Detective

American detective shows, newest premieres first.

Show	Network	Years	Seasons	Episodes	Created by
Class of '09Miniseries	Hulu, FX on Hulu	2023	1	8	Tom Rob Smith
Gotham Knights	The CW	2023	1	13
East New York	CBS	2022–2023	1	21
Reacher	Prime Video	2022–on air	4	30
The Rookie: Feds	ABC	2022–2023	1	22
Mare of EasttownMiniseries	HBO	2021	1	7	Brad Ingelsby
DicktownAnimated series	FXX	2020–2022	2	—	David Rees, John Hodgman
Interrogation	Paramount+	2020	1	10
The Gloaming	Stan	2020	1	8
Carnival Row	Prime Video	2019–2023	2	18	René Echevarria, Travis Beacham
Nancy Drew	The CW	2019–2023	4	62	Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage
Truth Be Told	Apple TV	2019–2023	3	28
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	BBC America	2016–2017	2	18	Max Landis
Eyewitness	USA Network	2016	1	10
Agent Carter	ABC	2015–2016	2	18	Christopher Markus
Secrets and Lies	ABC	2015–2016	2	20
Wicked City	ABC	2015	1	8
Taxi Brooklyn	NBC, TF1	2014	1	12	EuropaCorp, Gary Scott Thompson
Elementary	CBS	2012–2019	7	154	Robert Doherty
Past Life	Fox	2010	1	7
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	BBC One	2008–2009	1	7	Alexander McCall Smith
Assy McGeeAnimated series	Cartoon Network, Adult Swim	2006–2008	2	20	Matt Harrigan
Psych	USA Network	2006–2014	8	121	Steve Franks
Kingdom Hospital	ABC	2004	1	13	Stephen King
Stroker and HoopAnimated series	Adult Swim	2004–2005	1	13
Hunter	NBC	2003	1	5	Frank Lupo
Line of Fire	ABC	2003–2004	1	13	Rod Lurie
Monk	USA Network	2002–2009	8	125	Andy Breckman
Street Time	Showtime	2002–2003	2	33
The Fugitive	CBS	2000–2001	1	22
Sons of Thunder	CBS	1999	1	6	Aaron Norris
C-16: FBI	ABC	1997–1998	1	13
Dellaventura	CBS	1997–1998	1	14
Lawless	Fox	1997	1	1
The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo	Nickelodeon	1996–1998	4	41	Alan Goodman
Charlie Grace	ABC	1995	1	9
Land's End	Syndication	1995–1996	1	22
Burke's Law	CBS	1994–1995	2	27
High Tide	Syndication	1994–1997	3	73	Jeff Franklin
Under Suspicion	CBS	1994–1995	1	18
The Untouchables	Syndication	1993–1994	2	42
Bodies of Evidence	CBS	1992–1993	2	16
Dangerous Curves	CBS	1992–1993	2	34
The Hat Squad	CBS	1992–1993	1	13	Stephen J. Cannell
Shades of L.A.	Syndication	1990–1991	1	20
B.L. Stryker	ABC	1989–1990	2	12
Mancuso, F.B.I.	NBC	1989–1990	1	20	Steve Sohmer
The New Dragnet	Syndication	1989–1990	2	39	Jack Webb
Wolf	CBS	1989–1990	1	12
Murphy's Law	ABC	1988–1989	1	13
Sonny Spoon	NBC	1988	2	15	Stephen J. Cannell
Leg Work	CBS	1987	1	10
Ohara	ABC	1987–1988	2	30
Private Eye	NBC	1987–1988	1	12
The Oldest Rookie	CBS	1987–1988	1	14
Heart of the City	ABC	1986–1987	1	13
Detective in the House	CBS	1985	1	6
Hollywood Beat	ABC	1985	1	14
Spenser: For Hire	ABC	1985–1988	3	66
The Insiders	ABC	1985–1986	1	13
Murder, She Wrote	CBS	1984–1996	12	264	Peter S. Fischer
Riptide	NBC	1984–1986	3	56	Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell
Simon & Simon	CBS	1981–1989	8	156	Philip DeGuere
Today's F.B.I.	ABC	1981–1982	1	18
Walking Tall	NBC	1981	1	7
Magnum, P.I.	CBS	1980–1988	8	162	Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson
Stone	ABC	1980	1	9	Stephen J. Cannell
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe	ABC	1980	1	13	Stephen J. Cannell
Big Shamus, Little Shamus	CBS	1979	1	13
Hart to Hart	ABC	1979–1984	5	110	Sidney Sheldon
The Eddie Capra Mysteries	NBC	1978–1979	1	13
The World Beyond	CBS	1978	—	1	Art Wallace
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar	ABC	1976	1	12
City of Angels	NBC	1976	1	13	Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins
Jigsaw John	NBC	1976	1	16
Most Wanted	ABC	1976–1977	1	21
Bronk	CBS	1975–1976	1	24	Carroll O'Connor
Ellery Queen	NBC	1975–1976	1	23	Richard Levinson
Khan!	CBS	1975	1	7
The Blue Knight	CBS	1975–1976	2	24
Nakia	ABC	1974	1	13
The Rockford Files	NBC	1974–1980	6	123	Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins
Barnaby Jones	CBS	1973–1980	8	178
Toma	ABC	1973–1974	1	24	Edward Hume
Cannon	CBS	1971–1976	5	124
Monty Nash	Syndication	1971	1	14
The Outsider	NBC	1968	1	26
Dragnet 1970	NBC	1967–1970	4	98
Honey West	ABC	1965–1966	1	30	Aaron Spelling
Burke's Law	ABC	1963–1966	3	81	Frank D. Gilroy
The Dick Tracy ShowAnimated series	Syndication	1961–1962	1	130	Chester Gould
The New Breed	ABC	1961–1962	1	36	Hank Searls
Checkmate	CBS	1960–1962	2	70	Eric Ambler
21 Beacon Street	NBC	1959	—	—
Manhunt	Syndication	1959–1961	2	78
Philip Marlowe	ABC	1959–1960	1	26	Raymond Chandler
The Detectives	ABC	1959–1962	3	97
The Lawless Years	NBC	1959–1961	3	47
This Man Dawson	Syndication	1959–1960	1	39
Tightrope!	CBS	1959–1960	1	37	Clarence Greene
Richard Diamond, Private Detective	CBS	1957–1960	4	77
Sherlock Holmes	Syndication	1954–1955	1	39
The Adventures of Boston Blackie	Syndication	1951–1953	2	58
The Amazing Mr. Malone	ABC	1951–1952	1	13
Rocky King, Inside Detective	DuMont	1950–1954	6	—	DuMont Television Network