I don't know whether any show should proudly announcing their stories are "ripped" from anywhere. It shows that they've run out of creative ideas on their own, which in the case of Law and Order, once a very creative show, is definitely true in recent years.

I have to admit that I'm not going to be able to resist watching the made for tv movie about the sniper shootings in the DC area. I think, having lived here, while it was going on, last fall, I need to see how much "The Beltway" captures of what it was actually like.