Posted: 9/22/2010 5:43:03 PM EDT
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"I don't even know no pooch" Thursdays at 10 Pilot is online: http://abc.go.com/shows/detroit-1-8-7  I think the series has some potential. Good to see Michael Imperioli back on TV. Some decent comedy, they're not going overboard with the drama, the scenery is definitely interesting. If you've seen it, what do you think? |
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I'm DVR'ing this one, then parking the episodes on an external hard-drive until I decide whether or not to watch it/see if it gets cancelled early. I do this with most new series now, since in the past some of the ones I really liked got cancelled after a handful of episodes.  If that happens now, I just delete the ones I have recorded and I haven't invested any time in a dead end. There are only a couple of new shows this season that I'm giving a chance right out of the gate, without my "buffer."  |
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Quoted: I'm DVR'ing this one, then parking the episodes on an external hard-drive until I decide whether or not to watch it/see if it gets cancelled early. I do this with most new series now, since in the past some of the ones I really liked got cancelled after a handful of episodes. If that happens now, I just delete the ones I have recorded and I haven't invested any time in a dead end. There are only a couple of new shows this season that I'm giving a chance right out of the gate, without my "buffer." I actually thought this was going to be the "reality show" that caused a stir not too long ago. But it's not, and so far it's good. I'll give it a few more episodes at least. |
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Quoted: I just can't watch action/cop/drama shows on regular channels anymore. The FCC is just too limiting on them. After watching "Rome", "Deadwood", "The Wire", etc.... it is hard to go back to vanilla TV. Usually I find the writing atrocious and the over the top drama ridiculous, but I agree with you. |
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The pilot was filmed in Atlanta not Detroit.
As someone pointed out 187 is the code for homicide in California not Michigan In real life... Detroit PD's crime lab was shut down because it mishandled so many pieces of evidence that nearly all the cases were tainted. Detroit PD's headquarters and offices are so dilapidated (including the homicide department) and run down that no one wants to work there. Detroit's homicide rate is high and the closure rate is only about 30%. Since I rarely if ever watch network tv, I doubt if I will see another episode. |
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I just can't watch action/cop/drama shows on regular channels anymore. The FCC is just too limiting on them. After watching "Rome", "Deadwood", "The Wire", etc.... it is hard to go back to vanilla TV. I don't watch any TV at all, maybe 1 hour a month-and that's not at home. The problem I am having watching this show is the various sub plots being cycled thru so fast it seems like the show is a patchwork of 30 second bits that only tie loosely together at the end. I can't ever remember Hill Street Blues being this bad for it. |
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The pilot was filmed in Atlanta not Detroit. As someone pointed out 187 is the code for homicide in California not Michigan In real life... Detroit PD's crime lab was shut down because it mishandled so many pieces of evidence that nearly all the cases were tainted. Detroit PD's headquarters and offices are so dilapidated (including the homicide department) and run down that no one wants to work there. Detroit's homicide rate is high and the closure rate is only about 30%. Since I rarely if ever watch network tv, I doubt if I will see another episode. Then why did all of the Detroit news stations report where the filming in the city was taking place, annd a call for extras |
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I watched about 15min of the show and I realized I am sick of cop shows. How many damn different "angles" can you put on a damn cop drama. The whole premise is tired and played out. Same thing goes for lawyer, doctor\hospital, and crime scene dramas. I think it's time to dust off the western. Have Gun Will Travel, Wanted Dead or Alive, Wagon Train. I guess they ran out of the Boones, McQueens and Bonds. |
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"I don't even know no pooch" Thursdays at 10 Pilot is online: http://abc.go.com/shows/detroit-1-8-7 http://i52.tinypic.com/2lvh18w.jpg I think the series has some potential. Good to see Michael Imperioli back on TV. Some decent comedy, they're not going overboard with the drama, the scenery is definitely interesting. If you've seen it, what do you think? I know one of the lead homicide investigators in Detroit. (Works out of the Grand River and Schaefer precinct as a Sergeant.) I see him alot at the bar/restaurant near my home and have beers with him quite a bit. Big strong guy who looks street wise. Let me put it this way............. He does not look like those two wimps. 
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I just can't watch action/cop/drama shows on regular channels anymore. The FCC is just too limiting on them. After watching "Rome", "Deadwood", "The Wire", etc.... it is hard to go back to vanilla TV. Usually I find the writing atrocious and the over the top drama ridiculous, but I agree with you. Southland really toed the line and it got them kicked off NBC. Thankfully, it was picked up by TNT, but even then they really censored a couple episodes. |
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I just can't watch action/cop/drama shows on regular channels anymore. The FCC is just too limiting on them. After watching "Rome", "Deadwood", "The Wire", etc.... it is hard to go back to vanilla TV. Usually I find the writing atrocious and the over the top drama ridiculous, but I agree with you. Southland really toed the line and it got them kicked off NBC. Thankfully, it was picked up by TNT, but even then they really censored a couple episodes. I watched a couple episodes of Southland on Netflix and just couldn't get into it. |
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Episode three. "If you really knew what happened in New York, you'd be crapping in your pants right now." Looks like the beginning of an interesting story arc with a big real estate developer. This episode had lots of great scenes in it, really good views of the city. Detroit must have been an amazing place... once upon a time. Good to see Washington back too, I really thought he was a one-episode guy. As to ratings: The Numbers Are In…Now What Do They Mean? posted on October 4, 2010 Well, love it or hate it, plenty of people tuned in for the second episode of "Detroit 1-8-7″. According to our good friends at Neilsen, more than 8.7 million viewers were watching Tuesday night. So what does that mean? Well, it’s pretty good compared to NBC’s "Parenthood”, which pulled in only 4.8 million viewers. But it wasn’t quite enough to compete with CBS and "The Good Wife” which is a returning show, and grabbed 12.8 million viewers. Although if I had to guess, the people out there watching Detroit 1-8-7 are NOT "The Good Wife’s” target audience. Nearly 9mil don't sound too bad to me, can't all be number one. This is a network show, which I expect to be crap. It's not though, it's entertaining. While it's not on the level of The Shield, so far it's definitely better than say... 24 season two. Only time will tell... I read that there are 8 episodes in the can, it could go either way. |
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Quoted: 187 is the California penal code section for murder. Using it in the title of a police show set in Detroit is just silly. I was going to say, almost ALL of the TV 'codes' for crimes are the Cali ones... No matter what state it is... Hollywood... Go figure... |
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187 is the California penal code section for murder. Using it in the title of a police show set in Detroit is just silly. I was going to say, almost ALL of the TV 'codes' for crimes are the Cali ones... No matter what state it is... Hollywood... Go figure... People call murder 187 no matter what state it is. It gets used in Detroit all the time. |