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Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Power Book III: Raising Kanan is a Starz crime drama prequel (2021-2026) created by Sascha Penn, following 15-year-old Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis) in 1991 South Jamaica, Queens, entering the drug business of his mother Raquel 'Raq' Thomas (Patina Miller).
Power: Origins
Power: Origins is an upcoming Starz crime drama, the fourth Power spinoff, a prequel following young Ghost (Spence Moore II), Tommy (Charlie Mann), and Kanan (MeKai Curtis) in 1990s New York; 18-episode season, 2027 premiere expected.
Prison Break
Prison Break is an American Fox drama series (2005-2017) created by Paul Scheuring about engineer Michael Scofield, who gets imprisoned to break out his wrongly convicted brother Lincoln Burrows using a tattooed prison blueprint; a Hulu reboot, Prison Break: Black Creek, is in production.
Profiler (TV series)
Profiler is an American NBC crime drama (1996–2000, four seasons) created by Cynthia Saunders, starring Ally Walker as FBI profiler Dr. Sam Waters hunting serial killer Jack of All Trades, later led by Jamie Luner as Rachel Burke.
Quantico (TV series)
Quantico is an ABC drama (2015-2018) created by Joshua Safran, starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas as FBI recruit Alex Parrish, framed for a Grand Central bombing; three seasons, canceled at 2.3 million viewers per episode.
Quarry (TV series)
Quarry is a 2016 Cinemax crime drama, one season of 8 episodes, created by Michael D. Fuller and Graham Gordy from Max Allan Collins's hitman novels, starring Logan Marshall-Green as a Vietnam veteran drawn into Memphis crime; cancelled in 2017.
Queen of the South (TV series)
Queen of the South is a USA Network crime drama (2016–2021, 62 episodes, 5 seasons) adapted from Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel La Reina del Sur, starring Alice Braga as Teresa Mendoza, distinct from the 2011 Telemundo telenovela.
Ray Donovan
Ray Donovan: Showtime crime drama (2013–2019, 7 seasons, 82 episodes) created by Ann Biderman, starring Liev Schreiber as a Hollywood fixer from South Boston, with Jon Voight as his paroled father Mickey; one Emmy win from ten nominations, followed by a 2022 movie.
Ringer (TV series)
Ringer (TV series): American CW serialized crime drama (2011), created by Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as twin sisters Bridget and Siobhan in an identity-swap thriller; one season, now on Netflix and Prime Video.
Route 66 (TV series)
Route 66 is an American drama series broadcast on CBS from 1960 to 1964, following two young men traveling the United States in a Corvette.
Seven Seconds (TV series)
Seven Seconds is a 2018 Netflix 10-episode limited crime drama by Veena Sud, set in Jersey City and based on Yuri Bykov's Russian film The Major; Regina King won an Emmy for playing Latrice Butler.
Shades of Blue (TV series)
Shades of Blue is an American NBC crime drama (2016-2018) created by Adi Hasak, loosely based on Michael Rudolph's novel, starring Jennifer Lopez as informant Harlee Santos and Ray Liotta as Lt. Matt Wozniak across three seasons and 36 episodes.
Silk Stalkings
Silk Stalkings: Stephen J. Cannell's 1991–1999 American crime drama about Palm Beach, Florida homicide detectives, airing on CBS late night and USA Network, 176 episodes, cable's longest-running original drama at cancellation.
Smoke (TV series)
Smoke is a 2025 Apple TV+ nine-episode crime drama created by Dennis Lehane, starring Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett as investigators hunting two serial arsonists, loosely based on the Firebug podcast and the John Orr arson case.
Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy (SAMCRO) is Kurt Sutter's FX crime drama (2008–2014, 7 seasons, 92 episodes) about an outlaw motorcycle club in Charming, California, a Hamlet-inspired gunrunning saga starring Charlie Hunnam, with spin-off Mayans M.C.
