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Elementary (TV series)
Elementary (CBS, 2012-2019) is an American crime drama reimagining Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) as a recovering-addict NYPD consultant with Dr. Joan Watson (Lucy Liu); seven seasons, 154 episodes, finale "Their Last Bow."
Elsbeth (TV series)
Elsbeth is a CBS comedy-drama procedural (premiered February 29, 2024) starring Carrie Preston as attorney Elsbeth Tascioni, spun off from The Good Wife and The Good Fight; created by Robert and Michelle King, it uses a Columbo-style inverted detective format with the NYPD's 11th Precinct.
Fastlane (TV series)
Fastlane is an American Fox action crime drama (September 18, 2002 to April 25, 2003), one 22-episode season created by McG and John McNamara, starring Facinelli, Bellamy, and Thiessen, canceled after one season over high production costs.
Father Brown (2013 TV series)
Father Brown (2013 TV series): BBC One Daytime period detective drama starring Mark Williams as Chesterton's priest-detective, set in 1950s Cotswolds village Kembleford; made by BBC Birmingham Drama Village, running since January 2013.
FBI (TV series)
FBI is an American CBS police procedural premiering September 25, 2018, from Dick Wolf's Wolf Entertainment, following New York FBI agents Maggie Bell and OA Zidan; it spawned Most Wanted, International, and CIA spinoffs.
FBI: International
FBI: International, also FBI: International (CBS), an American police procedural (2021–2025) following the FBI's Budapest-based International Fly Team tracking threats to Americans abroad; co-created by Dick Wolf and Derek Haas, canceled in 2025 after four seasons.
FBI: Most Wanted
FBI: Most Wanted is a CBS crime drama, the first spin-off of Dick Wolf's FBI, following the Fugitive Task Force hunting the Bureau's Most Wanted list; created by René Balcer, it ran six seasons (2020–2025) before cancellation.
Five Days (TV series)
Five Days is a BBC One crime drama serial co-produced with HBO and written by Gwyneth Hughes, in which five episodes each cover one non-consecutive day of a police investigation; series 1 (2007) drew 6.5 million viewers and series 2 aired in 2010.
Flashpoint (TV series)
Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama (2008–2012) on CTV and CBS, created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern, about Toronto's Strategic Response Unit; 75 episodes, 11 Gemini Awards, first Canadian primetime series in both countries since Due South.
Florida Man (TV series)
Florida Man is a 2023 Netflix seven-episode limited crime drama created by Donald Todd, starring Edgar Ramírez as ex-cop Mike Valentine, sent to Florida to find a mobster's runaway girlfriend and drawn into a treasure hunt; critically panned (25% RT) but audience-approved (78%).
Found (TV series)
Found (2023–2025) is an NBC crime drama created by Nkechi Okoro Carroll, starring Shanola Hampton as crisis manager Gabi Mosely, who finds overlooked missing people while secretly imprisoning her kidnapper Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar). Canceled after 35 episodes; now on Netflix.
Frankie Drake Mysteries
Frankie Drake Mysteries is a Canadian CBC period detective drama (2017-2021, four seasons, 41 episodes) set in 1920s Toronto, created by Carol Hay and Michelle Ricci of Murdoch Mysteries, starring Lauren Lee Smith and Chantel Riley at the all-female Drake Private Detectives.
Frauds (TV series)
Frauds is a 2025 six-part ITV heist drama created by Suranne Jones and Anne-Marie O'Connor, starring Jones and Jodie Whittaker as conwomen Bert and Sam planning an art heist in Spain; distinct from a 2014 Fox comedy project of the same name.
Frisco King
Frisco King (formerly NOLA King) is a 2026 Paramount+ crime drama-comedy, a Tulsa King spin-off starring Samuel L. Jackson as gangster Russell Lee Washington Jr. in Frisco, Texas; eight episodes written by Taylor Sheridan premiere December 18, 2026.
Gangnam B-Side (강남 비사이드)
Gangnam B-Side (강남 비-사이드) is a 2024 Disney+ Korean crime action thriller, 8 episodes, directed by Park Noo-ri, starring Jo Woo-jin, Ji Chang-wook, Ha Yoon-kyung, and BIBI, about the disappearance of a Gangnam club ace.
