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Date Posted: 16:52:25 10/11/05 Tue
Author: BDM
Subject: Too many procedurals
In reply to: detoured 's message, "Re: Too many crime shows on TV?" on 14:47:43 10/11/05 Tue

The cop shows of the 70s were more action shows (Hawaii 5-0, SWAT, Starsky & Hutch) while those of the 80s/90s were dramas like Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Homicide, etc. Law & Order and CSI have spawned sequels & imitators so now we have Cold Case, Criminal Behavior, Numb3rs, NCIS, etc. I can't watch any more crime scenes with that one little piece of evidence breaking open the whole case & DNA being analyzed in 5 minutes.

They also owe something to XF as they were a procedural show too, at first anyway. I think XF also owes a debt to Twin Peaks as Agent Dale Cooper is a Mulder prototype and therefore the prototype for all oddball investigators.

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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