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...show after military-cop show--made it more homogeneous. They have taught TV to tell entertaining, simple stories without dumbing them down--and left the networks uninterested in much besides simple stories. The CSI effect has produced TV that looks 21st century but is as conventional as a rerun of Mannix. In some ways CSI is among the best that network drama has to offer, and it is evidence of how limited the networks' idea of "best" has become...
...same reason, procedurals do better in reruns and syndication. This is especially important when sitcoms are in a years-long slump and reality shows usually don't rerun at all. Also, because viewers are drawn more by the crimes than the characters, the shows are less vulnerable to Friends-style salary hijackings. Last summer, when CSI co-stars George Eads and Jorja Fox held out for raises, they were quickly fired. (They later settled and were rehired...
Viewers may find the spectacle something of a rerun of the overtly inclusionary 2000 convention; campaign officials are again asking state delegations to stress diversity. Projecting such an image is crucial after weeks of strident exchanges between the parties, culminating in Vice President Cheney's outburst at Democratic Senator Pat Leahy last week. Cheney will get a prime-time spot too, of course, but insiders say he's unlikely to join in the gentler approach. "Cheney soften?" says a Bush official. "Don't bet on it." --By John F. Dickerson
...seconds into Sex and the City, the HBO sitcom cleaned up so it can be rerun on TBS (starting this Tuesday), you notice something missing. It's not the sex; it's the samba. The opening credits are cut radically, bars of the Latin theme song snipped. What does a risque pay-cable show look like on basic cable? For one thing, shorter...
...Jury is part of Fox's strategy to forgo the summer-rerun season. The network launches six new shows this month, even though the summer has been friendlier to escapist confections like The O.C. and, especially, reality series. Then again, consider how many great reality-show moments--tribal councils, boardrooms--are just people sitting around talking. As on many reality shows, The Jury ends in a dramatic "reveal": a flashback, after the verdict, to the crime (or noncrime), which lets the audience see whether the jury got it right. It makes for provocative, thoughtful endings, the kind that could just...