Before forensic labs, digital tracking, and streaming mega-franchises like CSI or True Detective, television’s sleuths solved crimes with sharp instincts, trench coats, and charm. The 1970s and ’80s ...

Detective TV shows are almost as old as the crime genre itself, and there is no shortage of them to recommend. Here's how we ...

Cop shows have been part of television since the medium's earliest days. From Dragnet in the 1950s all the way through into the first half of the 21st century police shows, and the detectives that ...

Brad LaCour is a Senior List Writer for Collider. Based out of Los Angeles, California, Brad lives close enough to the stars but is too busy to find out where exactly they live. Brad is fairly certain ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Regardless of your opinion of or connection to crime and law enforcement, the detective show is one of the most compelling genres that ...