Top 5 Criminal Justice TV Shows
Criminal justice shows happen to be very different from the ordinary TV program and soap operas and primarily revolves around characters like cops, lawyers and crime scene investigators. Below is the list of most famous programs on criminal justice including factors like length of time on air as well as popularity of the programs.
Law and Order: It is considered as one of the longest running program on criminal justice and is immensely popular. It is playing its 20th season at the fall of 2009 of NBC. This is the brainchild of creator Dick Wolf; Law & Order is the longest running crime series. It is 1997 Emmy Award winner for Outperforming Drama Series. Shot at and about on New York City, this program looks at the crime and justice from a double standard and logic.
Hawaii Five-O: Starred with Jack Lord, it is the TV series based upon Hawaii state police department. Jack Lord is in the main lead of the episodes of these series. The show telecasted on air successfully in 12 seasons, from 1968 to 1980. The show was produced by CBS television network. Created by Leonard Freeman, the program was shot at various locations in Honolulu, Hawaii, island of Oahu and other Hawaiian islands. The series is weaved around the Hawaii Five-O four member police unit that is answerable only to governor and tries to keep check on crime trouble in the city.
Dragnet: This crime series is based upon the actions of L.A. police detective Joe Friday. It is syndicated as Badge 714 and is a radio and television crime drama not only about Joe Friday, but also his partners too. It is one of the most popular and famous police procedural dramas in TV crime series history. It helped to improve the image of police officials. And series was immensely so popular that that its cultural impact would be even felt yet after five decades.
Perry Mason: It is based upon the fictional character of Perry Mason who was an amazing attorney lawyer. The character of Perry Mason was authored by Erle Stanley Gardner. The character is portrayed again and again in 80 novels and short stories as his client being put to the trial. He, in the series is shown successfully acquitting his client by proving their innocence and proving any other person guilty for the crime. He is played on longest running lawyer series from 1957 to 1966 on television.
NYPD Blue: This television series was based upon an edgy NY cop and telecasted in mid of 1993 to 2005. The setting of the drama show was based upon New York rolled around the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. In each of the series of the TV show in every episode a number of episodes are intervened with each other.