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Crime and Police TV Shows Like ‘Criminal Minds’ Are Big Streaming Hits



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Just a few years ago, it looked as though shows in which a group of characters confront and neatly resolve a crime or a court case in a single episode, a staple of TV since its earliest days, might not make the leap to the streaming future.In the 2010s, as Netflix was ascendant, several hugely successful procedurals were shown the door. NBC unceremoniously canceled “Law & Order.” CBS canceled “CSI,” the popular police show, as well as three “CSI” spinoffs. Many television executives felt that a story told over the course of a whole season, like “Big Little Lies” or “House of Cards,” would be better for Netflix-style binge watching.As it turns out, those old-fashioned procedurals aren’t just surv …

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