The television landscape needs its steady supply of the big three shows: cop show, legal show, and hospital show. The cop show is in a curious place. Where not too long ago it was defined by Homicide: Life on the Streets and
NYPD Blue, one now has to go to cable to get their fix (
The Closer,
The Wire,
The Shield, even the network show, Southland, is now on cable) or else sift through endless Law & Order and
C.S.I. iterations. The hospital show, in the wake of
ER has had its void filled w...
Published on March 02, 2010 23:22