Top TV cop and fire shows
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Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 4:17 PM EDT
- CurtR
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"Law and Order" still going strong???? I'll bet that's news to Dick Wolf.... -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 4:20 PM EDT
- BD1958
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"Third Watch" should definitely be on this list! Especially on the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, this show -- which was in production at the time -- did an incredible, understated and moving job of dealing with the disaster. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 4:32 PM EDT
- dazz
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"The Wire" didn't even make the list, this thing is retahded -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 4:33 PM EDT
- MJFonline
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Just adding to the chorus here: #1 The Wire. #2 Homicide. Move the rest of them down a couple places. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 4:41 PM EDT
- charolastra
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How did you leave off Third Watch?? Amazing show and only about cops and firefighters. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 4:42 PM EDT
- blwhite
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Chips, Emergency, Rescue 911, SWAT were all good shows back when I was growning up. How about Rookie Blue running now...that's a modern day TJHooker and much better. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 4:46 PM EDT
- corpsie
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The Wire is in a class by itself. I don't see them teaching a class about Hill Street Blues at Harvard. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 4:55 PM EDT
- exitseven7
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What about Baretta? -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 5:02 PM EDT
- susan313
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Homicide is a glaring omission - it should be in the top 3. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 5:30 PM EDT
- huh123
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Homicide...Life on the Streets is the most realistic show...take it from me. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 5:32 PM EDT
- blwhite
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Trauma was another short lived TV show centered around EMS. Third Watch and Trauma were 2 good modern day Emergency / Rescue 911 versions that should still be on. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 5:32 PM EDT
- nancysyd
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Any best cop show list that doesn't include Homicide: Life on the Street is not worth looking at. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 5:41 PM EDT
- Cam23dw
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It is a bit shocking that 'The Sheild" was ranked 10th. This was and is the best cop show of all time. The way the show linked seasons (in some cases, issues in season 2 werent resolved till season 4) and character issues together was awesome.
2 of the main characters went to the grave and one to jail - never speaking of anything they did. Too good to be 10. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 5:47 PM EDT
- Brendanerin
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The Wire should have been number one on this list. I cant believe it didnt even make it in your top twenty. I also agree with other postings that Homicide, Life on the Streets, should also be included. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 6:05 PM EDT
- Dineensm
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How is "Third Watch" not on this list? It should be in the top 5 shows. I loved that show and wasn't just about Police, it was about fire too. I miss that show. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 6:06 PM EDT
- Dineensm
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AGREED 100%
In Response to Re: Top TV cop and fire shows:"Third Watch" should definitely be on this list! Especially on the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, this show -- which was in production at the time -- did an incredible, understated and moving job of dealing with the disaster.
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Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 6:19 PM EDT
- bingdesign03
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The Wire was not only the best cop show ever made, it can be argued (well, at that) that it's the greatest TV show ever made. I understand brain farts, but leaving out The Wire would require brain Depends. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 6:46 PM EDT
- kbembel
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In Response to Top TV cop and fire shows:Do you have a cop or fire show that didn't make Boston.com's Top 20 Police and Fire television shows list ? Share your opinion!
Posted by BDCEditor
Seriously, The Wire not at #2 behind HSB???, but NOT EVEN ON THE LIST?????
Even the Boston Herald would have had it in the top 5.
No accounting for taste at the Globe these days, who is doing the lists, Devra First? -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 6:46 PM EDT
- nesportsfan6013
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How about Homicide Life on the Streets? Someone else mentioned Third Watch. Although I loved Magnum PI, it wasn't really a cop show. Tom Selleck as Jess Stone, great TV movies. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 6:47 PM EDT
- Spiraling-out-of-The-Den
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Absolutely agree that The Wire should at least be top 3 if not the best. How about C.O.P.S. that revolutionized reality television? And the longevity that shows has had -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 6:47 PM EDT
- johnsmith11111111111111
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What a joke. I expected The Wire at #1, it wasn't there at all. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 6:48 PM EDT
- rmpjr
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The Wire isn't on this list? Anywhere? Unbelievable. Great acting, crisply drawn characters, thought-provoking story lines and dialogue straight off the street don't count for much in the genre, do they? -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 6:49 PM EDT
- kbembel
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In Response to Re: Top TV cop and fire shows:The Wire was not only the best cop show ever made, it can be argued (well, at that) that it's the greatest TV show ever made. I understand brain farts, but leaving out The Wire would require brain Depends.
Posted by bingdesign03
AMEN!!!!!!
Appenantly the writers got "FBI" confused with"HBO"
"For the purposes of this countdown, we've eliminated private investigators, medical examiners, and FBI shows from this list."
IMO, due to the writing, the realism, and the character developmetn, The Wire is the best cop TV show (er, TV show) that ever aired! I expected it to be in either 1st or 2nd place next to Hill Street, which rightfully deserves the praise. This is like a top 20 list for sci fi fims that does not include Avatar since it was in 3D.... -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 7:00 PM EDT
- kargiver
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Totally agree with "Homicide: Life on the Streets" and "Third Watch." GLARING omissions. -
Re: Top TV cop and fire shows
posted at 9/7/2011 7:07 PM EDT
- lccprez
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"Car54 Where are You" represented some of TV's finest moments - great characters, realistic plots and superb acting. Toody and Muldoon were played by actors who were clones of Olivier.
When that show ended, I stopped watching TV.
Not.