| LC control no. | gf2011026658 |
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| Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
| Genre/Form term | Television crime shows |
| Variant(s) | Crime television programs Criminal shows Criminal television programs |
| See also | Fiction television programs Caper television programs Thrillers (Television programs) |
| Scope note | Fictional television programs that feature the commission and investigation of crimes. For nonfiction television programs that feature actual footage and reenactments of criminal and police activities see True crime television programs. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under True crime television programs |
| Found in | Moving image genre-form guide online, February 11, 2008: (Crime: fictional work depicting a narrative descent into the underworld of syndicates, criminals, and their lawless activities, such as the drug trade, or bootlegging during the Prohibition era. The plot turns on such questions as how a criminal will be caught or who stole the object of value...Use more specific types of the crime formula when possible, such as Caper, Film Noir, Gangster, Mystery, Police, or Thriller, if one of those aspects is the primary situation or character. For true crime, use Reality-based) Yee, M.M. Moving image materials, 1988: p. 39 (Crime films and programs: use for fictional genre films and programs which focus on the commission and investigation of crime. NT: Caper films and programs, Detective films and programs, Film noir, Gangster films and programs, Legal films and programs, Mysteries, Police films and programs, Prison films and programs) Google, March 26, 2008: (crime shows: 156,000 hits; crime television programs: 26 hits; criminal shows: 536 hits; criminal television programs: 5 hits) |
| Invalid LCCN | sh2008025533 |
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