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A curated list of 42 TV shows that feature detectives, investigations, and mysteries. From Fargo to True Detective, see the ratings, genres, creators, and stars of each series.
- Columbo. The archetypical TV detective, Lt. Columbo is portrayed in all his frumpled-ness by Peter Falk, with a voice as rusty as the transmission on his Peugot 403.
- Poker Face. Detective shows may have never really left TV, but Poker Face is definitely one of the most talked-about new titles in the category. While the bulk of the series is a a murder-of-the-week procedural crime drama, the murders that Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne) investigates are anything but routine.
- The Wire. The Wire isn't just a great detective show, but to quote Elvis Costello it also showed us what it's like when you're the criminals watching the detectives.
- Broadchurch. 2013 was a banner year for crime dramas, with Broadchurch at the head of class. Each of the episodes peeled away another layer of the complicated mystery of the murder of a young boy named Danny Latimer in a small beach community.
- Lew Harper
- John "Scottie" Ferguson
- Jake Peralta
- Gil Grissom
- Richard Castle and Kate Beckett
- Mabel, Oliver, and Charles
- Jonathan and Jennifer Hart
- Peter Maldonado and Sam Ecklund
- Nick and Nora Charles
- Eddie Valiant
Give a character to Paul Newman and he will make the guy impossibly cool. That's the case with Ross MacDonald's hardboiled detective, Lew Archer, transformed into Lew Harper by Newman. They changed his last name because Newman had a string of good luck with "H" titles like Hud and The Hustler (yes, really, Hollywood doesn't know anything either, fo...
A middle-aged ex-cop afraid of heights, James Stewart's love dope successfully fails one assignment three times. He's no Joe Friday, and that's the point. When an old college pal hires Scottie to follow his troubled wife Madeleine (Kim Novak), Stewart's genteel trustworthiness lures you into a false sense of security. Then Scottie falls for Madelei...
Under the tutelage of a guy who looks an awful lot like Frank Pembleton (see: No. 17) — and doing it all for the approval of that guy, who wasn't a substitute dad at all — Jake Peralta was the Nine-Nine's ace detective. His vibe, though? More like Ace… Ventura. A gregarious goofball who cosmically cosplayed as John McClane, Peralta was a juvenile o...
David Caruso's Miami sunglasses loom larger as parody, and decades of spun-off bloodwork have de-specialized CSI's forensics fetish. However, the CSI idea owes its longevity to the cerebral whimsy William Petersen brought the mothership series. Years after he played unhinged law enforcement in To Live and Die in L.A. and Manhunter, a more seasoned ...
When mystery writer Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) and NYPD Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) first team up for the purpose of Castle's research for his Nikki Heat series, they seem an unlikely pair. Castle is a charming novelist whose wild theories on cases reflect his inventive day job, while Beckett is a hard-nosed cop obsessed with her moth...
On the surface, semi-retired actor Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), former Broadway director Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and mysterious young artist Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) don't seem to have anything in common aside from living in the same Upper West Side apartment building. But after a chance encounter makes them realize they're all obses...
Based on The Thin Man and originally intended for screen icon Cary Grant, this frothy romantic mystery series featured Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers as the millionaire crime-solving couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, whose jet-setting lifestyle led to a side gig as amateur detectives. Outside of one of the best TV credit-sequences ever made (a...
One of the best mystery shows of the last decade isn't about solving murders or thwarting thefts. No, the teen heroes of Netflix's American Vandal are investigating a far more ludicrous (but no less compelling) crime: Who spray painted dicks on every car in the faculty parking lot? Aspiring investigators Peter Maldonado (Tyler Alvarez) and Sam Eckl...
The best smug married couple there ever was — so secure and assured in their happiness that it seeps from every pore (and smells a lot like gin). First created on the page by Dashiell Hammett and brought to deliciously witty life by William Powell and Myrna Loy in six films, Nick and Nora Charles are a rich, boozy couple who solve crimes in between...
As a man among cartoons, Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) is a fish out of water. After his brother, Teddy, was killed by a Toon, Eddie hates the lot of them — but he has to set aside his prejudice when recruited to prove that movie star Roger Rabbit (Charles Fleischer) has been framed for murder. Eddie Valiant is cut from the same cloth as many iconic ...
- EW Staff
True Detective: Created by Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López. With Matthew McConaughey, Colin Farrell, Mahershala Ali, Woody Harrelson. Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
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- 2014-01-12
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
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1. The Blacklist. 2013–2023 218 eps TV-14. 7.9 (281K) Rate. TV Series. A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her. Creator Jon Bokenkamp Stars James Spader Megan Boone Diego Klattenhoff. 2.
Jun 16, 2024 · From the acclaimed British mysteries of Sherlock and Broadchurch to the intense police procedurals of Law & Order: SVU and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, we've got it all. Embrace your inner armchair sleuth as you explore a variety of gripping detective shows, each with its unique allure.
Oct 30, 2023 · From the classic whodunits to the intricately woven psychological thrillers, let this list of the best detective shows out there draw you into a world of mystery and suspense. Challenge your own...
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