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The Westies
Created by Chris Brancato, Michael Panes
As the Javits Center construction project ignites a battle for profit in early 1980s Hell's Kitchen, a generational rift threatens the uneasy peace between violent Irish gang the Westies and the Mafia, and draws FBI heat. From TMDB
120 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 12 | 1 | 65 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TMDB reviews * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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The Westies is a 2026 drama crime TV series, created by Chris Brancato and Michael Panes, starring J.K. Simmons, Titus Welliver and Tom Brittney.
- 65 people have posted about this series on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews
- posts span Oct 16, 2024 to Nov 3, 2026
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On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 78% based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "What The Westies lacks in originality, it makes up for with a sturdy crime story, compelling characters, and a cast that knows how to handle the genre." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 61 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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60 of 120 · most liked first"The Westies" is now streaming! i worked on this show last year in the art dept, which was very cool doing a period show where everything had to be 1980 accurate
positive · AI labelView post →J.K. Simmons To Headline ‘The Westies’ MGM+ Series.
neutral · AI labelView post →Titus Welliver To Star In ‘The Westies’ MGM+ Series.
neutral · AI labelView post →Series The Westies | MGM JK Simmons Titus Welliver Tom Brittney Irish gang 1980s in New York City — Drops July 12 #TheWesties
neutral · AI labelView post →The Westies 🍀 | MGM Series drops this Sunday #TheWesties
neutral · AI labelView post →Some pictures from #TheWesties premiere the other night for MGM+, which was an absolute blast. The cast - including JK Simmons and Titus Welliver - were immense fun, and actor Jessica Frances Dukes and I both sequin-matched so that's a win.
neutral · AI labelView post →Four series to look forward to in July — especially The Westies X-Men 97 S2 (July 1) Silo S3 (July 3) The Westies (July 12) Lucky (July 15)
neutral · AI labelView post →Release Roundup, July 2026. | Name | Season | Date | Networks | Genres | Countries | | -------------------------------------------- | -------------- | --------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------- | | Summer '36 | Limited Series | 7/1/2026 | Netflix | Crime,…
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched the first two episodes of the new MGM+ show, The Westies. About the infamous Irish mob in New York City during the era of The Troubles. Really great cast already and the first two episodes waste no time. Brought to you by the guy that made the Narco series on Netflix.
positive · AI labelView post →The Westies (MGM+ 2026 Series) Official Teaser - July 12th.
neutral · AI labelView post →The new drama series about the Irish mob 'The Westies' looks good. Their leader Jimmy Coonan was basically a psychopath with a penchant for chopping up and disposing of dead bodies. The Mafia were recorded saying 'these guys are crazy' They were all crazy cnuts
positive · AI labelView post →The Westies 🍀 | MGM JK Simmons Titus Welliver Irish gang series / NY / 80s Drops July 12 #TheWesties
neutral · AI labelView post →Series The Westies 🍀 | MGM JK Simmons Irish Gang 1980s New York City — Drops July 12 #TheWesties
neutral · AI labelView post →Titus Welliver is playing a cop in the TV show about the Westies but it’s a real shame he’s too old to play Westie Eddie Cummiskey, who once put a severed head on a bar and put a cigarette in its mouth
neutral · AI labelView post →Titus Welliver has been cast as NYPD officer Glenn Keenan in the mob crime drama The Westies from MGM+ opposite JK Simmons. The show will follow the real life Irish American NYC 1980s gang. Simmons will play mob boss Eamon Sweeney #tvsky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Westies 🍀 | MGM The new series I’m most looking forward to in July drops this week!! JK Simmons Titus Welliver Irish Gang / 1980s / New York City — Drops July 12 #TheWesties
positive · AI labelView post →The Westies 🍀 | MGM — Irish gang series / NY / 80s JK Simmons Titus Welliver Tom Brittney #TheWesties
neutral · AI labelView post →The Westies 🍀 | MGM Stanley Morgan as Mickey Flanagan will be my favorite in the series JK Simmons and Titus Welliver will be elite #TheWesties
neutral · AI labelView post →I love Simmons but the Westies were all in like their 20s? variety.com/2025/tv/news...
negative · AI labelView post →It's official, go and watch our newest Mob series The Westies available now And another small cameo from yours truly
positive · AI labelView post →I see new American Crime TV series The Westies will star JK Simmons playing an Irish-American gangster with an unusually attractive name.
