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A Murder at the End of the World
A Murder at the End of the World is a 2023 seven-episode FX/Hulu mystery limited series by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, starring Emma Corrin as hacker-sleuth Darby Hart investigating a murder at tech billionaire Andy Ronson's (Clive Owen) Icelandic retreat.
Alaska Daily
Alaska Daily (ABC, 2022-2023) is an American crime drama created by Tom McCarthy, starring Hilary Swank as disgraced journalist Eileen Fitzgerald investigating missing and murdered Indigenous women in Anchorage; canceled after one 11-episode season in May 2023.
Alcatraz (TV series)
Alcatraz (2012) was a Fox science fiction drama executive produced by J.J. Abrams, created by Sarnoff, Lilien and Wynbrandt, in which 302 prisoners and guards who vanished from Alcatraz in 1963 reappear unaged in San Francisco; 13 episodes, canceled May 2012.
American Crime (TV series)
American Crime is ABC's anthology crime drama (2015–2017) created by John Ridley, with Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton, and Regina King; three independent seasons, two Emmy wins for King, canceled over low ratings. Not FX's American Crime Story.
American Hostage (TV series)
American Hostage is a 2026 MGM+ psychological true-crime anthology thriller created by Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers, based on a 2022 scripted podcast, dramatizing the real 1977 Indianapolis hostage crisis in which Tony Kiritsis abducted Dick Hall; Jon Hamm plays radio reporter Fred Heckman.
Animal Kingdom (TV series)
Animal Kingdom is an American TNT crime drama (2016–2022), adapted from David Michôd's 2010 Australian film, about 17-year-old J Cody joining his criminal grandmother Smurf (Ellen Barkin) and her sons in Oceanside, California; six seasons, 75 episodes, renewed final season 2021.
Banshee (TV series)
Banshee (Cinemax, 2013–2016) is an American action crime drama created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler, starring Antony Starr as ex-con thief Lucas Hood posing as a Pennsylvania sheriff; four seasons, 90% Rotten Tomatoes.
Berlin Station (TV series)
Berlin Station is an American EPIX espionage drama (2016-2019) created by Olen Steinhauer, starring Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, and Richard Jenkins as CIA officers in Berlin hunting a whistleblower, Thomas Shaw, across three seasons and 29 episodes.
Big Sky (American TV series)
Big Sky, ABC crime drama (2020–2023) created by David E. Kelley from C.J. Box's The Highway and The Bitterroots; 47 episodes, three seasons, starring Kylie Bunbury and Katheryn Winnick, canceled after season 3, streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
Black Bird (miniseries)
Black Bird is a 2022 six-episode Apple TV+ true-crime limited series created by Dennis Lehane from James Keene's memoir In With the Devil, starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ray Liotta; Hauser won a Golden Globe and an Emmy.
BMF (TV series)
BMF (Black Mafia Family) is a Starz crime drama created by Randy Huggins and executive produced by 50 Cent, airing 2021–2025 over four seasons and 38 episodes about Detroit's Flenory brothers; cancelled October 2025.
Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire: HBO crime drama (2010–2014, five seasons, 56 episodes) created by Terence Winter, starring Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson, based on Nelson Johnson's Atlantic City book, with a Martin Scorsese-directed pilot and 20 Emmys.
Bosch (TV series)
Bosch is an Amazon Prime Video police procedural (2014-2021, seven seasons) adapted from Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch novels, starring Titus Welliver, developed by Eric Overmyer, continued in Bosch: Legacy and Ballard.
Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad, AMC crime drama created by Vince Gilligan (2008–2013, 5 seasons, 62 episodes), follows chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) turned meth kingpin; 16 Emmys, two Peabody Awards, prequel Better Call Saul and film El Camino.
Breakout Kings
Breakout Kings is an American crime drama series in which U.S. Marshals and convicts recapture prison escapees, airing on A&E for two seasons from 2011.
City on a Hill (TV series)
City on a Hill is a Showtime crime drama (2019-2022) created by Chuck MacLean from Ben Affleck's idea, starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge as a corrupt FBI agent and Boston ADA in early 1990s Boston, canceled after three seasons.
