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Date Posted: 14:48:27 10/10/05 Mon
Author: Islandgirl
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Too many crime shows on TV?

Seems like every time I read an article about TV, whoever wrote it is carping because there are "too many" crime-solving shows on TV.
But hasn't it always been like this? I remember my parents mostly watching stuff like "Hawaii 5-0" and "Mannix" when I was little. When I was a teenager shows like "Starsky & Hutch" and "Magnum, P.I." were big. A few years later, things like "Hill Street Blues" and "Moonlighting" dominated the airwaves.
Are there really more crime-solving shows on TV now than there were 25 or 40 years ago? Or do TV critics just have short memories?

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Re: Too many crime shows on TV? -- detoured, 14:47:43 10/11/05 Tue
- Too many procedurals -- BDM, 16:52:25 10/11/05 Tue
  - I'd like a little humor mixed in. . . -- Islandgirl, 07:06:16 10/12/05 Wed
    - Serious shows -- detoured, 13:28:39 10/12/05 Wed
      - I like serious shows -- SMH, 06:45:50 10/13/05 Thu
        There are a lot of different genre's again -- CW, 11:31:26 10/19/05 Wed
        I have actually been a fan of... -- Stardoe, 18:55:21 10/31/05 Mon
        Inspector Lynley and Miss Marple -- CW, 06:59:49 11/04/05 Fri