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Crossing Lines
Crossing Lines is a 2013–2015 police procedural series about an International Criminal Court unit hunting serial killers across open EU borders, created by Edward Allen Bernero, starring William Fichtner, Marc Lavoine, and Donald Sutherland; distinct from unrelated 2026 films of the same title.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is the CBS forensic crime drama created by Anthony E. Zuiker, premiered October 6, 2000, ran 15 seasons and 337 episodes, reached number one in ratings, spawned four spin-offs, and gave rise to the debated CSI effect.
CSI: Cyber
CSI: Cyber is a 2015-2016 CBS police procedural, the fourth CSI spin-off, starring Patricia Arquette as FBI cyber psychologist Avery Ryan; 31 episodes over two seasons before its cancellation ended the franchise run.
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami (Crime Scene Investigation: Miami), the first CSI spin-off, is an American CBS crime drama (2002-2012, 10 seasons, 232 episodes) starring David Caruso as Horatio Caine, created by Zuiker, Donahue, and Mendelsohn, and named the world's most popular TV show in 2005.
CSI: NY
CSI: NY (CSI: New York) is a CBS crime procedural, the third CSI franchise incarnation and a CSI: Miami spin-off, created by Donahue, Zuiker, and Mendelsohn; it ran nine seasons, 197 episodes, 2004-2013, starring Gary Sinise as Mac Taylor.
Da Vinci's Inquest
Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian CBC crime drama (1998–2005, 91 episodes, 7 seasons) starring Nicholas Campbell as Vancouver coroner Dominic Da Vinci, based on real coroner Larry Campbell, created by Chris Haddock.
Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Dalziel and Pascoe is a British crime drama series adapted from Reginald Hill's novels, set in fictional Wetherton, Yorkshire. The BBC version ran 1996-2007 with Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan; BritBox and ITV commissioned a female-led six-part reimagining with Kerry Godliman and Nina Singh in 2026.
Dark City: The Cleaner
Dark City: The Cleaner is a 2024 New Zealand six-part crime series, also called The Cleaner adaptation, based on Paul Cleave's 2006 novel; Cohen Holloway plays Joe Middleton, a Christchurch police-station cleaner who is secretly the serial killer Christchurch Carver.
DCI Banks
DCI Banks: British ITV crime drama (2010–2016, 32 episodes, five series) adapted from Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks novels, starring Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe, and Caroline Catz; cancelled by ITV in November 2016.
Deadloch
Deadloch is an Australian black comedy crime series created by Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan for Prime Video, parodying Nordic noir. Season 1 (2023, Tasmania) and Season 2 (2026, Northern Territory) star Kate Box and Madeleine Sami as mismatched detectives.
Deadwater Fell
Deadwater Fell is a 2020 Channel 4 four-part crime drama by Daisy Coulam, starring David Tennant, Anna Madeley, Cush Jumbo, and Matthew McNulty, about a fatal house fire in the fictional Scottish village of Kirkdarroch.
Deadwind
Deadwind (Finnish: Karppi) is a Finnish Nordic noir crime series starring Pihla Viitala as Helsinki detective Sofia Karppi, first broadcast in 2018 and streamed worldwide by Netflix.
Death and Other Details
Death and Other Details (formerly Career Opportunities in Murder and Mayhem) is a 2024 Hulu whodunit series by Mike Weiss and Heidi Cole McAdams, starring Violett Beane and Mandy Patinkin aboard a Mediterranean ocean liner; canceled after one 10-episode season.
Death in Paradise (TV series)
Death in Paradise is a BBC One crime comedy-drama created by Robert Thorogood, airing since 2011, set on fictional Caribbean island Saint Marie and filmed in Guadeloupe, with five lead detectives and spin-offs Beyond Paradise and Return to Paradise.
Death Valley (British TV series)
Death Valley is a BBC One comedy crime drama created by Paul Doolan, starring Timothy Spall as retired TV-detective actor John Chapel and Gwyneth Keyworth as DS Janie Mallowan, solving murders in Wales; series 1 premiered 25 May 2025 to 2.9 million viewers.