Class of '09
Class of '09 (FX/Hulu, 2023) is an eight-episode limited thriller by Tom Rob Smith starring Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara as FBI agents across 2009, 2023, and 2034 timelines as AI reshapes justice. Distinct from the SBN3 visual novel game series.
Claws (TV series)
Claws is an American TNT comedy-drama (2017–2022, four seasons) created by Eliot Laurence, starring Niecy Nash as Florida nail salon owner Desna Simms, whose manicurists launder money for the Dixie Mafia.
Countdown (American TV series)
Countdown is a 2025 American Prime Video crime drama created by Derek Haas, starring Jensen Ackles as LAPD detective Mark Meachum on a secret task force; 13 episodes, canceled October 2025.
Death and Other Details
Death and Other Details (formerly Career Opportunities in Murder and Mayhem) is a 2024 Hulu whodunit series by Mike Weiss and Heidi Cole McAdams, starring Violett Beane and Mandy Patinkin aboard a Mediterranean ocean liner; canceled after one 10-episode season.
Defending Jacob (miniseries)
Defending Jacob is an eight-episode Apple TV+ limited crime drama series (April 24, 2020) adapted from William Landay's 2012 novel, starring Chris Evans, Michelle Dockery, and Jaeden Martell, created by Mark Bomback and directed by Morten Tyldum.
Dexter (TV series)
Dexter is a Showtime crime drama (2006-2013, 8 seasons, 96 episodes) starring Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, a Miami blood-spatter analyst and vigilante serial killer, adapted from Jeff Lindsay's Darkly Dreaming Dexter and expanded into New Blood, Original Sin, and Resurrection.
Dexter: Original Sin
Dexter: Original Sin is a 2024 Paramount+ with Showtime prequel to Dexter, created by Clyde Phillips, set in 1991 Miami with Patrick Gibson as young Dexter, Christian Slater as Harry, and Michael C. Hall narrating; renewed then un-renewed for season 2 in 2025.
Dexter: Resurrection
Dexter: Resurrection, also called Dexter Resurrection, is a Paramount+ with Showtime crime drama sequel starring Michael C. Hall, reviving Dexter Morgan after Dexter: New Blood; season 1 (10 episodes, 2025) drew a 65 Metascore and a record Showtime premiere, with season 2 arriving October 30, 2026.
Fastlane (TV series)
Fastlane is an American Fox action crime drama (September 18, 2002 to April 25, 2003), one 22-episode season created by McG and John McNamara, starring Facinelli, Bellamy, and Thiessen, canceled after one season over high production costs.
Florida Man (TV series)
Florida Man is a 2023 Netflix seven-episode limited crime drama created by Donald Todd, starring Edgar Ramírez as ex-cop Mike Valentine, sent to Florida to find a mobster's runaway girlfriend and drawn into a treasure hunt; critically panned (25% RT) but audience-approved (78%).
Frisco King
Frisco King (formerly NOLA King) is a 2026 Paramount+ crime drama-comedy, a Tulsa King spin-off starring Samuel L. Jackson as gangster Russell Lee Washington Jr. in Frisco, Texas; eight episodes written by Taylor Sheridan premiere December 18, 2026.
Godfather of Harlem
Godfather of Harlem is an American crime drama series starring Forest Whitaker as Harlem crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who battles the Genovese family in 1960s New York.
Good Girls (TV series)
Good Girls is an American NBC crime comedy-drama created by Jenna Bans (2018-2021), starring Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman as suburban Michigan mothers who rob a grocery store and enter money laundering for Rio's cartel; four seasons, 50 episodes, cancelled after a planned fifth season fell through.
Graceland (TV series)
Graceland is a USA Network crime drama (2013–2015, 3 seasons, 46 episodes) created by Jeff Eastin, about undercover FBI, DEA, and Customs agents living in an Elvis-themed seized California beach house; IMDb 7.6, Rotten Tomatoes 86%.