I remember Simon and Simon, Magnum,PI, Remington Steele, and Scarecow and Mrs King, but I do not remember what was earliest.
Cordelia: You're him. You're Angel's son. Connor: It's not like I got to choose.
'Hell Bound'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
Sophia Brooks - Apr 23, 2008 3:12:13 pm PDT #1063 of 11831
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Connie Neil - Apr 23, 2008 3:18:42 pm PDT #1064 of 11831
brillig
Ah, Remington Steele . . .
Java cat - Apr 23, 2008 3:21:09 pm PDT #1065 of 11831
Not javachik
Baretta, Starskey & Hutch, Simon and Simon, Magnum, PI, Scarecow and Mrs King
I'd heard of these but not watched them
OMG, YES, Remington Steele. LOVED that show. [link]
That's another show where the female lead nearly disappeared afterwards while the male lead went on to fame and fortune in movies. Moonlighting is the other, though CShepard didn't exactly disappear.
Ginger - Apr 23, 2008 3:21:19 pm PDT #1066 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
SailAweigh - Apr 23, 2008 3:24:23 pm PDT #1067 of 11831
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Napoleaon Solo and Ilya Kuriakin! (I've no idea if I spelled that second name correct.) Man, I had TV crushes on both of them. I'm not sure if you'd include the Avengers in there or not, but Steed and Peel were my favorites. My brother and I used to playact them all the time.
Connie Neil - Apr 23, 2008 3:25:04 pm PDT #1068 of 11831
brillig
Oh, I can't believe I left out The Equalizer, scene of my first grown-up fandom, but that wasn't a procedural so much as an action-drama focusing on Robert McCall's character.
There was a short-lived series called "Ten Speed and Brown Shoe," starring Ben Vareen and Jeff Goldblum, with Ben as a con man and Jeff as geek who craved adventure, and they ended up fighting crime. It had a glorious theme song, and Jeff Goldblum was wonderful as always, but . . .
Connie Neil - Apr 23, 2008 3:26:38 pm PDT #1069 of 11831
brillig
Ilya Kuriakin!
You should watch NCIS sometimes, Sail. David McCullough plays the eccentric medical examiner, and sometimes they'll pop up with pictures of Ilya Kuriakin if they need to refer to something mysterious from the doctor's past.
Vortex - Apr 23, 2008 3:27:32 pm PDT #1070 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
What was the first procedural you really followed?
oh, gosh. Maybe Scarecrow and Mrs. King?
SailAweigh - Apr 23, 2008 3:28:15 pm PDT #1071 of 11831
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Oh, connie, that's great! I tried NCIS a couple of times, because I like shows based on the Navy, but I just didn't cotton to it. It's much overdramatized from what the NCIS folks do. Most of it is busting kids selling pot in the barracks.
DXMachina - Apr 23, 2008 3:28:54 pm PDT #1072 of 11831
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Officer David: "What was Ducky like when he was younger?"
Gibbs: "He looked like Ilya Kuryakin."