When the original CSI debuted on CBS, I knew right away I had found a terrific show. Great plot from episode to episode, good characters, and even the cast seemed to have a lot of chemistry. So it didn’t surprise me when CBS announced they were doing a spin-off series, and eventually another one. All of this spin-off mania makes me point to Law & Order.
L&O’s popularity has sunk like a stone over the past decade. Law & Order: Criminal Intent had to be moved to USA just to stay on the air. Law & Order: Trial by Jury only lasted one season before getting axed. Spin-offs make sense from a money standpoint, but just because the original was successful, it doesn’t mean off-shoots or spin-offs will be.
On another token, I’ve just about had it with police dramas. I swear the only network without one is Food Network, and it’s only a matter of time until they manage to get Alton Brown and Giada De Laurentiis involved in one…
Giada De Laurentiis
What I like about the summer is a break from all of the police/FBI/CIA procedurals. Yet, CBS has announced they are looking to do a spin-off of Criminal Minds, one of their FBI procedurals. Then there’s the SWAT drama, Flashpoint, which will be debuting very soon. I don’t know about everyone else, but I need a break from all of this. We can’t even escape news about spin-offs during the summer anymore.
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