I was looking for a new TV show to watch on prime and started Colony, and half way through the first episode it is revealed it is a cop show. It looks like there is an anti cop element to it, but I am tired of cop shows at all.
I started to watch Blindspot a while back, but that was an FBI show.
While scrolling Hulu the other day I saw a show with Sweet Dee from Always Sunny… Yup another cop show.
Any good, not cop, shows on Prime?
The Cop/Doctor/Lawyer show cycle just goes on and on. They’re known as “procedurals” and have been around forever. For some reason they’re very popular (NCIS has been on for 23 years!).
Every now and then you get an interesting riff like comedy (Car 54) or edgy (Miami Vice, NYPD Blue) or soapy (LA Law, Grays Anatomy). But usually they are just dry/drab (Dragnet and Dick Wolf).
Westerns went through the same kind of churn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural_drama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_procedural
To add these types of shows also have an infinite possibility of problems that characters can deal with.
Crimes be happening.
Disease be happening.
Laws be happening, see also crimes be happening.
Every week something is happening.
Yes, and the procedural nature of the show makes for easier writing. When the basic plot of the show is one of a handful of formulas, all you need to worry about are the details. Technically-inclined writers can just crank that stuff out quickly!
I would love a good western that was not cop related (Bass Reaves was good, but he was a cop). I have been enjoying the Abandons, but it was cancelled and I cannot watch Netflix at work.