John Grisham knows law and lawyers well because he is one himself. When he writes it usually centers around attorneys and courtrooms. The Firm was a hit movie starring Tom Cruise back in 1993 and was based on Grisham's second novel which became a best seller of the same title in 1991. When a young straight arrow Memphis attorney is hired by an organized crime related enterprise he has no idea what he's getting into until the Chicago mob ties become all too apparent. He then becomes a "whistleblower" for the FBI and helps bring down the Memphis law firm Chicago based mob ties. As the TV series begins Mitchell Y. McDeere (Josh Lucas from A Beautiful Mind, Glory Road) and his family emerge from the witness protection program only to encounter challenges, both new and old, that still threaten him and his family. Also starring in The Firm are Molly Parker (Dexter, Shattered) as Abby McDeere wife of Mitch, Callum Keith Rennie (Rookie Blue, The Killing) as Ray McDeere, Natasha Calis (Gone, Alice) as Claire McDeere, and Juliette Lewis from Natural Born Killers, From Dusk till Dawn as Tammy. Perhaps they should have remained in the security of Witness Protection.

Starring stand up comedian Denis Leary, Rescue Me deals with real life trauma and the life of a fire fighter in the great city of New York. In a fictional fire house we follow along with the daily activities of the FDNY finest and bravest. Often their private lives call for more bravery than the job. Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) has a dysfunctional family and after losing a close cousin on September 11, 2001 he has problems dealing with the fact that cousin keeps showing up in his dreams or visions. Tommy deals with his alcoholism, unsettling visions, and the stress that goes with being a fire fighter each week. We ride along on the fire trucks as he and his group of firemen go about the business of putting out fires, help injured civilians, and deal with some domestic issues. The recurring guest list is impressive including Gina Gershon, Susan Sarandon, Artie Lange, Maura Tierney, Jennifer Esposito, and Michael J. Fox. As you would expect, the firemen in New York City are kept quite busy and danger is a constant possibility. Denis Leary and Peter Tolan are co-creators of Rescue Me.

"24" TV show premiered in November, 2001, amidst much critical acclaim and a great deal of audience perplexity, because it purported to show events as if in real time, and it attempt to show some events happening simultaneously. Despite its mind-bending qualities, "24" TV series became an instant sensation, and it remained a ratings dominator through its final episode on May 24, 2010. Running for a total of 192 episodes, "Twenty-Four" series went into the record books as television's longest-running spy-themed series, eclipsing legends "The Avengers" and "Mission: Impossible." Kiefer Sutherland starred as Jack Bauer, counter-terrorism expert supreme. Bauer is the only character that recurred through all eight seasons, because different terrorist plots required radically different villains and a variety of corrupt government officials. In eight 24-hour stories, Bauer thwarted assassination of a Presidential candidate, prevented terrorists' destruction of Los Angeles, stopped a crazed drug-dealer from releasing a deadly virus in LA, getting fired from and being reinstated at his job"”just in time to bring down a corrupt President, and escaping from Chinese kidnappers in order to stop a string of terrorist attacks on major American cities.

"The Old Man" is a television series that premiered on the streaming platform FX on Hulu in November 2021. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Perry and stars Jeff Bridges as a former CIA agent named Dan Chase who goes into hiding after a failed assassination attempt. After living off the grid for decades, he is forced to come out of hiding when his past catches up with him.

Peacemaker is a television series based on the DC Comics character, Christopher Smith/Peacemaker. The series premiered on January 13, 2022, on the streaming service HBO Max. It follows the adventures of Peacemaker, a violent and dangerous hero who is recruited by the government to stop a dangerous threat.

Since its debut night back on September 21, 2010, Tuesday night viewing hasn't been quite the same. Detroit 187 brings a gritty realism to television that shows the heroic and positive side of the city that cars built. The program is a crime drama and with its ensemble cast of great actors, explores various 187's (police code for homicides) that occur with frequent regularity in the writer's minds in the Motor City. We, the viewing audience, ride along and explore the people and reasons why murders happen and why they are part of the culture of every big city. Detective Louis Fitch, played by Michael Imperioli, is rather rough around the edges yet as a ten year veteran of the DPD was first a cop with the NYPD, bringing that tough mentality to the Motor City and almost fitting in. Sergeant Jesse Longford (James McDaniel) is a lifelong resident of Detroit whose father was also a police officer. He's tough yet understanding and about to retire. Aisha Hinds is yet another alumni of NYPD Blue and represents a tough as nails black woman who heads up the DPD homicide unit. The entire cast is superb and with good writing Detroit 187 should be around for a good long while.