When I was a kid, the top cop in New York City was Kojak. He was a bald detective who loved lollipops, his Greek heritage and solving crimes. Most of the time, Kojak was out roaming the city, tracking down suspects and closing cases. He did most of this by the gut. He didn’t spend episodes bogged down with the boys from the lab with their scientific evidence. He was cutting edge in the ’70s. That all changed in the 21st Century when the guys in the lab refused to be taken for suckers.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation became a massive hit in the Fall of 2000. The Las Vegas-based series nearly immediately triggered a spin-off when