Procedural:
Relating to an established or official way of doing something.
As much as I love a man in uniform and a hot detective, not even Chris Meloni's bubble butt can bring me to watch a procedural. Except for maybe a handful of episodes when my remote was out of batteries, I avoid them whenever possible. I like a good mystery, but the glut of procedurals on television is lazy, uncreative and for me, a little frightening. While family drama's and light comedies have all but disappeared from network television, killing, raping and terrorizing humans remains in high demand. I can't help but think there's some distant, or not so distant, connection to the lack of empathy we see in so many these days.
So why this rant today... well, I was just on the TVLine website checking out the new fall schedule. I'm already missing Mom and American Housewife, so was hoping there might be a new comedy on the horizon. No such luck. In addition to dozens of stand alone procedurals, this fall will bring us the renewals of the 2 versions of 911, three versions of NCIS and 3 versions of Law and Order. Add to that Chicago Fire, Chicago Med and Chicago P.D and should be a bloody fun fall.
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