In this unconventional take on the crime procedural, Detective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q) leads a division of the LAPD tasked with cracking forgotten cold cases, though she has far more on her docket ...

Before streaming and prestige drama antiheroes, the detective genre dominated primetime slots. For decades, viewers have tuned in weekly to watch hard-boiled private eyes, clever detectives, and ...

The Mentalist, True Detective, The Blacklist, and Pretty Little Liars are exceptional mystery shows that prove that slow burn ...

From the comedic whodunit The Residence to the thrilling miniseries His & Hers, every episode of these Netflix detective shows is a true masterpiece.

The detective genre on television has delivered some of the best and most popular shows. From long-lasting police procedurals like Criminal Minds and the Law & Order franchise, and prestige detective ...

If you love investigative procedurals as much as we do, you already know many of the greats. One of fiction’s most enduring genres, detective stories are built to thrill, tantalize, and confuse us. At ...

Television detectives have been crossing the police tape, piecing together clues, and interrogating perps for almost as long as the medium has existed. But since Columbo, Kojak, and Cagney & Lacey ...

The reason why Acorn TV‘s “cozy mysteries” work so well is that the main characters — you know, the ones solving the murders — are more than just cops spewing clever lines. We get enough glimpses into ...

Twin Peaks begins with the murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), the town’s sweetheart and homecoming queen, whose body is unexpectedly washed ashore, naked and wrapped in plastic. As the town’s ...

The first episode of Lanterns is now on HBO Max and it's unlike anything we’ve seen before in the superhero genre. While 2017’s Logan has Western elements just like Lanterns does, the HBO Max series ...