FBI Dramas

This week’s episode of Criminal Minds is a special rebroadcast called 52 Pickup. Agents Prentiss (Paget Brewster) and Todd (Meta Golding) go undercover to profile a serial killer, or pick-up artist, who uses skills of persuasion to lure women into danger. This is a very creepy episode.
Some of the highlights include a witness who has the guts to call Agent Morgan an alpha-male baldy, and make a scary come-on to Agent Prentiss in the same interview. This may be the first time I’ve seen Agent Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) peeved with one of his team members this season, as Agent …read more

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Described as a gripping network crime series, NBC’s and ER creator John Well’s Southland has burst onto the scene, with a story of a tough and experienced Los Angeles cop assigned to train a young rookie. Check out the short trailer for the series below:

The story is set on the backdrop of Los Angeles, and takes a look at not just the cops, but the victims, their families, and the criminals. Southland airs on Thursdays at 10:00 PM ET on NBC.
Watching the series, I get the feel of something between The Shield and Third Watch.  I also get the …read more

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Director, author, Emmy nominee and sci-fi legend Leonard Nimoy will guest star on the May 12 season finale episode of Fringe. Talk about going out with a bang! Nimoy portrays William Bell, the scientist and former lab partner to Walter Bishop, and (filthy rich) integral part of the quietly ominous corporation, Massive Dynamic.
Notably, Nimoy will also be reprising his role as Mr. Spock in the new J.J. Abrams directed Star Trek feature film. Abrams is also the co-creator of Fringe. Click the link to see the feature trailer.
Even if I didn’t love Fringe, seeing Leonard Nimoy on the show is …read more

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Would SVU be the same without Detectives Benson and Stabler? Check out this short fan video, and read more about NBC possibly replacing these two on Law & Order: SVU.

Can it be true? NBC is mulling over replacing actors Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni on Law & Order: SVU if they continue to ask for higher salaries. Detectives Benson and Stabler have become staples of this series.
Now that the 11th season of SVU had become an inked deal, the actor’s current contracts expire in May, and that leaves room for the stars to renegotiate new deals. According to Ausiello …read more

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The list of Top 20 shows in Prime Time Nielsen ratings for the week of March 30 is peppered with crime drama series. If you’ve ever wondered what the rest of us are watching, read Nielsen’s complete list here.  Pictured above are A.J. Cook and Shemar Moore of CBS’s Criminal Minds. Although their show didn’t make the list for last week, there are many times a “Minds” rerun will “top” the new programming in my house.
You can be sure that drama, American Idol and NCAA basketball games also made the list. The next biggest category to dominate the list …read more

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Although Criminal Minds recently lost a few writers due to economic times per Criminal Minds Fanatic, the rest of the amazing season is still ahead of us. I know we’ll miss those writers with their witty and weird stories. Meanwhile, this week’s episode, called Conflicted guest stars Twilight’s Jackson Rathbone.

The BAU team travels to South Padre, Texas to investigate deaths of students who are being targeted by a serial killer while on Spring Break. Twilight Times has some images of Rathbone on the set with Shemar Moore and Matthew Gray Gubler.
Author Pat Bertram recently guest blogged at Criminal …read more

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The countdown to the end of Fringe’s first season has already begun, and IGN is taking a good look at the mysterious corporation, Massive Dynamic. If you’ve been wondering if the company is good, or bad, it may still prove to be an unknown, although much of the weird case events of “the pattern” that happen do seem to lead back to this happy giant.
Massive Dynamic even has its own corporate web site.  Will we finally get to “meet” William Bell, Walter Bishop’s old lab partner, and will Nina Sharp, Bell’s right hand, finally show her true hand? …read more

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