Comments on: New cop drama for Nine

By: Steve Innes

Steve Innes — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:08:22 +0000

When is CSI: Blair Athol due out?

By: frankie lupo

frankie lupo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:03:22 +0000

cop and cooking shows thats all we get in the land called oz

By: Daria

Daria — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:35:33 +0000

Sounds a lot like Blue Heelers, doesn’t it?

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:31:32 +0000

Like the serial killer in the outback idea and I wouldn’t mind a drama about airlines but that too has already been done by Seven with Skyways.

By: Jed

Jed — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:29:58 +0000

How bout a serial killer in the outback who targets tourists. That’d be an international hit. LOL. Come on any idea is better than the same old same old. Can you imagine the pitch….Ok there’s these 3 uniformed cops and 3 plain-clothed cops, and they work at a Sydney police station…. Wow = Sold.

We have a navy series, why not an army drama series? Border Security does well, why not a drama about airlines. Heaps of drama happens at airports and on planes… Ok i’m gonna get started writing a script for that show. Hands off people.

By: timmy

timmy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:27:16 +0000

Total cop show fatigue here. Forget it.

Nine: Must. Try. Harder.

By: SHINTARO

SHINTARO — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:15:31 +0000

I think Philm said it best – the perfect title is “Cops W.T.F.”

By: KFed

KFed — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:38:25 +0000

The name sucks. I hope that’s rethought before it gets on-air. They’re just asking for headlines: “Cops L.A.C.K.S originality”, “Cops L.A.C.K.S viewers”…

By: Russell

Russell — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:03:00 +0000

Good ideas outside of cop and medical shows don’t cost money. The argument “Australia does not have the budgets of the US” is a cop out .

Shows like Medium, Gossip Girl, Ghost Whisperer, Ugly Betty, Lie to Me, Monk, Pysch, Dexter, Royal Pains, Vampire Diaries, Desperate Housewives etc don’t cost any more than a US cop or medical show. They are all studio based scripted dramas with little to no special effects or lavish post production. Those shows cost no more than US cop or medical shows. All US shows have budgets 3 to 4 times larger than Australian shows. That goes for reality, game shows and dramas. But casting aside Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty or Medium costs no more to make than Law & Order, Mercy or ER.

Original ideas don’t cost money. The problem is Australian networks and producers are scared to develop ideas outside the cop / medical areas. We have become so bound by our own cliche of a drama, that no one can be bold or daring enough to think outside of those two genres. Why not an Australian “Medium”? Why not an Australian “Dexter”? Why not an Australian “Ugly Betty”?

By: vinny

vinny — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:41:00 +0000

Another cop show, geez that is all that seems to be on tv these days.

By: steven g

steven g — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:23:59 +0000

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !

By: Allie

Allie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:45:35 +0000

One word – Yawn. God forbid they come up with something different. I predict a Bomb, with a captial B. Remember The Strip? An absolute shocker. Australian drama is packed to the gills with cop dramas, viewers are starting to suffer from cops overkill. Nine need to think outside the square and do something different. They had great success with McLeod’s Daughters, so I’m surprised they’ve gone down the well worn cops path. I’m very surprised that they haven’t gone for a faux Packet to the Rafters, actually. I felt sure they would schedule a PTTR rip-off.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:10:27 +0000

I gave up on Australian dramas a long time ago there is no originality especially compared to the US who says you need a massive budget to make an original show that hasn’t been doen before just look at alot of US cable programs, Australian writers really need to think outside the box.

By: Lemnock

Lemnock — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:09 +0000

I agree with Russell.

Cops, cops, cops!
Soap, soap soap!

God help us!

When Swift and Shift Couriers finally returns this comedy will seem like gold!

By: LD

LD — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:11:58 +0000

Could we all just give the show ago for starters L.A.C might not be the final name it could just be the working title like blue heelers working title was boys in blue. I think given our great talent in Australia they could make this work but only if it is given a country feeling like blue heelers a more family based cop show maybe given the return to a traditional local police station we may have another Maggie doyle on our hands how awesome would that be. In saying that we dont want anothe high octane drama that kids under 12 cant understand let alone watch. I can remember Blue Heelers and how it brings back memorys of my early teens it was the show everyone watched we need that again!!

By: George

George — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:06:01 +0000

Good to see new local dramas popping up, but not good to see them practically all cop shows.

I wish in Aus we had shows like Drop Dead Diva (although it’s legal it’s bloody hilarious), or something in the style of Sex and the City, hell, just anything that isn’t a crappy soap or bloody cop show. I can stand Rush because it isn’t all “whodunnit” and Rescue I tried out but it just didn’t click with me.

So basically, here’s a message to each of the commercial networks:

Seven: Stop making bloody factuals.
Nine: More originality please.
TEN: More than two local dramas please? Especially considering Neighbours is on its last legs, it’s ratings are just abysmal now. Of course, money’s made from it being onsold to the UK and other countries.