Crime and Punishment Series/Detective Drama

Live-Action TV Series in the Mystery Fiction and Detective Drama genres. Often uses a Mystery of the Week format.

For related tropes, see Mystery Tropes and Crime and Punishment Tropes

See also Mystery Literature and Crime Fiction.

Series

 * A Touch of Frost
 * Fringe
 * The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979-1986 Soviet series starring Vasily Livanov)
 * Baantjer
 * Banacek
 * Black and White (2009 Taiwanese Series)
 * Campion
 * The City Hunter (A 2011 Korean Drama starring Lee Min Ho)
 * Columbo
 * Crazy Like a Fox
 * Diagnosis Murder
 * Sherlock Holmes: The Eligible Bachelor (1993 telefilm starring Jeremy Brett)
 * Endgame
 * Foyles War
 * The Glades
 * Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries
 * Inspector Lynley
 * Inspector Morse
 * Inspector George Gently
 * Jonathan Creek
 * Kamen Rider Double
 * Law and Order
 * Law and Order Criminal Intent
 * Law and Order Special Victims Unit
 * Law and Order UK
 * Law and Order LA
 * The Last Detective
 * Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre (1993 telefilm starring Jeremy Brett)
 * Lewis
 * Life
 * The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
 * Meitantei no Okite
 * Monk
 * Magnum PI
 * Sherlock Holmes: The Master Blackmailer (1992 telefilm starring Jeremy Brett)
 * McMillan and Wife
 * Midsomer Murders
 * Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer'
 * The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries
 * Mrs. Columbo
 * Murder She Wrote
 * Peter Gunn
 * Red Riding
 * The Rockford Files
 * The Roman Mysteries (TV adaptation)
 * Rosemary and Thyme
 * Remington Steele
 * Sherlock: A 2010- series, a modern updating of Sherlock Holmes.
 * Sherlock Holmes
 * Simon and Simon
 * Terriers
 * Veronica Mars is an example of a Teen Detective Drama, with a healthy helping of Crime Time Soap stirred into the mix.
 * Wallander