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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 Gone
The Gone is a New Zealand–Irish crime drama series about an Irish couple who vanish in a small North Island town, airing on TVNZ and RTÉ from 2023.
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 Hairdresser Mysteries
The Hairdresser Mysteries is a 2026 British cosy crime drama on BBC One and iPlayer, created by Jim Cartwright and starring Sally Phillips as 1970s-obsessed hairdresser Lily Petal, who solves murders in the fictional village of Blossom Vale through salon gossip.
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 Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries is the BBC One crime drama (2001–2008, 24 episodes) adapting Elizabeth George's novels, starring Nathaniel Parker as DI Thomas Lynley and Sharon Small as DS Barbara Havers, later reimagined as Lynley.
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 Killing (Danish TV series)
Forbrydelsen (The Killing) is a Danish DR crime drama, 2007–2012, 40 episodes in three seasons, created by Søren Sveistrup, starring Sofie Gråbøl as Copenhagen detective Sarah Lund; BAFTA winner remade in the US and Turkey.
The Loch (TV series)
The Loch (Loch Ness in the US) is a 2017 six-part ITV crime drama written by Stephen Brady, starring Laura Fraser, Siobhan Finneran, and Don Gilet, set near Loch Ness; it topped the UK Netflix chart in 2025.
The Long Shadow (TV series)
The Long Shadow is a 2023 seven-part ITV1/ITVX true crime drama by George Kay and Lewis Arnold about the Yorkshire Ripper hunt, based on Michael Bilton's Wicked Beyond Belief, centering victims rather than Peter Sutcliffe.
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
The Madame Blanc Mysteries is a British cosy crime drama created by Sally Lindsay and Sue Vincent, starring Lindsay as antiques dealer Jean White in fictional Sainte Victoire, France, filmed on Gozo and Malta, airing on Channel 5 and Acorn TV since 2021.
The Mallorca Files
The Mallorca Files is a 2019 BBC/ZDF buddy-cop crime drama created by Dan Sefton, starring Elen Rhys and Julian Looman as British and German detectives on Mallorca; three seasons (2019–2024), Season 3 on Prime Video.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC spy-adventure series 1964-1968 created by Norman Felton and Sam Rolfe with Ian Fleming's input, starring Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo and David McCallum as Soviet agent Illya Kuryakin of U.N.C.L.E. versus THRUSH; 105 episodes, Girl from U.N.C.L.E. spinoff, 1983 TV movie, 2015 Guy Ritchie film.
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.
The Old Man (TV series)
The Old Man is an American action-thriller drama series on FX, adapted from Thomas Perry's 2017 novel and starring Jeff Bridges as former CIA agent Dan Chase.
The Pembrokeshire Murders
The Pembrokeshire Murders is a 2021 three-part ITV true crime drama starring Luke Evans as Steve Wilkins and Keith Allen as serial killer John Cooper, adapted from Wilkins and Jonathan Hill's book Catching the Bullseye Killer.
The Player (2015 TV series)
The Player is a 2015 NBC action crime drama created by John Fox and John Rogers, starring Philip Winchester as Alex Kane, Wesley Snipes as Mr. Johnson, and Charity Wakefield. Set in Las Vegas, the House gambles on Kane stopping crimes; cut from 13 to 9 episodes and canceled after one season.
The Professionals (TV series)
The Professionals is a British crime-action TV series (ITV, 1977-1983), created by Brian Clemens, about CI5 agents Bodie (Lewis Collins) and Doyle (Martin Shaw) under George Cowley (Gordon Jackson); 57 episodes, peak 17.6 million viewers.
The Red King (TV series)
The Red King is a 2024 British six-part crime thriller and folk-horror series created by Toby Whithouse, starring Anjli Mohindra as Sergeant Grace Narayan investigating a missing-boy cold case on the fictional Welsh island of St. Jory, home to the pagan cult of the True Way; aired on Alibi, later AMC+.
The Residence (TV series)
The Residence is a 2025 Netflix Shondaland murder-mystery comedy series created by Paul William Davies, starring Uzo Aduba as Detective Cordelia Cupp investigating a White House state-dinner death; eight episodes, cancelled July 2025.
The Responder
The Responder: BBC One British police crime drama (2022-2024) created by ex-Merseyside officer Tony Schumacher, starring Martin Freeman as burnt-out Liverpool night-shift response officer Chris Carson; two five-part series, International Emmy for Freeman, followed by Schumacher's The Cage.
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files is the NBC private-eye series (1974-1980) starring James Garner as Jim Rockford, created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell, winner of five Emmys including 1978 Outstanding Drama Series, revived as a David Boreanaz NBC reboot in January 2027.
The Rookie (TV series)
The Rookie is an ABC police procedural drama (premiered October 16, 2018) created by Alexi Hawley, starring Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, the LAPD's oldest rookie, inspired by William Norcross, with spinoffs The Rookie: Feds and The Rookie: North.
The Rookie: Feds
The Rookie: Feds, also called Rookie Feds, is ABC's 2022-2023 spin-off of The Rookie starring Niecy Nash-Betts as FBI rookie Simone Clark; canceled after one 22-episode season in November 2023.
The Serpent (TV series)
The Serpent is a 2021 BBC One/Netflix eight-part true-crime drama by Mammoth Screen about Charles Sobhraj's 1970s hippie-trail murders and Herman Knippenberg's investigation, starring Tahar Rahim, Jenna Coleman and Billy Howle.