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"Murder she wrote", you say? Googling it now ...
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Never missed an episode 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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It was much better than Quincy.
Don't know when it came out but I am hooked on Midsommer Murders.
ed
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Given the death rate there (395 murders, around 581 deaths in total and an additional 164 attempted murders) Midsommer is hardly a safe place to live.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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It's been updated. The new series is called the Chicago Murders, and it's a reality show. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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sad, but so true. Chicago is currently the most dangerous city in America. I know 3 life long residents of Chicago that have moved to other States in the last year because of the murders and crime.
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Or the property taxes, which have gone ballistic.
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Actually that would be Memphis, or Detroit depending on which rubber ruler you use.
Chicago doesn't even make the top 10.
Detroit, MI
Memphis, TN
Birmingham, AL
Baltimore, MD
St. Louis, MO
Kansas City, MO
Cleveland, OH
Little Rock, AR
Milwaukee, WI
Stockton, CA
Certain people like to lie about Chicago because it's what some people want to hear, so they are more inclined to believe it. It's manipulation through confirmation bias - really popular among the propagandists these days.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I wonder if I'll be living long enough to see the series of the 2020s described in a manner similar to how the 70s and 80s series are described in this discussion 
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I'm going to live forever--- Or die trying. -- "Stephen Wright".
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If you're as young as your avatar looks - probably. Otherwise, no. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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trønderen wrote: the series of the 2020s
Have they made another one? Or are you thinking of the 2008/9 series[^]?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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And TV has only grown worse since. 
May I recommend some of those things with lots of sheets of paper... whatchamacallem... books.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I've done a lot reading lately. I like to switch things up. I almost never watch TV, so i decided to try something different.
Personally, I think TV has gotten better. You'd have never seen something like Breaking Bad in the 1980s.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Breaking bad?
We had Terminator, Star Trek and Babylon 5.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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And Breaking Bad had objectively better writing, cinematography and acting than any of that. Film students don't study Star Trek.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Film students don't study Star Trek
Not gonna argue.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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That's fine. There are shows I like better than breaking bad, to be clear (The Practice comes to mind, despite the much smaller budget), but that's not what I'm getting at. They broke a lot of ground from a filmmaking perspective, especially given the serial format. They shot everything on 16mm and took a limited amount of film to each set to keep the actors on point. They wrote the entire story arc before shooting a single scene, but every episode was pored over and perfected in a way you just don't see in traditional TV, particularly when you go back a few decades. Deadwood I would argue, similarly, even on HBO you'd have never seen something that took that much effort hitting the screen the way it did in the 1980s.
I think part of it is adults ceded big screen movies to kids, and now its the province of things like Transformers and the Marvel universe, driving some of the bigger budget storytelling to smaller screens.
Real programmers use butterflies
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honey the codewitch wrote: I think part of it is adults ceded big screen movies to kids
I threw out the TV a few years back.
Best idea ever 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I recently got netflix, but aside from that I haven't had actual TV fed into my home since a clinton was in the white house.
I do however, occasionally find something worth watching which I will through alternative means, often times with friends or family on their recommendation, because it stands out in some way. I find I like a good story, regardless of the medium.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Any use of expressions like 'objectively better writing' should be prefixed with 'in my personal opinion'. Such as
'Breaking Bad had, in my personal opinion, objectively better writing, cinematography and acting than any of that.'
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I'm using the labor theory of value here. They put more effort into writing their stories than the other shows. More raw time and energy.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Kit is the best actor in the series.
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I'm afraid this is one of those series that did NOT age well, at all, and it's not just because of the technology used. They weren't even trying to be futuristic - it was taking place "at that time", not at some time in the future (which is a problem for a lot of series that try to do that sort of thing).
About the car talking...it was a thing, even when the series was on the air. If "a door is ajar" doesn't ring a bell, then you didn't live through it. Fortunately car manufacturers came to their senses and realized that because they could, didn't mean they should.
At least KITT was smarter than Siri.
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