Tom Shales Quotes

You can't beat a cop drama. That's what everybody seems to want to watch.

We're all used to seeing a lot of cop shows, some of them brilliant, some of them very generic.

I've been saying for about 20 years, 'When am I going to get my cop show?'

Sometimes I'm like, Wow, 'Criminal Minds' is deep.

I'm a huge fan of things like The Wire and The Shield.

'Dragnet' (the 1951 original, transferred nearly intact from radio) served as a veritable template for all cop shows to come.

I love crime procedurals. I always have. I love cop shows.

'Dark Blue' is ultimately a gritty crime drama, at its core. I don't think that is ever going to change.

'The Glades' is a light cop procedural about a cop from Chicago who got shot in the bum by his captain and made a change down to Florida, so he's a bit of a fish out of water.

No, the seventies was a totally different sensibility and that allowed us to break new ground as a cop show.

I don't think we'll see a 'Real Housewives of Koreatown' anytime soon, but here's hoping.

Everybody loves 'The Wire,' and I think it's okay, but in the end it's just a police series.

I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime.

I liked 'Making A Murderer,' 'Master of None.' 'Stranger Things' I watched along with everyone else in the world. 'Narcos,' I really liked 'Narcos' a lot.

My favorite TV show is probably 'Power.'

Some of my favourite shows are 'Black Mirror,' a dystopian thriller show called '3%,' 'Ozark,' 'Tyrant,' etc.

'Line Of Duty' is first and foremost a thriller. But I hope it will also be seen as a revisionist commentary on 21st century policing.

I've been offered a lot of police series, but I'm very good at staying away from them. They're usually based on such a boring formula.

Most cop movies and TV shows are fantasies.

'Mean Girls' stands the test of time as one of the greatest comedies ever produced. I've seen it way too many times, and I just think it's the most brilliant thing ever written. I love it so much.

Personally, the films I love include 'Black Friday,' 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai,' 'Love Sex Aur Dhoka,' and 'Zindagi Na Milege Dobara' because they work at the box office and are complete packages.

Wambaugh's naturalistic portrait of the cop world turned 'Centurions' and 'The Blue Knight' (1972) into bestsellers, but his next two books made him relevant to a larger audience and to the next generation of crime writers.

I'd love to see the 'CSIs' run forever.

It is a strange thing that true crime has now got entertainment value. I don't know why people love shows about crime so much.

'Criminal Intent' scripts are very good. Like others involved in 'Law & Order' stuff, I've come to appreciate the lack of 'soap,' if you will. The story dominates. You don't spend a lot of time with the psychological underpinnings of the police.