Live-Action TV in the Cop Show, Criminal Procedural, Police Procedural, Law Procedural, Detective Drama, Forensic Drama, Spy Fiction and related genres.
For literature in related genres, see Crime Fiction, Detective Literature, Gangster Fiction and Mystery Fiction.
See also: Crime and Punishment Tropes.
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A
- Adam-12
- Alexandra Ehle
- Allegiance (2024)
- Against the Wall
- Alarm für Cobra 11
- Alien Nation
- Almost Human
- Almost Paradise
- Annika (2021)
- Ashes to Ashes (2008)
B
- Backstrom
- Badger
- Barney Miller
- Battle Creek
- The Bill
- Burnside
- Black and White (2009 Taiwanese Series)
- Blue Bloods
- Blue Lights
- Blue Heelers
- Blue SWAT
- Bluey (1976)
- Body of Proof
- Bones
- The Bridge (2011)
- The Bridge (US)
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Burke's Law
C
- Cade's County
- Cagney & Lacey
- Caïn
- Campion
- Cardinal
- Castle
- Cheo Yong
- The Chicago Code
- Chicago P.D.
- The Chief
- CHiPs
- The Closer
- Cold Case
- Cold Squad
- The Commish
- Common Law
- The Company You Keep
- Cops: L.A.C.
- Covert Affairs
- Crime Story
- Criminal (2019)
- Criminal Minds
- Crossing Lines
- CSI-verse
D
E
F
- Fastlane
- Flashpoint
- FBI
- The F.B.I.
- The Felony Squad
- Future Cop
- F/X: The Series: Albeit primarily because Leo and various criminals kept dragging Rolly into the picture.
G
H
- Hawaii Five-O
- Hec Ramsey
- Hill Street Blues
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- Homicide Hunter
- Hunter (1984-2003)
I
JK
L
- Law & Order
- Lethal Weapon (2016)
- Life on Mars (2006)
- Life on Mars (2008)
- Limitless
- The Listener (Season 2)
- Longmire
M
- Maigret (various adaptations)
- Maigret (2016)
- Magnum, P.I. (2018)
- Major Crimes
- Mann & Machine
- McCloud
- McDonald & Dodds
- McMillan & Wife
- The Mentalist
- Mesto tienov
- Miami Vice
- Mindhunter
- The Mod Squad
- Murdoch Mysteries
N
O
P
- Paris Police 1900
- Phoenix (1992)
- P.J.
- Police, Camera, Action!
- Police Woman
- Power Rangers S.P.D.
- Prime Suspect
- Prime Suspect (US)
- Případy 1. oddělení
- Prodigal Son
- Profiler
- Public Morals
Q
R
S
- Sarge
- Saving Grace
- The Sentinel
- The Shield
- Sight Unseen (2024)
- Silk Stalkings
- Single Handed
- Southland
- Star Cops
- Starsky & Hutch
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Stumptown (2019)
- Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
- SWAG
- S.W.A.T. (1975)
- S.W.A.T. (2017)
T
- Third Watch
- Tiger Cubs
- Tokkei Winspector
- Tokusou Exceedraft
- Tokusou Robo Janperson
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
- Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain
- Tracker (2024)
- Trigger Point
- The Tunnel
- Turks
- Turner & Hooch (2021)
U
V
W
Z
Detective Drama
Espionage
- 24
- Actress
- Alias
- Athena: Goddess of War
- The Avengers
- Borderless
- Burn Notice
- Callan
- Covert Affairs
- Fortune Hunter
- Homeland
- Intelligence (2014)
- Iris
- I Spy
- Jake 2.0
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Mission: Impossible
- Quantico
- The Quest For Karla
- The Sandbaggers
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Slow Horses
- Spooks
- Undercovers
- Whiskey Cavalier
- The Wild Wild West
Parody
Other
- 20 Minutes
- Amish Mafia
- Arsène Lupin (1971)
- Arsène Lupin (1989)
- Awaken
- Better Call Saul
- Breaking Bad
- Breakout Kings
- By Any Means
- The Catch
- Charlie's Angels
- Charlie's Angels (2011)
- Cocaine Coast
- The Continental
- Coppers End
- Crime Story
- Crime Traveller
- The Equalizer
- The Equalizer (2021)
- Ezel
- Father Brown
- The Forgotten
- Fortitude
- The Fugitive (1963)
- The Fugitive (2020)
- Get Shorty
- Good Girls
- Hack
- Hardcastle and McCormick
- Hit & Miss
- In Plain Sight
- Inquisitio
- Kaleidoscope (2023)
- The Kill Point
- Leverage
- Lie to Me
- love & death (2023)
- Lupin
- Mayor of Kingstown
- Mouse (2021)
- Mr. Brain
- Murphy's Law
- Narcos
- New Tricks
- Operation Repo
- Oz
- Perception (2012)
- Person of Interest
- Player
- The Player
- The Punisher (2017)
- Queens of Mystery
- Ripley
- The Saint
- The Shadow Line
- Sleuth 101
- Sukeban Deka
- Too Old to Die Young
- Unforgettable
- Vidas Robadas (about human trafficking)
- Weeds
- Whodunnit? (UK) (a mystery based Game Show)
