Or maybe The Shield, followed by The Wire and Homicide: Life On The Streets.
Damn it! I can't decide!
Season 7 of the shield is released over here soon, and then I'll be in the position of owning every season of all three shows on DVD. Woohoo!
favorite CRIME DRAMA
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Season 7 of the shield is released over here soon, and then I'll be in the position of owning every season of all three shows on DVD. Woohoo!
Ah yes the infamous slide from being The Bill to being the The Bonk.
The Bill has suffered from timeslot changes. The early episodes had a lot harder edge to them with the C word making it the screen long before it got uttered on Sex And The City (Language, violence, nudity -all featured in The Bill prior to the mid/late 80s).
Barnaby is more pleasant character on screen than he is the books.
Not sure were they till go though as the actor who plays Barnaby has announced his departure from the show (next year I think).
RobertScorpio
Pariah
usually I would agree...but sometimes I feel there can be no right or wrong answer with these kinds of questions. This isn't a popularity contest..just a sharing of our love for CRIME DRAMAS...
Rob
To me The Closer still holds the honor of the greatest tv 'ownage' scene ever. If anyone remembers the first season episode with the snotty rich kid who raped and killed his Mexican housekeepers daughter?
Hooked ever since.
Hooked ever since.
Magnum, PI and Dexter, if they qualify. Hill Street Blues also made a big impression on my when I was young (back in the dark ages).
I also like Law and Order and L&O Criminal Intent.
I also like Law and Order and L&O Criminal Intent.
Another NYPD Blue fan here.
I really wish they'd start airing reruns again, or put the rest of the show out on DVD.
I really wish they'd start airing reruns again, or put the rest of the show out on DVD.
Old School - Dragnet and Mannix
Almost Old School - Hill Street Blues
New School - Law & Order (all of the Ben Stone, Robinette, Claire, Abby and Adam Schiff days, not fond of McCoy and definitely despise Cutter)
The Shield
Law & Order: CI
Which category does Starsky & Hutch fall into?
Almost Old School - Hill Street Blues
New School - Law & Order (all of the Ben Stone, Robinette, Claire, Abby and Adam Schiff days, not fond of McCoy and definitely despise Cutter)
The Shield
Law & Order: CI
Which category does Starsky & Hutch fall into?
Homicide and the Law and Order franchise.
OK, I'll buy that.
Now classify, Charlie's Angels, if you can.
I also forgot (as I ran into my double posting problem), The Rockford Files makes my list for Almost Old School.
the shield and ncis for me.
OK, I'll buy that.
Now classify, Charlie's Angels, if you can.
I also forgot (as I ran into my double posting problem), The Rockford Files makes my list for Almost Old School.
Yes, Rockford Files should definitely qualify for the Old School list. It was a great detective series.
Charlie's Angels? Um....Jiggle Detective Pseudo-Drama?
Homicide: Life on the Streets
The first four years are pretty much about as good as police procedurals get
Most recently I'd have to say The Wire, which is quite possibly the finest piece of television ever written
I also have a soft spot for the short-lived remake of Dragnet starring Ed O'Neil and Ethan Embry. Shame it was re-tooled (and ruined) when it became L.A. Dragnet
The first four years are pretty much about as good as police procedurals get
Most recently I'd have to say The Wire, which is quite possibly the finest piece of television ever written
I also have a soft spot for the short-lived remake of Dragnet starring Ed O'Neil and Ethan Embry. Shame it was re-tooled (and ruined) when it became L.A. Dragnet
