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A short-lived 2007 [[NBC]] drama that consists of 13 episodes. Six were actually aired on the network; the other seven were only released online (and subsequently DVD).
 
''[['''The Black Donnellys]]''''' follows four young Irish-American brothers in New York who get involved in organized crime, with varying degrees of intent. When Kevin can't pay off a gambling debt, his brother Jimmy helps him kidnap the Italian bookie in hopes that the ransom money will get them out of trouble. Instead, the boys' youngest brother Sean is attacked by the Italian mob in retaliation and lands in the hospital; in response, Jimmy kills the bookie. Trying to get his brothers out of trouble, Tommy kills the local heads of the Italian and Irish mobs and accidentally takes over the neighborhood.
 
Then [[It Got Worse|everything goes to hell.]]
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* [[Break the Haughty]] / [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Happens to Jimmy when {{spoiler|Dokey humiliates him by convincing him to shave his head and doing...something that involves motor oil and a lack of clothes. He turns this into an [[Important Haircut]], though, sort of.}}
* [[Broken Pedestal]]: {{spoiler|Tommy discovers that his mother sent the boys' father to the meeting that ended in his death.}}
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Joey, arguably--thearguably—the brothers get him to do all sorts of favors and menial tasks without showing much gratitude.
{{quote|'''Kevin:''' ''(as a huge dog chases Joey, whom they used as bait)'' I thought Joey could run faster than that.}}
* [[The Charmer]]: Sean.
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* [[Mob War]]
* [[Momma's Boy]]: All the Donnelly brothers, to various degrees. Sean gets it the worst, being the youngest.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Tommy kills Sal and Huey after realizing that Huey is planning to cut a deal with the Italian mob -- Jimmymob—Jimmy's life in exchange for letting Louie' death go. Rather than solving any problems, this sets off a chain reaction of events leading to Tommy giving up virtually everything that ever mattered to him in order to protect his brothers' lives.
* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]
* [[Off the Wagon]]: Tommy gets Jimmy arrested and sent to jail in order to get him into rehab. Kevin goes behind Tommy's back and bails Jimmy out. Jimmy immediately thanks Kevin and goes to find his dealer.
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