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Pick Your Favorite CBS Procedural

Pick Your Poison

  • Cold Case

    Votes: 5 14.3%
  • Criminal Minds

    Votes: 6 17.1%
  • CSI

    Votes: 6 17.1%
  • CSI: Miami

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • CSI: New York

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The Mentalist

    Votes: 5 14.3%
  • NCIS

    Votes: 12 34.3%
  • NCIS: Los Angeles

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Flashpoint

    Votes: 1 2.9%

  • Total voters
    35
1. CSI and 2. NCIS though I don't watch either anymore, got sick of them eventually. Plus without Grissom and Warrick? Meh.
 
I watch Criminal Minds, CSI, NCIS, NCIS LA, CSI NY, Flashpoint and Numb3rs, but I'd say NCIS is my favourite because of the characters.

Gave up on Miami. I enjoy Cold Case when I see it, but it's not that often.
 
I don't really watch any of them. I liked the first season of Criminal Minds but I haven't watched it since.
 
I don't like any of them really. I voted for Cold Case because it's at least watchable. My favorite procedurals are all on different channels apparently, my favorite being Law and Order: SVU.
 
Not all crime shows are "procedurals." Cold Case doesn't really belong in the poll. It is not really about the science and techniques of crime solving--ballistics, fingerprints, DNA, etc.

Cold Case is a character-driven drama. It explores the lives of crime victims and criminals. CSI and the others don't really do the same thing.
 
Of the shows listed, I watch three of them, having lost interest in the CSI's long ago.

In order of preference:

1. NCIS (I love this show - the characters are awesome! IMO, the best all-around cast and writing for that cast on TV, period)
2. Cold Case (I love these characters too, and the period music is great. Plus, I love the whole period aspect of the show itself)
3. NCIS: LA - I'm warming up to it a bit, although I still can't say that it is even a shadow of NCIS. Nevertheless, it's decent. Don't like all the characters like I do with NCIS...but there aren't any I detest either.
 
NCIS. The cast is extraordinary and the writing can be extremely good at times but it's mainly all about the cast and their interactions. CSI is good too but would be better if Grissom and Warrick were still on.
 
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