I've just realized the main point of a lot of these series was to blow smoke up the American peoples' butt and make the FBI look like a bunch of altruistic whiz kids instead of the freedom hating Marxists they truly are.

From the "True to life" ones to the fictional ones. Nothing but propaganda to prop up an organization that is as corrupt as they come, and has been for decades:

FBI: Criminal Pursuit Forensic Files Cold Case Files

The Blacklist Criminal Minds Bones Numb3rs Graceland Without A Trace Profiler Fringe F.B.I. White Collar