Police procedural television series

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 165. Chapters: Dragnet, David Cassidy: Man Under Cover, NYPD Blue, Law & Order, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Bill, Criminal Minds, Life, Monk, NCIS, Life on Mars, CSI: Miami, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hill Street Blues, Bones, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Ashes to Ashes, Flashpoint, Numb3rs, Adam-12, Law & Order: UK, Homicide: Life on the Street, Wiseguy, The Mentalist, The Closer, Walker, Texas Ranger, CSI: NY, Rookie Blue, Law & Order: Los Angeles, NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawaii Five-0, Without a Trace, 21 Jump Street, Rizzoli & Isles, New York Undercover, Castle, Southland, Cops L.A.C., Whitechapel, Cold Case, T. J. Hooker, White Collar, Police Rescue, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, The Force: Behind the Line, The Inside, Dark Blue, Rescue: Special Ops, Keen Eddie, Rush, Thorne, The Glades, HolbyBlue, Robbery Homicide Division, The Jury, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Killer Instinct, Dick Spanner, P.I., Space Precinct, Fabian of the Yard, Identity, Booker, Memphis Beat, 87th Precinct, The Rookies, The Forgotten, Racket Squad, Wanted, Man Against Crime, The District, Gece Gündüz, King, Força-Tarefa, Paris, NCS: Manhunt, Big Apple, Crime & Punishment, DEA, The Beat, Post Mortem, Precinct 101, DDU: District Detective Unit. Excerpt: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as CSI: Las Vegas) is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It is filmed primarily at Universal Studios in Universal City, California. The series follows Las Vegas criminalists as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". An immediate ratings smash for CBS, the series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter and popular characters. The network quickly capitalized on its hit with spin-offs CSI: Miami and CSI: NY. CSI has been recognized as the most popular dramatic series internationally by the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo, which has awarded it the "International Television Audience Award (Best Television Drama Series)" three times. CSI's worldwide audience was estimated to be over 73.8 million viewers in 2009. Anthony E. Zuiker has stated that there will be more seasons to come in the future. The show aired its 250th episode on May 5, 2011. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Television and CBS Productions, which became CBS Paramount Television in the fall of 2006, and CBS Television Studios three years later. Formerly a co-production with the now-defunct Alliance Atlantis Communications, that company's interest in the series is now owned by investment firm GS Capital Partners, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs. CBS acquired AAC's international distribution rights to the program, though the non-US DVD distribution rights did not change (for example, Momentum Pictures continues to own UK DVD rights). The show currently airs Thursdays at 9 pm ET/PT on CBS. The series has been heavily criticized-almost since its debut-by police and district attorneys, who feel CSI portrays an inaccurate image of how police solve crimes, and by the Parents Television Council, who note the lev