Crimetime After Primetime
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Crimetime After Primetime is the umbrella title for a group of late-night crime-investigation shows that debuted at various times on CBS during 1991 and 1992, running through late summer of 1993. The series was dropped when CBS began broadcasting Late Show with David Letterman. The line-up was originally supposed to debut in January of 1991, but was delayed several weeks due to the beginning of 1991 Gulf War.
Prior to this format CBS aired CBS Late Night until it was replaced by The Pat Sajak Show. A year later, CBS Late Night returned after The Pat Sajak Show was shortened from 90 minutes to 60 minutes in February of 1990. CBS continued to show reruns of their primetime shows like Wiseguy and other network's show including FOX's Jump Street and NBC's Stingray. There was also original programming on the line up. Overtime... with Pat O'Brien, and The Midnight Hour were among them. In March 1991, CBS retooled their late night by airing original series under a new umbrella title of Crimetime After Primetime.
The shows in the series followed this general lineup:
- Monday: Tropical Heat a.k.a. Sweating Bullets
- Tuesday: Forever Knight and The Exile
- Wednesday: Scene of the Crime replaced by Dangerous Curves
- Thursday: Fly by Night (TV series) replaced by Silk Stalkings (continued with original shows on USA Network after CBS cancelled)
- Friday: Dark Justice
