grades Did You Get in Recess?
  Air Date: August 9, 2009
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  S1:E8. They Call Me the Rottweiler.
  Air Date: March 10, 2009
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  S1:E7. There Could Be a Tiger In There.
  Air Date: March 3, 2009
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  S1:E6. Manatees? Y'know. Whatever. They're Cool.
  Air Date: February 24, 2009
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  S1:E5. I Did One Stupid Mistake. It Cost my Whole Life.
  Air Date: February 17, 2009
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  S1:E4. These Are Human Skulls So They Had to Belong to Somebody
  Air Date: February 3, 2009
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  S1:E3. It's Not a Cow. It's a Guinea Pig.
  Air Date: January 27, 2009
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  S1:E2. Looks Like It's Been Through an Autopsy
  Air Date: January 13, 2009
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  S1:E1. This is Your Car On Drugs
  Air Date: January 6, 2009