CBS’s Trend-Breaking Franchise Shows The Best Way To Build A Successful Universe

While shared universes have become an increasingly familiar strategy in the world of procedural TV, one of CBS' most successful franchises has found the best way to build a successful universe, even with the odds stacked against it. Although CBS is a network that's known for shows that build out entire universes, like the NCIS franchise or the world of FBI, there's one recent franchise that stands out against the rest for its ability to create an interconnected world without the use of excessive crossovers. For Fire CountryandSheriff Country, which stand alone in most ways, the strategy of interconnection is enough to build a strong franchise.