Line #109 CrimeAndPunishmentSeries/DetectiveDrama


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3	Live-Action TV Series in the MysteryFiction and DetectiveDrama genres. Often uses a MysteryOfTheWeek format.
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5	For related tropes, see MysteryTropes and CrimeAndPunishmentTropes
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7	See also MysteryLiterature and CrimeFiction.
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9	!!Series
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11	[[index]]
12	* ''Series/NineteenTwo'' (Partially)
13	* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson'' (1979-1986 Soviet series starring Vasily Livanov)
14	* ''Series/TheAfterparty''
15	* ''Series/AgathaRaisin''
16	* ''Series/AlertMissingPersonsUnit''
17	* ''Series/AlexandraEhle''
18	* ''Series/AlmostHuman''
19	* ''Series/AlmostParadise''
20	* ''Series/AltaMar''
21	* ''Series/AncientDetective''
22	* ''Series/Annika2021''
23	* ''Series/ArneDahl''
24	* ''Series/{{Astrid}}''
25	* ''Series/{{Baantjer}}''
26	* ''Series/BabylonBerlin''
27	* ''Series/{{Backstrom}}''
28	* ''Series/{{Badger}}''
29	* ''Series/BaghdadCentral''
30	* ''Series/{{Banacek}}''
31	* ''Series/BarnabyJones''
32	* ''Series/BattleCreek''
33	* ''Series/BehzatC''
34	* ''Series/{{Bergerac}}''
35	* ''Series/BeyondParadise2023''
36	* ''Series/TheBlacklist''
37	* ''Series/BlackWork''
38	* ''Series/TheBletchleyCircle''
39	* ''Series/Bloodlands2021''
40	* ''Series/BlueLights''
41	* ''Series/BodyguardUK2018''
42	* ''Series/{{Bosch}}''
43	** ''Series/BoschLegacy''
44	* ''Series/TheBreak''
45	* ''Series/TheBridge2011'' (a Swedish/Danish series)
46	* ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}''
47	* ''Series/TheBrokenwoodMysteries''
48	* ''Series/BurkesLaw''
49	* ''Series/Cain2012''
50	* ''Series/{{Campion}}''
51	* ''Series/{{Cannon}}''
52	* ''Series/{{Cardinal}}''
53	* ''Series/CapeTown''
54	* ''Series/ACaseForTwo''
55	* ''Series/CaseHistories''
56	* ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}''
57	* ''Series/TheCityHunter'' (A 2011 KoreanDrama starring Lee Min Ho)
58	* Series/ColdCase
59	* ''Series/ColonelMarchOfScotlandYard''
60	* ''Series/{{Columbo}}''
61	* ''Series/IlCommissarioMontalbano''
62	* ''Series/TheCoroner''
63	* ''Series/{{Cops LAC}}''
64	* ''Series/{{Cracker}}''
65	* ''Series/CriminologistHimuraAndMysteryWriterArisugawa''
66	* ''Series/Crisis2017''
67	* ''Series/CrazyLikeAFox''
68	* ''Literature/DalzielAndPascoe''
69	* ''Series/DCIBanks''
70	* ''Series/{{Deadloch}}''
71	* ''Series/DeadLucky''
72	* ''Series/DeathAndOtherDetails''
73	* ''Series/DeathInParadise''
74	** ''Series/BeyondParadise2023''
75	* ''Series/DelhiCrime''
76	* ''Series/DepartmentS''
77	* ''Series/DiagnosisMurder''
78	* ''Series/District31''
79	* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries''
80	* ''Series/{{DIRay}}''
81	* ''Series/{{DP}}'' (Partially from the military police perspective)
82	* ''Series/DublinMurders''
83	* ''Series/{{Elementary}}''
84	* ''Sherlock Holmes: Film/TheEligibleBachelor'' (1993 telefilm starring Creator/JeremyBrett)
85	* ''Series/ElleryQueen''
86	* ''Series/{{Endgame}}''
87	* ''Series/EZStreets''
88	* ''Series/TheFall2013''
89	* ''Series/FatherDowlingMysteries''
90	* ''Series/FBIMostWanted''
91	** ''Series/FBIInternational''
92	* ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' (Partially)
93	* ''Series/FoylesWar''
94	* ''Series/TheFollowing''
95	* ''Series/FrankieDrakeMysteries''
96	* ''Series/{{Fringe}}''
