Most of the ‘new’ series on most of the big 4 are little more than rehashes of existing or old series.
At least 5 of the ‘detective/police’ type stories have at least one main character whose family/wife/parent(s) were killed by some unknown bad guy.
Most of them use the same script, with minor variations.
They also follow fads. On one network, witches, werewolves and vampires were all the rage now I see at least 2 networks (NBC and ABC) are going to try modernized scarey fairy tales as themes.
I'll admit I enjoyed The Playboy Club. It was more a crime drama/ murder mystery than a sex romp. No more naughtiness than anything else out there now. It was actually mild. I've seen worst at the 7 pm hour.
“Most of them use the same script, with minor variations.”
For a vast majority of the viewing audience, that works. All they want to see is attractive people doing interesting things.
That’s why there’s CSI: Miami, New York, L.A., Buffalo, Trenton, Allentown, Duluth, etc.