CSI: is well known for being criticized for it's scientific accuracy. Computers that analyze DNA in seconds, technology that doesn't actually exist, extremely high success rates at evidence recovery that are unlikely/impossible in real life, etc.

This idea is basically just for your typical CSI: drama, but without all the Hollywood prettiness. The show would have the same premise as the current CSIs, but the cases would be solved using real-world tech. No DNA analysis in seconds, no fake technology, etc.
-- wolstech, Feb 08 2011

The Real CSI http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397008/
[Jinbish, Feb 08 2011]

Crimewatch UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/crimewatch/
Quite popular [8th of 7, Feb 12 2011]

So, it's a TV show, just less exciting?
-- Alx_xlA, Feb 08 2011


Yeah, I get tired of the speed at which I.M. injections take effect on the show "House M.D.". I am a staunch believer in reality in entertainment. If it aint believable, it aint worth watching, I always say. [+]
-- MikeD, Feb 08 2011


Now you've done it. We hope you're pleased with yourself.
-- 8th of 7, Feb 08 2011


/but without all the Hollywood prettiness/

Except for the hot hot hotties, which need to stay. They can use all the real world tech to solve crimes that their hot hotness needs to.
-- bungston, Feb 09 2011


@21Quest: I watch Forensic Files quite frequently, but they don't make it anymore as far as I know...not to mention they're only a half hour.

The idea was basically for a fictional, longer, version of it.

@Alx_xlA: Yeah, basically. I think this'd end up more like a fictional documentary than a crime drama...

@bungston: Definitely need to keep the hotties :)
-- wolstech, Feb 09 2011


Dang. I was hoping it would be an unsolved mysteries type show with request for viewer input. I'd bun that.
-- Zimmy, Feb 12 2011


// unsolved mysteries type show with request for viewer input //

Baked.

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-- 8th of 7, Feb 12 2011



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