neutral · AI labelView post →Subscribed to MGM+ for 99p, in order to watch The Westies. I have been assured by a guy in my office that is the best TV show ever made and is better than The Sopranos. "It has a Dropkick Murphys song over the credits!" Which, I assume, is considered a good thing?
neutral · AI labelView post →The Westies premieres today on MGM+ JK Simmons stars in this show revolving around Hell Kitchen notorious gangsters The Westies. View the full countdown here: youtu.be/qlnHslYoyJg Background Music is: Spinal by Arcain on.soundcloud.com/dsS1iBxjzi9p... #July2026 #julytv #TheWesties #MGM+ #80s
neutral · AI labelView post →The two-episode season premiere of #TheWesties is now streaming on @mgmplus Don’t miss the series @philthecool.bsky.social calls “a gripping addition to the Mafia genre.” Read his review here:⤵️ thefutureoftheforce.com/2026/07/10/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Westies 🍀 | MGM Hell Yeah JK Simmons Titus Welliver Irish gang series / NY / 80s — July 12 #TheWesties
neutral · AI labelView post →The Westies 🍀 | MGM JK Simmons and Titus Welliver in a Irish gang series! Love them in series Counterpart and Bosch — Drops July 12 #TheWesties
neutral · AI labelView post →The Westies (MGM+ 2026 Series) Official Trailer.
neutral · AI labelView post →Titus Welliver Joins J.K. Simmons in Gritty MGM+ Crime Series THE WESTIES | Geek Tyrant geektyrant.com/news/titus-w...
neutral · AI labelView post →First trailer for ‘THE WESTIES’. The new series starring J.K. Simmons premieres July 12 on MGM+. #TheWesties #JKSimmons #MGMPlus
neutral · AI labelView post →Binge watched a show called The Westies last night. Absolute garbage. I cannot wait for S2.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Westies is a solid show, JK Simmons rocks.
positive · AI labelView post →Well, that was an accident. I thought I was replying to a friend in England. She and I were fans of the Bosch series with Titus Welliver in the title role. He plays a cop now in The Westies, a series about an Irish gang in New York during the 70’s. Sorry, wouldn’t expect you to be interested.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Westies is a terribly-scripted TV show but infuriatingly watchable
neutral · AI labelView post →An absolutely horrific scene of violence in this week's episode of The Westies that was shortly followed by a scene that was like something out of Anchorman. I'm enjoying the show a bit more now but it's definitely an odd one.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ahh the wire love that show Bunk and McNullty Omar little bubbles maybe it’s time for a rewatch even though have so much to catch up on like the Westies Apple shows hbo shows
neutral · AI labelView post →I am being shown an episode of that new J.K. Simmons series The Westies, and I can't help but feel like this would be infinitely better if this was a comedy this is really not a compelling drama a wonderful car crash, the bones of a good comedy, but a terrible drama
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a scene from episode 1 of The Westies on MGM+. Thought I'd check out the show and when that popped up on the screen I laughed so hard.
neutral · AI labelView post →Missed Saturday's show? It's now in the archive! 🎭 Dinosaur Improv at Largo 📺 MGM+'s The Westies 🎬 ONS Film Club with Imogen Sara Smith on David Lean's The Passionate Friends Listen anytime at WFMU.org or on the free WFMU app for iPhone & Android—just like a podcast. @wfmu.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →So the Gulf States will get US construction contracts, and the Trump Organization will get a ton of no-show jobs. It's Season 2 of The Westies
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm liking this new show 'The Westies' with JK Simmons and Titus Welliver. it is rare that we get shows about Irish-American gangsters. thats a shame because I feel they are more relatable than the Italian mob. they have more in common with modern day street gangs than with La Cosa Nostra.
positive · AI labelView post →#TheWesties #MGMplus The new J.K. Simmons led crime drama series "The Westies" premieres on MGM+ tonight, July 12th, 2026. The Westies (MGM+ 2026 Series) Official Trailer The Westies is a gritty and kinetic crime drama centering on New York City’s infamously violent Irish gang of the same name. The series is set in the early 1... https://youtu.be/FxE1kOCS5js?is=uFezXlfzXMo7Kz6X
neutral · AI labelView post →#TheWesties #MGMplus The new J.K. Simmons led crime drama series "The Westies" premieres on MGM+ tonight, July 12th, 2026. The Westies review – this violent New York mob drama is like Peaky Blinders meets The Sopranos "Expect bloody chaos in this drama about a real-life 80s Irish-American gang – featuring JK Simmons as a gang leader – and their dealings with an Italian-American crime family."…
neutral · AI labelView post →#TheWesties #MGMplus The new J.K. Simmons led crime drama series "The Westies" premieres on MGM+ tonight, July 12th, 2026.
