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What happens when a network crime show (https://web.archive.org/web/20140407222136/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3113956-wiseguy/?view=getnewpost) decides to tell one long story instead of a neat case each week, and then pays the price for taking that risk?
In 1987 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092484/), Wiseguy (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125256/http://www.jumptheshark.com/w/wiseguy.htm) hit American TV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiseguy_(TV_series)) with style, sharp writing, and a moral tightrope that turned villains into human beings and heroes into question marks. It won respect. It rattled the system. And behind the camera, things got messy.
If you love smart crime drama (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Wiseguy), serialized storytelling, and the history of television craft, you are in the right place.
Drop a comment with your favorite arc. Tell us which performance hit hardest.
What happens when a network crime show (https://web.archive.org/web/20140407222136/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3113956-wiseguy/?view=getnewpost) decides to tell one long story instead of a neat case each week, and then pays the price for taking that risk?
In 1987 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092484/), Wiseguy (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125256/http://www.jumptheshark.com/w/wiseguy.htm) hit American TV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiseguy_(TV_series)) with style, sharp writing, and a moral tightrope that turned villains into human beings and heroes into question marks. It won respect. It rattled the system. And behind the camera, things got messy.
If you love smart crime drama (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Wiseguy), serialized storytelling, and the history of television craft, you are in the right place.
Drop a comment with your favorite arc. Tell us which performance hit hardest.