TV Crime Character Types

Endeavour

"Shaun Evans will step in to John Thaw’s shoes to play the younger version of Colin Dexter’s iconic character, giving the audience the chance to discover the origins of the detective famed for his love of crosswords, classical music, real ale and classic cars.
At the start of the new series, finds himself deep in a full-blown murder investigation, led by Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, and increasingly side-lined, discredited and at a dead end.
Facing down the demons of his past, Endeavour begins his own quest in pursuit of justice, risking all in the hunt for a truth that will haunt him for the rest of his days."

TNT Orders Crime-Drama Pilot From Former ‘Walking Dead’ Producer

Months after his abrupt departure from AMC’s hit zombie series, “The Walking Dead,” Frank Darabont has risen again to write, direct and produce the pilot episode of a new series for TNT, it was announced on Monday.
TNT said in a news release that it had ordered a pilot for “L.A. Noir,” adapted from John Buntin’s book of the same title, about the real-life battle between the Los Angeles Police Department and the West Coast mob from the 1930s through the ’60s. The planned series, if it is picked up by the network, will be set in the ’40s and ’50s, and focus on the conflict between the Los Angeles police chief William Parker and the mobster Mickey Cohen. Mr. Darabont, who has chronicled the criminal element (and its life behind bars) in his films “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Green Mile,” will produce the pilot with Michael De Luca (“Moneyball,” “The Social Network”) and Elliot Webb.
Mr. Darabont previously developed “The Walking Dead” from a popular comic-book series and was its show runner during its first season. But last summer AMC announced that it was replacing Mr. Darabont with Glen Mazzara, a “Walking Dead” writer and former producer of “The Shield.” Neither the network nor Mr. Darabont has commented at much length about the circumstances that led to his exit.
Regarding his new project, Mr. Darabont said in a statement: “Noir is a passion of mine, so I feel blessed to delve into a project that speaks in the hard-boiled vernacular. John Buntin’s superb book, though nonfiction, is our touchstone and inspiration for the stories we’ll be telling, weaving fiction throughout the facts and facts throughout the fiction. The book provides elements that are irresistible, a big canvas with endless possibilities.”

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The main conventions of a TV drama are: Professions

The episodes always consist of murders in the beginning and within the episode the murderer is revealed through cases of manipulating suspects and gathering different pieces of evidence. We do not find out who committed the crime and why the murderer was committed.  The protagonists are usually one of the first real professions on the scene after the doctors appear to take the dead body. He investigates close evidence associated to the murder. The evidence goes into processes like DNA tests, witnesses being questioned and images.