# "Perfect" television shows

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\
**Created:** [April 22, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-television-shows/1017366 "2025-04-22T15:42:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-television-shows/1017366/193 "2025-04-26T17:51:50Z")

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Monk.

And to the poster who said “solving a mystery every week gets tedious”…

a) No.

b) That’s kind of the point of older detective shows.

c) And I still get excited when Tony Shaloub says “Okay, here’s what happened…”

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