The Associated Press has put together their list of the decade’s best and most influential programs. Though there is no order to their list, Lost, American Idol and The Daily Show all make the cut:
• “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (premiered October 2000) and the franchise it inspired. This drama was already a surprise hit when, with season two, it emerged as a reassuring response to the sorrows and anxieties of 9/11. The Las Vegas-based investigators functioned with a clinical detachment from evil and evildoers, while insisting that truth and justice await those who pursue it with keen-eyed devotion. That was just the sort of reminder viewers needed. And apparently still do, with “CSI” remaining a powerhouse, along with its spinoffs, “CSI: Miami” (premiered September 2002) and “CSI: NY” (September 2004), where science, reason (plus blood-and-guts) prevail.
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