Southland (TV series)
Southland is an American LAPD crime drama created by Ann Biderman, aired on NBC in 2009 and on TNT 2010-2013 across five seasons and 43 episodes, known for hand-held documentary realism and two stunt-coordination Emmys.
StartUp (TV series)
StartUp is a Crackle crime drama created by Ben Ketai (2016-2018, 3 seasons, 30 episodes), starring Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, Otmara Marrero, and Martin Freeman, about Miami founders funding the GenCoin cryptocurrency with dirty money.
Superfakes
Superfakes is an upcoming A24/UCP crime drama series created by Alice Ju for Peacock, starring Lucy Liu as a Chinatown counterfeit dealer drawn into New York's black market; filming began January 2026, expected 2027, UK on Sky and NOW.
The Beast (2009 TV series)
The Beast is a 2009 A&E crime drama, Patrick Swayze's final TV role, starring him as FBI agent Charles Barker training rookie partner Ellis Dove (Travis Fimmel) in Chicago; 13 episodes, canceled June 2009 after averaging 1.3 million viewers.
The Blacklist
The Blacklist is an NBC crime thriller (2013–2023, 10 seasons, 218 episodes) created by Jon Bokenkamp, starring James Spader as fugitive informant Raymond Reddington and Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen; ended 2023 with a divisive finale.
The Blacklist: Redemption
The Blacklist: Redemption is NBC's 2017 spin-off of The Blacklist: Tom Keen (Ryan Eggold) joins covert mercenary chief Scottie Hargrave (Famke Janssen) at Halcyon Aegis. Eight episodes, February–April 2017, canceled after one season on low ratings.
The Bridge (2013 TV series)
The Bridge (2013-2014) is FX's American remake of the Danish-Swedish series Bron/Broen, created by Elwood Reid and Meredith Stiehm, starring Diane Kruger and Demian Bichir as detectives on the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez border; cancelled after two seasons and 26 episodes.
The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)
American Fox crime drama (2022–2025), developed by Miranda Kwok from the Argentine series La chica que limpia; Élodie Yung plays Thony, a doctor cleaning crime scenes to save her son. Four seasons, 46 episodes; canceled June 2025.
The Commish
The Commish is an ABC police comedy-drama (1991–1996, 5 seasons, 94 episodes) created by Stephen J. Cannell and Stephen Kronish, starring Michael Chiklis as creative small-town commissioner Tony Scali in Eastbridge, New York.
The Corner
The Corner: 1997 nonfiction book by David Simon and Ed Burns on a West Baltimore drug corner (Fayette and Monroe), following the McCullough family; adapted into a 2000 Emmy-winning HBO miniseries that preceded The Wire.
The Endgame
The Endgame is a 2022 NBC crime thriller created by Jake Coburn and Nicholas Wootton, starring Morena Baccarin as captured arms dealer Elena Federova and Ryan Michelle Bathé as FBI agent Val Turner; 10 episodes, canceled May 2022.
The Equalizer (2021 TV series)
The Equalizer is an American crime drama series on CBS, premiering in 2021, starring Queen Latifah as a former CIA operative helping people in trouble.
The Family Business (American TV series)
Carl Weber's The Family Business is an American BET crime drama (2018–2025, six seasons, 62 episodes) based on Weber's eight-book Duncan family novels, starring Ernie Hudson, with the 2025 spin-off The Family Business: New Orleans.
The Family Business: New Orleans
The Family Business: New Orleans (Carl Weber's The Family Business: New Orleans) is a 2025 BET+ crime drama spinoff of The Family Business, following Big Shirley Duncan's underground casino Midnight Blues against rival boss Jean LeBlanc; 8 episodes, starring Lela Rochon and Brandon T. Jackson.
The Following
The Following: American Fox crime thriller (2013-2015) created by Kevin Williamson, starring Kevin Bacon as ex-FBI agent Ryan Hardy and James Purefoy as Poe-obsessed serial killer Joe Carroll, 3 seasons, 45 episodes, canceled 2015.