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" One of my favorite short·lived shows is The early episodes of t he show leaned on network television, Yost and his Boomtown, which lasted a little over pretty heavily on the "multiple POV" writers were constantly being asked to one season on NBC from 2002·2004. approach, with stories frequently make it more of an easy·to·fo llow Created by Graham Yost (who is sta rting in m edia res, and events airing procedural. So when t he show was currently working on another fantastic out of order. It wasn't until the end of picked up fo r a second season, there series, Justified), the show is t he episode t hat you'd get the whole were some element s t hat had to be essentially a crime procedural, but pict ure of w hat actually happened. As revamped. with a unique twist·· it employs a t he season progressed, t his approach Rashomon·like multiple POV format. was toned down. Sto ri es still fea t ured Andrea Little, t he reporter, was gone, Set in Los Angeles, Boomtown follows mult iple POVs, but the stories and was never mentioned again. cops, attorneys, reporters, paramedics, themselves unfolded in a more linear Teresa, t he paramedic, m akes a ca reer and even criminals, and each story is fashion. change and enrolls in the police told from all of their points-of-view. academy. Had the show cont inued, she Boomtown's pilot was strong, and it just would've presumably become a cop. But here's t he t hing -- t he show's got better from there. "Possession" Vanessa Williams joined t he cast as Det.