Originally by Ranker TVUpdated February 11, 2021 7.3k votes 669 voters 11.9k views44 items
List RulesVote up your favorite drama shows that have aired on CBS network
When television was introduced into homes around the world, there were only three channels - ABC, CBS, and NBC. This list has been ranked by men and women television to rank the best dramas on the Columbia Broadcasting system or CBS.
From cartoons, to variety programs, to daytime, to dramas, television gives us a myriad of dramatic programs to be endlessly entertained and informed by. Answering the question, “What is the best CBS drama of all time?” this list includes top comedies dramas like "Dallas," "Northern Exposure," "The Good Wife," and "Murder, She Wrote."
Vote up your favorite CBS dramas below or vote down the shows you absolutely couldn't stand....more
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13693NCIS
Mark Harmon, Sean MurrayPremiered: September 23, 2003
NCIS (CBS, 2003) is an American police procedural drama series created by Donald Bellisario and Don McGill. The series revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal... more2
190129CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Ted Danson, Elisabeth ShuePremiered: October 6, 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS, 2000) is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker. The series follows Las Vegas CSIs working for the Las Vegas Police Department as... more- 3121107
Hawaii Five-O
Jack Lord, James MacArthurPremiered: September 20, 1968
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues... more - 4130133
Cold Case
Kathryn Morris, Danny PinoPremiered: September 28, 2003
Cold Case is an American police procedural television series which ran on CBS from September 28, 2003 to May 2, 2010. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department... more - 5103107
The Waltons
Jon Walmsley, Mary Beth McDonoughPremiered: September 14, 1972
The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show is centered on a family in a rural Virginia... more - 69489
Lassie
Tommy Rettig, Jan ClaytonPremiered: September 12, 1954
Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie dog named Lassie and her companions, both human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert... more - 798103
Mission: Impossible
Greg Morris, Peter LupusPremiered: September 17, 1966
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible... more - 8119128
Dallas
Larry Hagman, Patrick DuffyPremiered: April 2, 1978
Dallas is a long-running American prime time television soap opera that aired from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991, on CBS. The series revolves around a wealthy and feuding Texan family, the Ewings,... more - 999100
Gunsmoke
James Arness, Dennis WeaverPremiered: September 10, 1955
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the... more - 10108116
Murder, She Wrote
Angela LansburyPremiered: September 30, 1984
This show is a television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons with 264 episodes from 1984 to 1996 on the... more - 1194103
JAG
David James Elliott, Catherine BellPremiered: September 23, 1995
JAG is an American legal drama television show with a distinct U.S. Navy theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario, and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network... more - 1290101
Northern Exposure
Rob Morrow, Janine TurnerPremiered: July 12, 1990
Northern Exposure is an American television series that ran on CBS from 1990 to 1995, with a total of 110 episodes. It dealt with a New York City physician, Dr. Joel Fleischman, who is sent to... more - 139256
Criminal Minds
Joe Mantegna, Paget BrewsterPremiered: September 22, 2005
Criminal Minds (CBS, 2005) is an American police-procedural television program. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The show... more - 1497102
Perry Mason
Raymond Burr, Barbara HalePremiered: September 21, 1957
Perry Mason is an American legal drama series originally broadcast on CBS television from September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los... more - 1589102
The Incredible Hulk
Bill Bixby, Lou FerrignoPremiered: March 10, 1978
The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel Comics character The Hulk. The series aired on the CBS television network and starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Bruce Banner,... more - 16105134
Without a Trace
Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy MontgomeryPremiered: September 26, 2002
Without a Trace is an American police procedural television drama series that originally aired on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009, following the cases of a Missing Persons Unit of the... more - 1784103
Wonder Woman
Lynda Carter, Lyle WaggonerPremiered: April 21, 1976
Wonder Woman is an American television series based on the DC Comics comic book superheroine of the same name. Starring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince and Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor Sr.... more - 186476
NCIS: New Orleans
Scott Bakula, Vanessa FerlitoPremiered: September 23, 2014
NCIS: New Orleans is an American television series combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres that airs on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. It premiered on September 23,... more - 1996127
The Good Wife
Julianna Margulies, Christine BaranskiPremiered: September 22, 2009
The Good Wife (CBS, 2009) is an American television legal and political drama created by Robert King and Michelle King. Alicia has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's attorney. After a... more - 2091124
Walker, Texas Ranger
Chuck Norris, Clarence GilyardPremiered: April 21, 1993
Walker, Texas Ranger (CBS, 1993) is an American action crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, inspired by the film Lone Wolf McQuade. Texas Ranger Cordell Walker (Chuck... more - 2183117
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Jane Seymour, Joe LandoPremiered: January 1, 1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American Western drama series created by Beth Sullivan and starring Jane Seymour who plays Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, a physician who leaves Boston in search of... more - 2279107
Kojak
Telly Savalas, George SavalasPremiered: October 24, 1973
Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular Cannon... more - 2377110
Knots Landing
Michele Lee, Ted ShackelfordPremiered: 1979
Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. A spin-off of Dallas, it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles,... more - 2484103
NUMB3RS
Rob Morrow, David KrumholtzPremiered: January 23, 2005
Numbers (CBS, 2005) is an American crime drama television series created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton. Special Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his brother Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz), a... more - 2557102
Cagney & Lacey
Tyne Daly, Sharon GlessPremiered: March 25, 1982
Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from March 25, 1982 to May 16, 1988. A police procedural, the show stars Tyne... more
