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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.
T. J. Hooker
T.J. Hooker (Thomas Jefferson Hooker) is a 1982-1986 ABC/CBS police drama starring William Shatner as a demoted detective training rookies, created by Rick Husky for Spelling-Goldberg, 92 episodes, later a planned Netflix reboot.
Take Two (TV series)
Take Two is a 2018 ABC comedy-drama procedural created by Castle's Andrew W. Marlowe and Terri Edda Miller, starring Rachel Bilson as actress Sam Swift and Eddie Cibrian as PI Eddie Valetik; 13 episodes, canceled November 2018 after low 0.6 ratings.
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 Closer
The Closer: TNT police procedural (2005–2012, 7 seasons, 109 episodes) created by James Duff, starring Kyra Sedgwick as LAPD Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson; Emmy-winning, spun off into Major Crimes with Mary McDonnell.
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 District
The District is an American CBS police drama (October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004, 89 episodes, 4 seasons) created by Jack Maple and Terry George, starring Craig T. Nelson as Washington, D.C. police chief Jack Mannion, distinct from the Ruben Fleischer production company of the same name.
The Division
The Division refers to a Lifetime police drama (2001–2004) about female San Francisco detectives created by Deborah Joy LeVine, and to Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's The Division shooter game franchise launched in 2016.
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 F.B.I. (TV series)
The F.B.I. was an ABC crime drama (1965–1974, 9 seasons, 241 episodes) from Quinn Martin's QM Productions, starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Inspector Lewis Erskine, made with script-level approval from J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.
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.
The Fugitive (1963 TV series)
The Fugitive, ABC crime drama 1963–1967 created by Roy Huggins, stars David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, a wrongfully convicted doctor hunting the one-armed man while evading Lt. Gerard; record 72-share 1967 finale.
The Glades (TV series)
The Glades (originally titled Sugarloaf) is an American crime drama created by Clifton Campbell for A&E, 2010–2013: Matt Passmore's Chicago detective Jim Longworth works in fictional Palm Glade, Florida; 49 episodes, canceled on an unresolved cliffhanger.
The Good Cop
The Good Cop is a 2018 Netflix dramedy, also known as a remake of Israel's HaShoter HaTov, created by Monk's Andy Breckman. Tony Danza and Josh Groban play ex-con father and honest detective son; 10 episodes, canceled after one season.
The Hunting Party (TV series)
Created by JJ Bailey, The Hunting Party is an American crime procedural that aired on NBC from 2025 to 2026, where Melissa Roxburgh plays an FBI profiler.
The Irrational
The Irrational is an American crime procedural drama starring Jesse L. Martin as behavioral science professor Alec Mercer, who helps the FBI solve cases; NBC aired it from 2023 to 2025.
The Killing (American TV series)
The Killing is the American AMC/Netflix crime drama (2011–2014), Veena Sud's adaptation of Denmark's Forbrydelsen, starring Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman as Seattle detectives investigating Rosie Larsen's murder across four seasons, twice cancelled, twice revived.
The Mentalist
The Mentalist is a CBS crime procedural (2008-2015) created by Bruno Heller, starring Simon Baker as fake-psychic CBI consultant Patrick Jane hunting the killer Red John; it ran seven seasons and averaged 16.96 million viewers in season one.
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad: American ABC police drama (1968-1973, five seasons, 123 episodes) about Pete, Linc, and Julie, young undercover cops, one white, one black, one blonde; created by Aaron Spelling, Bud Ruskin, and Sammy Hess; later a poorly received 1999 film.
The Mysteries of Laura
The Mysteries of Laura: NBC comedy-drama police procedural (2014-2016) starring Debra Messing, adapted from the Spanish series Los misterios de Laura; canceled after two seasons and 38 episodes.
The Night Agent
The Night Agent is a Netflix action-thriller series created by Shawn Ryan from Matthew Quirk's 2019 novel, starring Gabriel Basso as FBI agent Peter Sutherland. Premiered March 2023; 168.71 million hours in six days; three seasons streamed, with a fourth and final season due 2027.
The Night Of
The Night Of: 2016 HBO eight-part limited crime drama by Steven Zaillian and Richard Price, adapted from Peter Moffat's BBC Criminal Justice; Riz Ahmed as Naz Khan, John Turturro, Rikers Island, 95% Metacritic.