The Best Crime Shows on TV Right Now
Television fans love TV crime shows for so many reasons. Crime and criminal shows come in so many shapes and sizes that it can be hard to nail down which one is really the best. Sometimes they're funny, sometimes they're romantic, sometimes they're creepy and sometimes they're pure dramas. Crime shows often include the best TV policemen and detectives, memorable characters with strong problem solving skills. Best of all though, they give us a look at crime from all different angles.
On Blacklist, you see the perspective of a master criminal, while Blue Bloods and The Rookie take fans inside the minds of the law enforcement in charge of catching them.
Some of the best crime series have already come and gone. Shows like The Mentalist and White Collar have ended and great older crime TV shows like The Sopranos and Murder, She Wrote have long since passed into crime show history, while others have stuck around and become the best crime dramas of the past decade. Along the way, viewers have also been subjected to some truly awful crime shows. Luckily, right now, there are plenty of great crime shows to choose from. Whether you like your investigations with a touch of humor or with heaps of suspense, there's something for everyone nowadays when it comes to crime dramas on TV.
Check out this list of the top crime shows currently on TV and upvote the series you think are the greatest.
- Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Kelli Giddish
- Premiered: September 20, 1999
Capt. Benson and her NYPD squad fight for justice in cases ripped straight from the headlines. - Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Brian Dietzen
- Premiered: September 23, 2003
Special agents investigate crimes related to the Navy and Marine Corps. - Premiered: April 13, 2023
A cop is forced to return to Florida for a shady mission and gets swept up in a treasure hunt.- Nathan Fillion, Mekia Cox, Alyssa Diaz
- Premiered: October 16, 2018
A middle-aged small-town man decides to pursue his dream of becoming an LAPD officer. - Jason Beghe, Patrick Flueger, LaRoyce Hawkins
- Premiered: January 8, 2014
Chicago P.D.'s Intelligence Unit investigates formidable offenses to deliver justice for the city. - Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto
- Premiered: September 25, 2018
Agents use all of their talents, intellect and expertise to keep New York and the country safe. - James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Hisham Tawfiq
- Premiered: September 23, 2013
"Red" Reddington agrees to work with the FBI, on the condition he'll only work with profiler Keen.