[tjakab]

"Many police officers maintain that the most realistic police show in the history of television was the sitcom 'Barney Miller,' far more so than that father of reality TV, 'Cops.' The action was mostly off screen, the squad room the only set, and the guys were a motley bunch of character actors who were in no danger of being picked for the N.Y.P.D. pin-up calendar. But they worked hard, made jokes, got hurt and answered to their straight-man commander."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/01/opinion/watching-the-detec...

[imgabe]

Likewise, all the doctors I know say Scrubs is the most realistic show about being a doctor.

[semi-extrinsic]

How can it not be? Every other program about being a doctor has so much personal drama and sex going on, they barely have time to look at patients. (Except House MD, but he's obviously unrealistic, even in the show itself.)

[golergka]

Episode about how unrealistic House is was one of the high points of the later Scrubs seasons.

[rglovejoy]

In a similar vein, I believe that "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is the most realistic portrayal of the dark ages that I know of.

[ihaveajob]

Funny, I had the same feeling about Christianity watching The Life of Brian.