There will soon be so many crime dramas on television that a shortage will occur of unknown actors to play the many bit parts required for each episode.
The suspension of disbelief required to watch these dramas will be the casualty; viewers will be asked to swallow that an actor who was shot and killed on Law & Order SVU miraculously rose from the dead to appear as a victim’s ex-lover on CSI Miami a few weeks later.
Fearing a viewer revolt, the major television networks will successfully lobby the US Government to enforce a National Draft for Crime Dramas. Every US citizen will be required to play a single bit part when summoned. Failure to report to the studio lot will incur a jail term.
The Draft will prove to a be a great success, and will result in a hotly contested new Emmy category: Best Drafted Citizen in a Crime Drama.
