andrew markworthy
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Please can anyone tell me how the modernised Dragnet (the one starring the guy who used to play Al Bundy) was received in the States, and whether there's likely to be more than one series of it?
The series sort of slipped out under the radar over here. It started a couple of weeks ago here in the UK at a fairly unpropitious time in the schedules. I caught the first episode by chance and to my surprise quite enjoyed it. I know it's not the original (I saw a few episodes when I was a small kid, but it's not been on Brit TV in literally decades), but I like cop shows that concentrate on crime solving rather than thinking they're dramatic masterpieces. A personal thing only, but I have an aversion to cop shows where there's as much time spent on police corruption and cops agonising about their lousy private lives as there is on investigating crimes. Plus, there's a hint of CSI about it, and CSI I love.
Anyway, any news on it State-side?
The series sort of slipped out under the radar over here. It started a couple of weeks ago here in the UK at a fairly unpropitious time in the schedules. I caught the first episode by chance and to my surprise quite enjoyed it. I know it's not the original (I saw a few episodes when I was a small kid, but it's not been on Brit TV in literally decades), but I like cop shows that concentrate on crime solving rather than thinking they're dramatic masterpieces. A personal thing only, but I have an aversion to cop shows where there's as much time spent on police corruption and cops agonising about their lousy private lives as there is on investigating crimes. Plus, there's a hint of CSI about it, and CSI I love.
Anyway, any news on it State-side?