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- 675 votes. White Collar. A thrilling roller coaster of deception, the series follows a charming art thief who joins forces with an FBI agent to catch other white-collar criminals.
- 271 votes. The Mentalist. Chock-full of mind games and manipulation tactics, this show delves into the world of an enigmatic former psychic medium who now aids law enforcement in solving crimes.
- 356 votes. Leverage. An action-packed adventure that hooks viewers from the get-go, this series revolves around a group of modern-day Robin Hoods who use their skills as con artists to level the playing field for those victimized by wealthy elites.
- 290 votes. Imposters. Dripping with intrigue and unexpected turns aplenty, this series centers around a young woman who makes her living taking advantage of others' trust before disappearing without a trace.
- Leverage, TNT
- Leverage: Redemption, Freevee
- Hustle, BBC One
- Private Lives, JTBC
- Snatch, Crackle
- Burn Notice, USA Network
- White Collar, USA Network
- Imposters, Bravo
- The Catch, ABC
- Good Behavior, TNT
TNT’s Leveragewas easily a favorite when it aired between 2008 and 2012 and is probably still one of the more popular con artist TV shows! Every con group has a leader, and in Leverage, it’s former insurance investigator Nate Ford. After Nate’s fall from grace into alcoholism, a wealthy executive hires him to lead a team tasked to take down his com...
Leverage continues to be a fan-favorite show to this day so much so that it’s already got a reboot on Freevee (formally known as IMDb TV)! The premise of Leverage: Redemptionis still the same – a team of grifters and thieves come together to rob corrupt billionaires and rich criminals to help ordinary people when they have no other options left. On...
Another show that follows a group of con artists is BBC One’s Hustle, a British crime drama that ran for eight seasons between 2004 and 2012. The leader is ‘inside man’ Mickey Stone, who is the brain who makes sure all aspects of the con are covered, and his team is made up of grifters with a variety of specialties: procuring items and people to he...
Private Livesis a South Korean TV series that delves into the hidden world of corporate espionage and identity theft. The story follows Lee Jung-hwan, a charismatic con artist, and Cha Joo-eun, a skilled hacker, as they team up to expose the dark secrets of the rich and powerful. Set in the bustling city of Seoul, the series combines thrilling acti...
For a little change from the seriousness of the previous shows, check out Crackle’s comedy-crime drama Snatch, which aired for two seasons. In Snatch, we follow a group of young hustlers in the UK who discover a truck full of stolen gold completely by accident. Unable to resist the temptation (because who could?), they take the gold for themselves ...
With over 100 episodes and a tie-in movie to its name, Burn Noticeis a great series to binge if you’ve got lots of time on your hands. The title is a reference to a real-life statement that intelligence agencies release to disassociate themselves from an agent whom they believe has become unreliable. In Burn Notice, Michael Westen is a former US Ar...
When I think of the protagonist Neal Caffrey in USA Network’s White Collar, I immediately think of SSA Penelope Garcia from Criminal Mindstoo, because they had more or less the same backstory of how they came to work with the FBI. Penelope was an underground hacker, but Neal was a con artist, forger, and thief who was pretty high on Special Agent P...
The lead con artist in Bravo’s Impostersis a beautiful woman named Maddie Jonson, and she truly is an imposter of the most devastating kind. She’s not the kind of impersonator who pretends to be someone else, like in the cases of identity theft. Instead, she’ll pretend to be your idea of a perfect person – so much so that whether you’re a man or a ...
Even the best private investigator can make mistakes when the con hits a little too close to home. That’s exactly what happened in The Catch, ABC’s two-season crime drama. Alice Vaughan runs her own private investigation firm in LA and is known to be the best in town – the woman criminals should hope never to cross paths with. One expert con artist...
TNT’s drama series Good Behavior was based on the book series of the same name written by Blake Crouch and ran for two seasons before being canceled. Letty Raines is the con artist and thief in question here, and the show’s title may be a reference to two sides of her life: her release from prison on the grounds of good behavior, and her subsequent...
- Veronica Mars, UPN/The CW/Hulu (2004 – 2007, 2019) Though the first season of Veronica Mars premiered way back in 2004, it has just four seasons under its belt at present.
- Magnum P.I., CBS/NBC (2018 – 2024) Magnum P.I. is another show on the list that is currently on its reboot though unlike Veronica Mars. The original Magnum P.I.
- Stumptown, ABC (2019 – 2020) In case you were unaware, Stumptown is actually a nickname for Portland, Oregon because of the excessive number of tree stumps left in the city after its rapid development in the mid-1800s.
- Private Eyes, Global (2016 – 2021) The crime genre doesn’t always have to have life-or-death stakes. And Private Eyes is a great example of that fact. Based on G.B.
- Mannix. September 16, 1967. Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator.
- Monk. July 12, 2002. Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases.
- Agatha Christie's Poirot. January 8, 1989. From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
- Magnum P.I. September 24, 2018. Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL, returns home from Afghanistan and applies his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will—with the help of fellow vets T.C.
Republic of Doyle: Created by Perry Chafe, Allan Hawco, Malcolm MacRury. With Allan Hawco, Krystin Pellerin, Mark O'Brien, Marthe Bernard. Jake Doyle and his father Malachy run a private investigations agency in St. John's, Newfoundland.
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Jan 9, 2024 · Charming, roguish and devastatingly clever, here are the 10 best con artist TV shows of the 21st century so far, ranked. 10 The Riches (2007 – 2008)
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Apr 4, 2024 · Based on the characters of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, the streaming thriller tells the story of a 1960s con man as he gets tied up in a life of deceit, fraud, and murder, after accepting a job to help convince a magnate's son to return home from Italy.
