This was in response to an Australian TV show Sensing Murder in which self-professed psychics attempt to crack unsolved murders.
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The episode "Cartman's Incredible Gift" of South Park depicts a skeptical view of psychic detectives.
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When the latest incarnation of American Idol shows sets up shop in Santa Barbara, the requisite cruel British judge Nigel St. Nigel (Tim Curry) finds himself in a panic after a series of near-miss attempts on his life and hires Santa Barbara's most reliable psychic detective to protect him.
He pioneered the "psychic detective" style of Derek Acorah, making over 25 shorts with the psychic before going on to make shorts for the BBC flagship travel show Holiday.