so funny, I almost mentioned The Wire before seeing smashsc's posts. I was about to recommend both of these shows (Homicide was my first fandom -- see the icon for a character who reminds me very much of Wesley, or vice versa), plus the mini-series "The Corner" (6 hours and the best thing I've ever seen on TV) -- unfortunately, at least according to IMDB, these are only available on DVD in US & Canada -- I think that means you couldn't use them, though I'm not exactly sure how these things work.

replying to the comment above about liberals written by conservatives. . . maybe the failure to come up with any just means that we aren't tuned into things written by conservatives, or from a conservative POV. i'm sure I'm familiar with some, but nothing leaps to mind.