Dramatic license. You know, it's the same reason you see the doctors - specialists/consultants - in medical dramas doing stuff (routine tests, minor medical procedures) that's normally left to the residents/interns and even things that nurses do or even the same doctor doing all sorts of things that's outside their specialization (like a magic surgeon who does everything from neurosurgery to cardiac surgery to organ transplants to plastic surgery, etc). In police procedural/crime dramas you see police officers doing less paperwork and more of chasing people around and doing all sorts of "filmy" things.
This kind of dramatic license is often necessary to make the story interesting so that we can see the protagonists directly involved with the clients/patients, etc and see how that influences their own lives. It also makes things more exciting otherwise the real world of doctors, entrepreneurs and police officers has a whole lot of boring paperwork that doesn't always make for riveting drama. đ
Edited by Kal El - 15 years ago