A limited series could definitely work…just as long as NBC doesn't go crazy if it's successful and try to keep it on the air until it dies another slow, painful death.
FOX
Backstrom
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgPUO2XlcA8[/youtube]
Show Equation: House + Elementary + "Will Graham"/Hannibal = Backstrom
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Then again, I haven't seen Broadchurch.
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Rainn Wilson doesn't exactly channel Dwight Schrute to play the titular detective in Backstrom, but the deadpan tone is about the same This looks kinda like Fox's Rake Let's hope it survives longer.
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