At the time that was a record for a crime drama.

He also drew on his experience writing crime drama for the procedural elements of the plot.

The two generally have conversations while speaking in a manner similar to an old 1930s crime drama.

It was typical of many crime dramas produced during the period.

How has all this crime drama shaped our perceptions, for better or worse, of law enforcement here in the real world?

It was the first contemporary crime drama Small made after a series of swashbucklers.

This role gave Burr another hit series, the first crime drama show ever to star a disabled police officer.

By late 1976, the show had become a more serious and traditional crime drama.

During the show's run the series became more serious in tone and more of a traditional crime drama.

"There are so many crime dramas on the air."

She gave them an alternative to Westerns and hard-boiled police procedurals.

Unlike standard police procedurals, the show drew heavily upon 1980s New Wave culture and music.

In the international, electronically connected world of police procedurals, only the Scandinavians are truly exotic.

Films in this category range from police procedurals to gothic horror.

Whoever did what, this is one of the best police procedurals you're likely to read this season.

As a straight-ahead thriller, it is just simply awful and contains some of the worst police procedurals I've ever seen in a movie.

Parker's books are police procedurals set in Southern California.

Michael Pearce (1933) is an award-winning author of historical fiction and police procedurals.

I knew there was a reason why I read all those police procedurals.

Law enforcement jargon is heavily used in police procedurals and similar shows.