Jimmy Smits wins a crapload fewer Emmys. (I don't suppose he'd be cast in "CSI:Miami"

...tho being
Latino, it would make sense. {Personally, I like the idea if it going to
Jeffrey Donovan.

})
Putting on sunglasses isn't a Thing.
"NYPD Blue" is a whiter show, so maybe they'd cast
Henry Simmons &
Esai Morales earlier.
This puts a serious crimp in Rick Schroder's career.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar's, too.
It probably doesn't take me quite as long to realize it's actually a damn good show. (I was so interested in
Amy Brenneman's butt, I hardly noticed for the first two seasons.


)