"CSI- Miami" reminds me a lot of "Hawaii Five-O"- with Horatio being a modern day Steve Garrett. But Dragnet seem contrived and corny to me- and towards the end it became so "preachy" with anti-drugs themes and such that it seem more like propaganda than a cop show. I thought Webb's "Adam-12" was a much more realistic cop show. Mason was good but so predictable- you always knew the guilty party was going to break down in court and confess everything in the last two minutes- which probably never happens in real life.