''Crimetime After Primetime'' is the umbrella title for a group of late-night crime-investigation shows that debuted at various times on
CBS in 1991 and 1992, running through late summer of 1993.
History
Prior to 1989, CBS aired the similarly formatted ''
CBS Late Night''. The block was canceled to make way for ''
The Pat Sajak Show'', a conventional
late-night talk show
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. After the shortening, and eventual failure, of ''The Pat Sajak Show'', a revamped ''CBS Late Night'' block debuted, airing a variety of news, talk shows, reruns, and adult game shows.
In March 1991, after a two-month hiatus due to
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coverage, CBS retooled the block by airing original series under the new umbrella title of ''Crimetime After Primetime''.
Much like ''CBS Late Night'' did in the late 1980s, ''Crimetime After Primetime'' relied heavily on dramas that were imported from Canada, giving the programs (most of which were produced to meet
Canadian content quotas) an additional revenue stream. CBS also invested in producing some original series for the block.
The block was dropped when CBS began broadcasting the ''
Late Show with David Letterman
''Late Show with David Letterman'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the ''Late Show'' franchise. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and was produced by Letterman's production com ...
'' in August 1993.
Series lineup
The shows in the series followed this general lineup:
*late Monday nights/early Tuesday mornings:
''Sweating Bullets'' (known as ''Tropical Heat'' outside of the U.S.), and ''
Urban Angel''.
*late Tuesday nights/early Wednesday mornings: ''
Forever Knight'' (later new episodes were
syndicated through May 1996, after CBS cancelled it), and ''
The Exile
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''
*late Wednesday nights/early Thursday mornings: ''
Scene of the Crime'', replaced by ''
Dangerous Curves''
*late Thursday nights/early Friday mornings: ''
Fly by Night'',
replaced by''
Silk Stalkings'' (continued with new episodes on
USA Network
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through April 1999, after CBS cancelled it)
*late Friday nights/early Saturday mornings: ''
Dark Justice'' (the series was later rerun by
TNT)
*In
1993
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* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
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, the first two seasons of ''
Wiseguy'' were shown nightly from Monday through Friday.
See also
*
List of late-night American network TV programs
*
Crimetime Saturday
References
External links
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{{Crimetime After Primetime
Television programming blocks
CBS talk shows
CBS late-night programming
1990s American crime television series
1990s American television talk shows
1991 American television series debuts
1993 American television series endings