neutral · AI labelView post →#TheWesties #MGMplus The new J.K. Simmons led crime drama series "The Westies" premieres on MGM+ tonight, July 12th, 2026.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you BOSCH fans are missing Titus Welliver in his giant belt, THE WESTIES is the show for you.
neutral · AI labelView post →Check Out A Trailer For MGM+'s The Westies Series tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/ch...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Westies 🍀 | MGM Irish gang series — let’s go JK Simmons Titus Welliver Drops July 12 #TheWesties
neutral · AI labelView post →Just heard there was going to be a new show (MGM) on the Westies. One of the main characters in the book lived not too far from me. Went to school with his kids. His brother coached my sister's softball team. Was a real nice guy, considering the things his brother was said to have done in the book.
neutral · AI labelView post →Friday night selection. Inspired by watching the last of my favorite police series, Bosch & Bosch Legacy w/ @titusw24.bsky.social Look forward to his new series The Westies I hope you're either a police series junkie or fan of jazz music @ericfeltman.bsky.social. Enjoy! youtu.be/HNnM2iRwHLE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Nice pic of @titusw24.bsky.social from Red Nation Celebration Institute post in FB "Big congrats to our friend Titus Welliver on his latest role starring in The Westies, the upcoming MGM+ series! Can't wait to watch this one unfold"
neutral · AI labelView post →J.K. Simmons will lead the MGM+ crime drama series ‘THE WESTIES’. Set in 1980s Hell’s Kitchen, the show follows the brutal Irish gang amid the rise of the Javitz Convention Center. #TheWesties #JKSimons
neutral · AI labelView post →Same! I think shaking up the cast and adding the Westies and the Actors gave the show a lot more to work with
neutral · AI labelView post →Tom Brittney Is Brilliant In “The Westies” Tom Brittney regularly steals the show from J.K. Simmons's powerhouse performance. #TheWesties #TheWestiesSeason1 #HellsKitchenIrishMob #IrishMobReview #TrueCrimeReview youtube.com/shorts/jOfwY...
positive · AI labelView post →I just finished watching "The Westies", season 1. This is a brutal series. It's worth watching - especially for all those who want to make America great again. We've never ceased being great when it comes to brutality, corruption and crime.
positive · AI labelView post →Irish gang crime drama from Sopranos director now streaming in Ireland https://www.byteseu.com/2424536/ Released abroad on a streaming service unavailable in Ireland, Irish viewers had been wondering, till now, when they would be able to see the series. Crime drama The Westies is finally …
neutral · AI labelView post →TV shows of September 2026. * indicates a rewatch/revisit - Lanterns S1 E3 - 7 - Ted S2 (8 eps, series complete) - Sugar S2 E3 - 8 - Lioness S3 (8 eps) - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Part 1 (13 eps) - The Westies S1 (8 eps) - Band of Brothers* (10 eps) #tvshows #tvrecap #anime #anniversary
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #TVNews #TheWesties #TitusWelliver #Bosch ‘Bosch’ Star Titus Welliver’s New Crime Thriller Is Officially a 10/10 Streaming Hit http://dlvr.it/TVH9ym
neutral · AI labelView post →Ep. 428 - Chris Brancato & Michael Panes - The Westies In our latest episode, Luciano Saber speaks with creators and showrunners Chris Brancato & Michael Panes (Godfather of Harlem, Hotel Cocaine) about their crime drama series The Westies, which chronicles a New York Irish gang in the '80s. They
neutral · AI labelView post →Ep. 428 - Chris Brancato & Michael Panes - The Westies In our latest episode, Luciano Saber speaks with creators and showrunners Chris Brancato & Michael Panes (Godfather of Harlem, Hotel Cocaine) about their crime drama series The Westies, which chronicles a New York Irish gang in the '80s. They
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #Interviews #TheWesties #SarahBolger ‘The Westies’ Desperately Needs a Season 2 After That Stunning Finale Twist http://dlvr.it/TV82bH
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