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Originally Posted by GoSharks
I'm guessing you were a Hills Street Blues fan!  For me, I think the dialog is the most important...I love good writing, but it has to have a smattering of intelligent humor or I tend to find it depressing. Law & Order is a perfect example, I liked the depth of characters but eventually found the story lines so depressing that I lost interest in the show...  |
I don't really remember much about Hills Street Blues. My TV preferences hadn't yet developed at that point.
But I do watch Adam-12 every weekday at 4pm on our local Retro TV affiliate. While obviously dated and old-fashioned by today's standards, THAT is a genuine "cops doing cop stuff" show.
I agree about the dialog and intelligent humor, which is why I preferred Law & Order: CI over SVU. (Plus the Benson/Stabler "dramatic tension" got really old after a few years. They should have named the show "Law & Order: Detectives With Issues".) And CI also had more "happy endings" than SVU. But I don't watch any L&O anymore. I'm still a Vincent D'Onofrio fan, even if he is a bit of a spoiled brat in person. (At least that was my impression being around him for several hours.)The new L&O looks good (and I like Molina), but I've only caught one episode.