Dragnet

TV Series · 6.5 / 10 · 16 Dec 1951 · English

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

Major Crimes

TV Series · 7.4 / 10 · 13 Aug 2012 · English

Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD that deals with high-profile or particularly sensitive crimes.

Adam-12

TV Series · 7.1 / 10 · 21 Sept 1968 · English

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.

The Rockford Files

TV Series · 7.6 / 10 · 13 Sept 1974 · English

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.

Baretta

TV Series · 6.5 / 10 · 17 Jan 1975 · English

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.

Barnaby Jones

TV Series · 7.0 / 10 · 28 Jan 1973 · English

Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".

Perry Mason

TV Series · 7.7 / 10 · 21 Sept 1957 · English

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

Ironside

TV Series · 6.9 / 10 · 28 Mar 1967 · English

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.

Hill Street Blues

TV Series · 7.6 / 10 · 15 Jan 1981 · English

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

T. J. Hooker

TV Series · 6.5 / 10 · 13 Mar 1982 · English

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV Series · 8.1 / 10 · 31 Jan 1993 · English

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

TV Series · 7.3 / 10 · 8 Apr 2002 · English

DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.