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Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.

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This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]

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Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2009 7:08:52 am PDT #2624 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

When did detective shows start using story arcs and continuing character elements? I remember the shows from the 70s, where everything was a standalone, except for recurring characters like Wo Fat on Hawaii 50 (loved Wo Fat) and such.

Didn't Magnum PI have a few arcing elements? Or did they just do occasional multi-parters?

Toddson - Mar 18, 2009 7:10:58 am PDT #2625 of 11831
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Wasn't Wiseguy the first to do it?

Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2009 7:12:36 am PDT #2626 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I think HSB was up an running prior to Wiseguy.

Kathy A - Mar 18, 2009 7:15:08 am PDT #2627 of 11831
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

HSB was definitely on-air before Wiseguy. I know I watched it (HSB) in my college dorm around 1985, and I think Wiseguy dates from the late '80s/early '90s.

Beverly - Mar 18, 2009 7:40:39 am PDT #2628 of 11831
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I read Beverly to mean she wouldn't get DVDs. They are being made.

Woo! No, if they're made I will definitely have them, if I have to sell a kidney.

It was just that as far as I knew, TNT didn't dvd its original shows.

§ ita § - Mar 18, 2009 7:45:17 am PDT #2629 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

John Rogers has been soliciting for extras ideas (I want fight choreography details), so I'm pretty sure they're a go.

Tom Scola - Mar 18, 2009 7:56:57 am PDT #2630 of 11831
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

TNT didn't dvd its original shows.

Leverage is produced by the same people who did The Librarian movies, and those definitely made it to DVD.

Beverly - Mar 18, 2009 9:31:43 am PDT #2631 of 11831
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

This should probably go in BS, but I'm unsubbed. ita--I just saw an ad for I Am Omega--an Omega Man remake thing starring Mark Dacascos. I must have been living on Mars to have missed this. Premieres this Saturday at 9:00 on SciFi. Or SyFy, whatever.

sumi - Mar 18, 2009 9:39:14 am PDT #2632 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!

Oh, no doubt after the classic movie "Spring Break Shark Attack" that I saw advertised during the BSG: Last Frakkin' Special I tivoed yesterday.

Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2009 9:48:58 am PDT #2633 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I Am Omega--an Omega Man remake

I wonder if they paid Richard Matheson for that.

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