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...several episodes or seasons. The approach made creators like Hill Street's Steven Bochco and The X-Files' Chris Carter into auteurs. But business-wise, story arcs are a problem. Much of the money in TV is made from repeats and syndication, and viewers don't like to follow serial stories in reruns. "One of the best cop shows of the '80s was [the serial drama] Wiseguy," says Wolf. "But now it's worthless. Worthless. And with all due respect, because it's very well done, I don't know what 24 is going to be worth in syndication...
Indeed, Dragnet could use even less Dragnet. It was a mistake to keep the "dum-da-DUM-dum" theme, now irrevocably ironized, and the voice-over, while not so intrusive as Webb's, moralizes too much. There's no need to persuade us that a cop finds serial killers repellent. But as you settle into the show's rhythms and well-crafted plots, you forget these glitches. You could almost be watching Law & Order...
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...Crime: China's Serial Killers...
...Crime: China's Serial Killers...