just replace Baltimore with North Jersey

>Characters spoke in heavy slang which was rarely explained.
>Plus, even with the white characters, there wasn't a lot for
>the casual watcher to latch on to. Take Season 2: it still got
>the highest ratings of any season, but it was all about dock
>workers and the death of American industry. Not something
>Hollywood can really relate to.
>
>Then there's the casting: especially on the "good guys" side,
>they weren't a lot of "pretty" people that they could market
>to People Magazine. Cops and judges tended to look like actual
>cops and judges.
>
>Plus, at the end of the day the show was about the fate of the
>city and urban decay. Sure, there were over-arching issues
>each season, but nothing ever got neatly resolved before
>moving on to the next season.