Gangs of London (TV series)
Gangs of London is a British crime action-drama created by Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery for Sky Atlantic (2020), also on AMC. It follows London gangs after crime boss Finn Wallace's assassination; three seasons, 25 episodes, a fourth confirmed.
Giri/Haji (義理/恥)
Giri/Haji (義理/恥, Duty/Shame) is a 2019 BBC Two and Netflix eight-episode British-Japanese crime drama by Joe Barton, following Tokyo detective Kenzo Mori searching London for his yakuza-linked brother; cancelled after one season despite acclaim.
Godfather of Harlem
Godfather of Harlem is an American crime drama series starring Forest Whitaker as Harlem crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who battles the Genovese family in 1960s New York.
Gomorrah (TV series)
Gomorra – La serie (Gomorrah) is an Italian Sky Original crime drama, 2014–2021, five seasons, based on Roberto Saviano's 2006 Camorra novel, set in Secondigliano and Scampia's Le Vele, sold to over 130 countries, distinct from the 2008 Garrone film, with a 2026 prequel The Origins.
Good Girls (TV series)
Good Girls is an American NBC crime comedy-drama created by Jenna Bans (2018-2021), starring Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman as suburban Michigan mothers who rob a grocery store and enter money laundering for Rio's cartel; four seasons, 50 episodes, cancelled after a planned fifth season fell through.
Grace (TV series)
Grace (TV series) is an ITV crime drama, 2021–, adapted from Peter James's Roy Grace novels, starring John Simm as Brighton detective Roy Grace and Richie Campbell as Glenn Branson, in 120-minute feature episodes.
Graceland (TV series)
Graceland is a USA Network crime drama (2013–2015, 3 seasons, 46 episodes) created by Jeff Eastin, about undercover FBI, DEA, and Customs agents living in an Elvis-themed seized California beach house; IMDb 7.6, Rotten Tomatoes 86%.
Gracepoint
Gracepoint: 2014 Fox crime drama, an American remake of ITV's Broadchurch, starring David Tennant and Anna Gunn; ten episodes, October–December 2014, a different ending, and no second season.
Grantchester (TV series)
Grantchester is a British ITV period crime drama (2014–2026), adapted by Daisy Coulam from James Runcie's The Grantchester Mysteries. Set in 1950s Cambridgeshire, it pairs DI Geordie Keating (Robson Green) with three vicar sleuths, ending with an 11th season in June 2026.
Guilt (British TV series)
Guilt is a BBC Scotland/BBC Two black comedy-drama thriller (2019-2023) written by Neil Forsyth, starring Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives as Edinburgh brothers covering up an accidental hit-and-run across three four-part series.
Hamish Macbeth (TV series)
Hamish Macbeth: BBC Scotland comedy-drama (1995-1997, BBC One, 20 episodes, 3 series) starring Robert Carlyle as a Highland village constable in fictional Lochdubh, loosely adapted from M.C. Beaton's novels and filmed in Plockton.
Hard Sun
Hard Sun is a 2018 BBC One and Hulu six-part pre-apocalyptic crime drama by Neil Cross, starring Jim Sturgess and Agyness Deyn as London detectives who uncover proof Earth ends in five years; also a Sunhouse song and a sunscreen brand.
Hardcastle and McCormick
Hardcastle and McCormick, ABC crime drama 1983–1986 by Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh; Brian Keith's retired judge and ex-con Daniel Hugh Kelly reinvestigate cases dismissed on technicalities; 66 episodes, declining ratings, 19% Tomatometer.
Hart to Hart
Hart to Hart, American ABC mystery series (1979–1984) created by Sidney Sheldon, starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as millionaire amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart; five seasons, 110 episodes, eight 1993–1996 reunion movies.
Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)
Hawaii Five-0 (2010-2020) is the CBS reboot of the 1968-80 police drama, created by Peter Lenkov, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci, starring Alex O'Loughlin as Steve McGarrett; #1 new series of 2010-11, later marked by a 2017 equal-pay controversy.