97	* ''Series/{{Fujiko}}''
98	* ''Series/{{Galileo}}''
99	* ''Series/{{Gang Related}}''
100	* ''Series/TheGlades''
101	* ''Series/{{Glue}}''
102	* ''Series/GoldenBoy2013''
103	* ''Series/{{Gracepoint}}''
104	* ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''
105	* ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries''
106	* ''Series/{{Harrow}}''
107	* ''Series/HarryO''
108	* ''Series/{{Hightown}}''
109	* ''Series/Hometown2021''
110	* ''Series/HoneyWest'', although it used the tropes of SpyFiction
111	* ''Series/HudsonAndRex''
112	* ''Series/IAmTheNight''
113	* ''Series/TheInBESTigators''
114	* ''Series/{{Innocent}}''
115	* ''Series/InspectorGeorgeGently''
116	* ''Series/InspectorLynley''
117	* ''Series/InspectorRex''
118	* ''Series/InspectorZenigata''
119	* ''Series/JackTaylor''
120	* ''Series/JakeAndTheFatman''
121	* ''Series/JonathanCreek''
122	* ''Series/{{Jordskott}}''
123	* ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''
124	* ''Series/LaMante''
125	* ''Series/TheLawAccordingToLidiaPoet''
126	* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''
127	** ''Series/LawAndOrder''
128	** ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent''
129	** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
130	** ''Series/LawAndOrderUK''
131	** ''Series/LawAndOrderLA''
132	* ''Series/TheLastDetective''
133	* ''Sherlock Holmes: Film/TheLastVampyre'' (1993 telefilm starring Creator/JeremyBrett)
134	* ''Literature/LessonsForAPerfectDetectiveStory''
135	* ''Series/{{Lewis}}''
136	* ''Series/{{Life\|2007}}''
137	* ''Series/LineOfDuty''
138	* ''Series/{{Longstreet}}''
139	* ''Series/Lucifer2016''
140	* ''Series/{{Luther}}''
141	* ''Literature/{{Maigret}}'' (various adaptations)
142	* ''Series/Maigret2016''
143	* ''Series/TheMagician''
144	* ''Series/TheMallorcaFiles''
145	* ''Series/{{Mannix}}''
146	* ''Series/TheMeetingPlaceCannotBeChanged''
147	* ''Series/{{Monk}}''
148	* ''Series/MagnumPI''
149	* ''Series/{{Marple}}''
150	* ''Sherlock Holmes: Film/TheMasterBlackmailer'' (1992 telefilm starring Creator/JeremyBrett)
151	* ''Series/McDonaldAndDodds''
152	* ''Series/McMillanAndWife''
153	* ''Series/TheMethod''
154	* ''Series/MidsomerMurders''
155	* ''[[Series/MikeHammer Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer]]''
156	* ''Series/{{Mindhunter}}''
157	* ''Anime/TheMillionaireDetectiveBalanceUnlimited''
158	* ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries''
159	* ''Series/MissMarple1984''
160	* ''Series/MissS''
161	* ''Series/MissSherlock''
162	* ''Series/MobCity''
163	* ''Series/MopGirl''
164	* "Series/{{Morseverse}}":
165	** ''Series/InspectorMorse''
166	** ''Series/{{Lewis}}''
167	** ''Series/{{Endeavour}}''
168	* ''Series/TheMrsBradleyMysteries''
169	* ''Series/MrsColumbo''
170	* ''Series/AMurderousAffairInHorizonTower''
171	* ''Series/MurderRooms''
172	* ''Series/TheMurders''
173	* ''Series/MurderSheWrote''
174	* ''Series/MurdochMysteries''
175	* ''Series/TheMysteryFilesOfShelbyWoo''
176	* ''Series/MysteryRoad''
177	* ''Series/NancyDrew2019''
178	* ''Series/ANeroWolfeMystery''
179	* ''Series/NestorBurma''
180	* ''Series/NewYorkUndercover''
181	* ''Series/{{OCTB}}''
182	* ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding''
183	* ''Series/OpenHeart''
184	* ''Series/OrdealByInnocence''
185	* ''Series/OverMyDeadBody1990''
186	* ''Series/{{Paradox}}''
187	* ''Series/PeterGunn''
188	* ''Series/LesPetitsMeurtresDAgathaChristie'': A series of French adaptations of Agatha Christie's short stories and novels, set in 1930s and 1950s France.
