Stephen McPherson: I think there's plenty of room for more soaps, but it depends on how you define it. For example, "Women's Murder Club" and "Suspect" are closed-ended procedurals, but there's a big character element. [...] when we heard it, we heard it was a sendup of race the way "3rd Rock From the Sun" is an analysis of human nature.

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