The crime drama is nearly as old as television itself, with its first success, “Dragnet,” making the jump from radio to the tube in the 1940s, and the genre has thrived ever since.
However, while some modern shows have successfully used the format to talk about bigger things, it’s a harder genre to love today.Though enjoyed worldwide, cop and crime shows in the U.S.
haven’t always kept up with the culture.
While most of the best examples we have can look, unflinchingly, at some of the too-optimistic portrayals of the police and discuss them, some still retain the Western-style simplistic polarity of bad guys versus good.
Crime,…The post The 18 Best Crime Dramas in TV History appeared first on /Film.
Read full article