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The Bay (TV series)
The Bay (TV series) names two shows: Gregori J. Martin's American soap (2010–, 23 Daytime Emmy wins) and ITV's Morecambe-set crime drama (2019–, Tall Story Pictures, Daragh Carville).
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 Bill
The Bill: British ITV police procedural (1984–2010) set at fictional Sun Hill station, created by Geoff McQueen from the 1983 play Woodentop; over 2,400 episodes, peak audience above 16 million.
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 Blame (TV series)
The Blame is a 2026 six-part ITV crime drama adapted from Charlotte Langley's 2023 novel, created by Megan Gallagher, starring Michelle Keegan and Douglas Booth as detectives investigating a teenage skater's murder amid police misogyny.
The Borderline (Canadian TV series)
The Borderline (fka Underbelly) is a 2026 Canadian six-episode Crave crime drama by Graeme Stewart, starring Stephen Amell, Hamza Haq, Tamara Podemski, and Minnie Driver, set in the Thousand Islands; aired post-Super Bowl LX, retitled The Murder Line for ITV.
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 Brokenwood Mysteries
The Brokenwood Mysteries is a New Zealand murder-mystery series by South Pacific Pictures, first aired 2014 on Prime TV, now on TVNZ 1 and Acorn TV, sold to over 150 countries, starring Neill Rea and Fern Sutherland in standalone 90-minute cases.
The Capture (TV series)
The Capture is a British BBC One surveillance thriller created, written and directed by Ben Chanan, starring Holliday Grainger and Callum Turner, about faked CCTV, the 'Correction' programme, and deepfakes; a third series was commissioned in 2025.
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 Coroner
The Coroner is a British crime drama created by Sally Abbott for BBC One. It aired from 2015 to 2017, following Jane Kennedy in the fictional South Devon town of Lighthaven.
The Darkness (TV series)
The Darkness is a 2024 six-episode Icelandic crime thriller directed by Lasse Hallström, adapted from Ragnar Jónasson's novel and starring Lena Olin as a Reykjavík detective on her final case.
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 Doctor Blake Mysteries
The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Australian period murder-mystery series (2013–2018) starring Craig McLachlan as Dr Lucien Blake, a police surgeon solving crimes in 1959 Ballarat; made by December Media for ABC1, later Seven, with five series plus the Family Portrait telemovie.
The Eastern Gate
The Eastern Gate (Przesmyk) is a 2025 Polish spy thriller series by Jan P. Matuszyński on Max, starring Lena Góra as agent Ewa Oginiec in spring 2021 around the Suwałki Gap; six episodes, renewed for a second season.
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 Fall (TV series)
The Fall is a BBC Two crime drama (2013–2016), created by Allan Cubitt, starring Gillian Anderson as DSI Stella Gibson hunting Jamie Dornan's serial killer Paul Spector in Belfast; 3 seasons, 17 episodes, Artists Studio production.
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 Five (TV series)
The Five is a 2016 ten-episode British Sky1 crime drama created by Harlan Coben as his first original TV story, written by Danny Brocklehurst, starring Tom Cullen, O.T. Fagbenle, Lee Ingleby, and Sarah Solemani; DNA of a boy missing 20 years reappears at a murder scene.
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 Game (2025 TV series)
The Game (2025) is a British Channel 5 psychological thriller, also known as Catch You Later, created by Tom Grieves, starring Jason Watkins as retired detective Huw Miller and Robson Green as suspected Ripton Stalker Patrick Harbottle; four episodes aired May 12-15, 2025, filmed in Spain's Basque Country, with a second series in September 2026.