"Snoops" (1999) TV series

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Directors:

Miguel Arteta
Arvin Brown

Writers:

Adam Armus (writer)
Elizabeth Cosin (writer) (episode)

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

26 September 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

In this detective series with a comical note, Glenn Hall runs an unconventional flashy Private Detective's agency in LA...

Cast

Gina Gershon	...	Glenn Hall (13 episodes, 1999-2000)
Danny Nucci	...	Manny Lott (13 episodes, 1999-2000)
Paula Jai Parker	...	Roberta Young (13 episodes, 1999-2000)
Edward Kerr	...	Det. Greg McCormack (13 episodes, 1999-2000)
Paula Marshall	...	Dana Plant (11 episodes, 1999)

Runtime:

45 min (16 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

In the last three (unaired) episodes, 'Paula Marshall’'s character dies. She was replaced by Jessalyn Gilsig, whom 'David E. Kelly’ liked, so he cast her in his next TV show, "Boston Public" (2000), as well.

Quotes:

Det. Greg McCormack: Dana, you can't sing.
Dana Plant: I can sing.
Det. Greg McCormack: Let's say for the sake of argument you can. You certainly don't do it in a way that would make a man attracted to you.

The Practice redux

And that is not a compliment! Yesterday I was subjected to a two-hour block of these paltry shows. The Practice is the alleged "good" one, and this is the one that's supposed to be so bad(I've heard) that if it weren't for David E. Kelley's name behind it, it would be gone. Well, if the folks behind "Snoops" are worried about it's quality and pace, they shouldn't be. Believe me, this is no better or worse than "The Practice." As a matter of fact: it IS The Practice with different characters and different surroundings. For Kelley fans, I guess that's good, but for somebody who hasn't really LIKED a law show since "Feds" left the air in 1996: do we need clones of these shows to keep junking up the air? Honestly, The Practice is bad enough.

I think what made this one "different" is that it's about girl detectives played by actresses that I would never in the least buy in such career positions. Anyway, they were investigating some cult and in vivid David E. Kelley "style", the religious girl was all bad(and utterly grating. I'm not sure who played her, but I wasn't impressed with her screaming)and the "snoops" said "profound" lines about why. I'm sure their was more to the "plot" but I didn't catch it. All I know is that that "masterpiece" The Practice has done a similar show before, as have Picket Fences and probably LA Law and whatever else this guy is behind. But I won't worry about the last two, since those at least had the occasional good episode and are also not on the air. The one that bothers me is The Practice and they shouldn't make the new Kelley show just like it, but it seems that that's what they're doing. I most certainly will NOT tune in when a "snoop" is having a dead-serious conversation about sexual repression with a man, as two characters did on yesterday's episode of The Practice. How tasteless can you get?