If you’re looking to produce yet another crime series, one way to hook audiences is pulling all the stops in an impressive pilot episode. Some shows like CSI start by showing a usual day at the office. The Numb3rs pilot went in a totally different direction (my initial sentiment in 2005 was thinking Numb3rs was yet another CSI), and it worked pretty well. Continue reading »
Move over, Tony Shaloub. It’s Sherlock Holmes for the purposely illiterate. James Roday’s the new Monk in this week’s episode of
TELEMUMBLE
Wasting your time faster than the real thing
Back in late 19th century London (probably my most boring opener yet) Britain’s finest used to laugh at the private investigator’s crime-solving techniques. Nowadays you won’t find a CSI episode where Warrick or Nick or Eric (Bruckheimer must like his “ics”) doesn’t look at footprints or try to name the brand of cigar left at the scene.
Now that the original Sherlock Holme’s act’s pretty much part of standard police work, TV networks try to put new twists in their shows, like having shows where the feds hire genius mathematicians (Numb3rs) or computer geeks (Chuck), or having cases solved by Emmy award-winning guys with OCD (it’s a shame Stark Raving Mad never got off but he and Doogie seem to be doing well on their own). Or, in this Telemumble episode’s case, having a police force gamble its reputation on a guy who claims he’s psychic.