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Millennium (TV series)
Millennium (Fox, 1996–1999) is Chris Carter's apocalyptic crime drama, three seasons and 67 episodes starring Lance Henriksen as profiler Frank Black of the Millennium Group, closed by an X-Files crossover and absent from streaming.
Mob City
Mob City (2013) is Frank Darabont's six-episode TNT neo-noir crime drama, formerly titled L.A. Noir and Lost Angels, based on John Buntin's book, dramatizing Bugsy Siegel, Mickey Cohen, and William Parker in 1947 Los Angeles; canceled after one season.
Monk (TV series)
Monk (2002–2009) is an American comedy-drama mystery series starring Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, an OCD-afflicted former SFPD detective consulting for police. 125 episodes, eight Emmys, USA Network premiere, Peacock and Hallmark Mystery availability.
Moonlighting (TV series)
Moonlighting is an American comedy-drama detective series created by Glenn Gordon Caron, airing on ABC 1985–1989, starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis as Blue Moon Detective Agency partners, known for fourth-wall breaks and Emmy-winning dramedy.
Mosaic (murder mystery)
Mosaic is a 2017-2018 murder mystery by Ed Solomon and Steven Soderbergh, released as a 7.5-hour branching-narrative app and a six-part HBO limited series starring Sharon Stone as missing children's author Olivia Lake in a Utah resort town.
Murder in the First (TV series)
Murder in the First (TNT, 2014-2016) is an American police procedural created by Steven Bochco and Eric Lodal. Unlike case-of-the-week crime shows, each of its three seasons follows San Francisco homicide detectives Terry English and Hildy Mulligan through a single murder case.
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote, CBS mystery series (1984–1996, 12 seasons) starring Angela Lansbury as novelist-sleuth Jessica Fletcher of Cabot Cove, Maine; created by Fischer, Levinson, and Link; highest-rated drama for nine seasons; Jamie Lee Curtis reboot in development.
Narcos
Narcos is a Netflix crime drama (2015–2017, 3 seasons, 30 episodes) created by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro, dramatizing Pablo Escobar, the Medellín Cartel, and DEA agents Steve Murphy and Javier Peña, followed by Narcos: Mexico.
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges: CBS police comedy-drama (1996–2001), six seasons, 122 episodes, created by Carlton Cuse, starring Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as San Francisco Special Investigations Unit inspectors; revived in a 2021 USA Network TV movie.
NCIS (franchise)
NCIS franchise: American crime-procedural TV universe spun off from JAG (1995-2005); flagship NCIS premiered on CBS September 23, 2003, created by Donald P. Bellisario, spawning Los Angeles, New Orleans, Hawai'i, Sydney, Origins, Tony & Ziva, and New York.
NCIS (TV series)
NCIS (also Navy CIS, Navy NCIS) is an American CBS crime drama premiering September 23, 2003, created by Donald P. Bellisario from a JAG backdoor pilot, following Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents; 24 seasons, four spin-offs, long CBS's No. 1 drama.
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
NCIS: Hawaiʻi is an American police procedural series and NCIS spin-off that aired on CBS from 2021 to 2024, starring Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant.
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023) is the first spin-off of NCIS (itself spun from JAG), created by Shane Brennan for CBS. It follows undercover agents G. Callen (Chris O'Donnell) and Sam Hanna (LL Cool J) of the Los Angeles Office of Special Projects, ran 14 seasons, and is more action- and espionage-oriented than the parent procedural.
NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: New Orleans is a CBS police procedural (2014-2021), the second NCIS spin-off, created by Gary Glasberg, starring Scott Bakula as Dwayne Pride; 7 seasons, 155 episodes, first franchise series to end.
NCIS: New York
NCIS: New York is a CBS crime procedural, the eighth NCIS franchise series, premiering October 6, 2026. It stars LL COOL J as Sam Hanna and Scott Caan as Nick Schaeffer, created by Byron Balasco and R. Scott Gemmill, set at the New York NCIS field office.
NCIS: Tony & Ziva
NCIS: Tony & Ziva is a 2025 Paramount+ espionage drama, the seventh NCIS spinoff, reuniting Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo as Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David, on the run in Europe with daughter Tali; canceled after one ten-episode season in December 2025.
New York Undercover
New York Undercover, also known as N.Y. Undercover, is an American police procedural series about NYPD undercover detectives that aired on Fox from 1994 to 1999.
Numbers (TV series)
NUMB3RS (Numbers) is an American CBS crime drama (2005-2010, 6 seasons, 118 episodes) created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, in which FBI agent Don Eppes and mathematician brother Charlie solve crimes with math.
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue: American ABC police procedural created by Steven Bochco and David Milch, airing 1993-2005, 261 episodes about Manhattan's fictional 15th precinct; won 20 Emmys and a 1996 Peabody despite a debut boycott.
On Call (TV series)
On Call is a 2025 Prime Video half-hour police procedural from Wolf Entertainment, created by Tim Walsh and Elliot Wolf, starring Troian Bellisario and Brandon Larracuente as Long Beach patrol officers; cancelled after one eight-episode season in May 2025.
Oz (TV series)
Oz (1997–2003) is Tom Fontana's HBO prison drama, the network's first one-hour series, set in Oswald State Correctional Facility's experimental Emerald City unit, six seasons, 56 episodes, starring Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Harold Perrineau, and J.K. Simmons.
Ozark (TV series)
Ozark is a Netflix crime drama (2017–2022, 4 seasons, 44 episodes) created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams, starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney as the Byrdes, who launder $500 million for a cartel; filmed mostly in Georgia, 45 Emmy nominations, 4 wins.
Panhandle (TV series)
Panhandle is a 2022 American eight-episode comedy-drama, also known by the working title Florida Man, created by Nicholas Stoller and Carla Kettner for Spectrum Originals, starring Luke Kirby and Tiana Okoye, filmed in Savannah, canceled after one season, now on Tubi.
Person of Interest (TV series)
Person of Interest is a CBS crime drama (2011–2016, five seasons, 103 episodes) created by Jonathan Nolan, starring Jim Caviezel and Michael Emerson, about an AI called the Machine that predicts violent crimes via mass surveillance.
Poker Face (TV series)
Poker Face is a Peacock mystery-of-the-week series created by Rian Johnson, starring Natasha Lyonne as lie-detecting drifter Charlie Cale, a Columbo-style howcatchem; two seasons 2023–2025, canceled November 2025, with a Peter Dinklage-led revival proposed.
Police Woman (TV series)
Police Woman is an American television crime drama that aired from 1974 to 1978, starring Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson, an undercover officer for the LAPD.
Power (TV series)
Power (2014–2020) is a Starz crime drama created by Courtney Kemp Agboh and executive produced by 50 Cent, starring Omari Hardwick as drug kingpin Ghost St. Patrick; six seasons, 63 episodes, and three spin-off series.
Power Book II: Ghost
Power Book II: Ghost is a Starz crime drama (2020-2024), the first spin-off of Power, following Tariq St. Patrick (Michael Rainey Jr.) at college and in the Tejada cartel; created by Courtney A. Kemp with 50 Cent and Mark Canton, ending with season 4 in October 2024.
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.