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Television (the grid)

"The Grid" is a British/American co-production with Turner Network Television, Fox and BBC. One of the stars is Dylan McDermott who was a lawyer on the David Kelley show, "The Practice." The Grid is about a counterterrorism cell in much the same way as The Unit is about a counterterrorism cell in much the same way as another show "Sleeper Cell" is about counterterrorism — and across all of these shows, the same plot lines are used. To varying degrees they are all based on the original formula developed by "24" which combines various levels of incompetence with seemingly inpenetrable terrorists groups who seem to be invincible until a fatal flaw is found.

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