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police procedural
(redirected from Police drama)

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police procedural
a novel, film, or television drama that deals realistically with police work


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So far, the actress -- who seems to have a thing for numbers -- has made it through five years of the gritty police drama ``Third Watch,'' and two seasons and counting of ramped-up thriller ``24.
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Conceived as entertainment, police dramas tend to subordinate realism, whether visual or sociological, to proven formulas of the crime melodrama.
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