189	* ''Series/PartnersForJustice''
190	* ''Series/ThePenthouseWarInLife'' (Mystery)
191	* ''Series/PieInTheSky''
192	* ''Series/ThePinkertons''
193	* ''Series/{{Poirot}}''
194	* ''Series/PokerFace''
195	* ''Series/ProdigalSon''
196	* ''Series/ProfessorT2021''
197	* ''Series/ProjectBlueBook'' (Partially)
198	* ''Series/{{Ransom}}''
199	* ''Series/RedRiding''
200	* ''Series/ResidentAlien''
201	* ''Series/TheRivalsOfSherlockHolmes''
202	* ''Series/TheRockfordFiles''
203	* ''Series/TheRomanMysteries (TV adaptation)''
204	* ''Manga/RootRouteOfOddTaxi''
205	* ''Series/RosemaryAndThyme''
206	* ''Series/RemingtonSteele''
207	* ''Series/RipperStreet''
208	* ''Series/Rush2008'' (Partially)
209	* ''Series/{{Salamander}}''
210	* ''Series/SavageRiver''
211	* ''Series/SeibuKeisatsu''
212	* ''Series/{{Serangoon Road}}''
213	* ''Series/SeventySevenSunsetStrip''
214	* ''Series/SightUnseen2024''
215	* ''Series/ShadesOfBlue''
216	* ''Series/ShakespeareAndHathawayPrivateInvestigators''
217	* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': A 2010- series, a modern updating of Sherlock Holmes.
218	* ''Series/SherlockHolmes''
219	* ''Series/{{Shoestring}}''
220	* ''Series/SignoraVolpe''
221	* ''Series/SimonAndSimon''
222	* ''Series/SisterBonifaceMysteries''
223	* ''Series/SleepyHollow''
224	* ''Series/TheSleuthOfTheMingDynasty''
225	* ''Series/SOKOPotsdam''
226	* ''Series/{{Sorjonen}}''
227	* ''Series/TheSpencerSisters''
228	* ''Series/{{SSGB}}''
229	* ''Series/Stalker2014''
230	* ''Series/{{Stingers}}''
231	* ''Series/Strike2017''
232	* ''Series/Stumptown2019''
233	* ''Series/SWAT2017'' (Some detective work is involved)
234	* ''Series/Switch1975''
235	* ''Series/TaiyoNiHoero''
236	* ''Series/TenspeedAndBrownShoe'' combines the detective drama format with that of the sitcom.
237	* ''Series/{{Terriers}}''
238	* ''Series/TigerCubs'' (Partially this due to the involvement of the [=OCTB=])
239	* ''Series/TopOfTheLake''
240	* ''Series/TrainingDay''
241	* ''Series/TokyoVice''
242	* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost''
243	* ''Series/TrueDetective''
244	* ''Series/TheTunnel''
245	* ''Series/TurnerAndHooch2021'' (some detective work is involved)
246	* ''Series/TwinPeaks''
247	* ''Series/{{Vera}}''
248	* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' is an example of a [[TeenDrama Teen]] Detective Drama, with a healthy helping of CrimeTimeSoap stirred into the mix.
249	* ''Series/ViennaBlood''
250	* ''{{Series/Wallander}}''
251	** ''Series/YoungWallander''
252	* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger''
253	* ''Series/WaterRats''
254	* ''Series/WildBill''
255	* ''Series/WildCard''
256	* ''Series/WillTrent''
257	* ''Series/TheWire'' could be considered an example, although it encompasses a rather large number of other genres as well
258	* ''Series/YGwyll''
259	* ''Series/{{Zen}}''

Context CrimeAndPunishmentSeries / DetectiveDrama