Deception (2018 TV series)
Deception (2018) is an American ABC crime drama, also called the Cameron Black series, in which magician Jack Cutmore-Scott's character consults for the FBI; 13 episodes, canceled after one season.
Deep State (TV series)
Deep State is a 2018–2019 British Fox/EPIX espionage thriller by Matthew Parkhill and Simon Maxwell, starring Mark Strong then Walton Goggins; distinct from the unrelated 2023 Kuwaiti Netflix series The Deep State.
Defending Jacob (miniseries)
Defending Jacob is an eight-episode Apple TV+ limited crime drama series (April 24, 2020) adapted from William Landay's 2012 novel, starring Chris Evans, Michelle Dockery, and Jaeden Martell, created by Mark Bomback and directed by Morten Tyldum.
Delhi Crime (दिल्ली क्राइम)
Delhi Crime (दिल्ली क्राइम) is a Netflix Hindi crime drama created by Richie Mehta, starring Shefali Shah as DCP Vartika Chaturvedi; three seasons (2019, 2022, 2025) dramatize the Nirbhaya case, the Chaddi Baniyan Gang, and trafficking, winning India's first International Emmy.
Dempsey and Makepeace
Dempsey and Makepeace: British ITV crime drama (1985–1986) by London Weekend Television, created by Ranald Graham, starring Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber as mismatched New York and London detectives who later married.
Deputy (TV series)
Deputy is an American police procedural drama series that aired on Fox from 2020. It follows Bill Hollister, a deputy who becomes acting sheriff under an arcane county charter rule.
Detective Forst
Detective Forst (Forst) is a 2024 Polish Netflix crime drama, six episodes, adapted from Remigiusz Mróz's novels Ekspozycja and Przewieszenie, starring Borys Szyc as suspended Zakopane detective Wiktor Forst hunting the Beast of Giewont; filmed in the Tatra Mountains.
Dexter (TV series)
Dexter is a Showtime crime drama (2006-2013, 8 seasons, 96 episodes) starring Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, a Miami blood-spatter analyst and vigilante serial killer, adapted from Jeff Lindsay's Darkly Dreaming Dexter and expanded into New Blood, Original Sin, and Resurrection.
Dexter: Original Sin
Dexter: Original Sin is a 2024 Paramount+ with Showtime prequel to Dexter, created by Clyde Phillips, set in 1991 Miami with Patrick Gibson as young Dexter, Christian Slater as Harry, and Michael C. Hall narrating; renewed then un-renewed for season 2 in 2025.
Dexter: Resurrection
Dexter: Resurrection, also called Dexter Resurrection, is a Paramount+ with Showtime crime drama sequel starring Michael C. Hall, reviving Dexter Morgan after Dexter: New Blood; season 1 (10 episodes, 2025) drew a 65 Metascore and a record Showtime premiere, with season 2 arriving October 30, 2026.
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993–2001) was a CBS mystery/medical crime drama starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a crime-solving physician aided by his detective son Steve, played by real-life son Barry Van Dyke; a Jake and the Fatman spin-off spanning 178 episodes, eight seasons, and five TV movies.
Dublin Murders
Dublin Murders is a 2019 eight-part BBC, RTÉ, and Starz crime drama, also called The Dublin Murders, adapting Tana French's In the Woods and The Likeness into one story, starring Killian Scott and Sarah Greene as Garda detectives in 2006 Celtic Tiger Ireland.
Due South
Due South is a Canadian crime comedy-drama series created by Paul Haggis, following Mountie Benton Fraser solving crimes with a Chicago detective, first broadcast in 1994.
East New York (TV series)
East New York is an American CBS police procedural (2022-2023) created by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, starring Amanda Warren as Deputy Inspector Regina Haywood of Brooklyn's 74th Precinct; 21 episodes, canceled after one season.
Einstein (American TV series)
Einstein is an upcoming CBS comedic crime procedural adapted from a German series, starring Matthew Gray Gubler as Lewis Einstein, Albert Einstein's directionless great-grandson turned police consultant.