Best Crime Show?

i've been getting into the CSI series; i never really liked watching crime much but that's changed now. so i reckon the best ones are CSI:NY, Law & Order :SVU and CSI: Miami.

so what do you reckon's the best crime show around on TV?

You managed to sum up some of the worst

I used to watch the CSI's but I got out of the crime phase. The only one I watch now is Castle, mostly because its also a comedy as well as a crime show. It is much lighter than the CSI's and not nearly as sick.

Wire

Originally Posted by therussian

Wire

Beat me to it. Best show ever.

Yup definitely the wire. Some other of my favorites are:

• The Sopranos
• Breaking Bad
• Dexter
• Oz
• Sons of Anarchy
• Prison Break

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Originally Posted by therussian

Wire

Indeed, The Shield was also half decent but the protagonist was such a raging :wub: that I just tired of it, I can't look at shows like CSI and other shite like that since I dislike shows where the police has a higher budget than NASA.

The First 48

Wire [2].



Sopranos.



Breaking Bad.

Cracker (not the American remake of it, of course)

The Wire 110%. Although it is probably more of a social and political commentary then a mere crime drama.

As people, several times, mentioned above - the Wire.
No other "crime" show comes close.

SVU is good. Sopranos was amazing.

I can't stand CSI either.

something i've noticed about the CSIs, besides the NASA budget, it's probably only a few actors who carry the whole show; the rest of the cast are there simply because they're pretty and it's up to the director to make it.
like the last CSI: MIami episode, like wtf; crappy acting, cinematography, horrible takes; the director ought to be impaled for such crap.

CSI: new york on the other hand is so much better; in fact, it beats the Wire mainly cuz i have no idea what the Wire is

They are all pretty much the same.. I wish half of them would be cancelled to make room for some more varied programming.

The Shield 1000%.

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