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The Oldest Rookie

1987–1988 · 1 season

Follows a veteran out of his comfort zone into street duty, with steady casework and a warm, easy rhythm.

Created by
Gil Grant
Genres
Drama, Crime
Overview
Ike Porter, a middle-aged deputy chief in charge of public relations, decides to leave his desk job to become a street cop.
How it feels
Warm, earnest and tense. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Work, identity, justice, friendship
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Created by
Gil Grant
Genres
Drama, Crime
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • identity
  • justice
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
drama, crime
Created by
Gil Grant
Written by
Gil Grant
Starring
Paul Sorvino, D.W. Moffett, Marshall Bell, Raymond J. Barry, Paul Provenza, Joe Dorsey, Nancy Dussault, Laura Malone
Length
1 seasons, 14 episodes
Network
CBS
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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