police procedural
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Claudia seeks the truth in a story that combines forensic puzzle, legal thriller and police procedural.
Their styles prove surprisingly complementary in this thoughtful and character-rich police procedural.
“That family dinner is representative of what the show is at its core — a family drama dressed up as a police procedural,” says Sonnier.
From Los Angeles Times
At the same time, once you know the basic premise of the show — it’s an elite military police procedural — it’s not hard to figure out where you are, wherever you drop in.
From Los Angeles Times
Visually, there is little to no difference between one multi-camera sitcom and the next, one single-camera mockumentary sitcom and the next, one single-camera non-mockumentary and the next, one CBS police procedural and the next.
From Los Angeles Times
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