Creator and writer of The Wire TV show, David Simon (Homicide: Life on the Streets) knows about crime dramas after spending twelve years as a reporter at the Baltimore Sun's City Desk. His writing is honest and penetrating as he searches out the dark and seamy side of life that is part of any old and large city lifestyle. The Wire ran for sixty episodes and spanned five seasons with top acting, writing, producing, and high ratings all the while. Episodes covered a wide variety of occurrences and facets of Baltimore including the city's illegal drug trade, corruption in city government, the system within a seaport town, news in print media, and school system issues. The Wire is a crime drama all about a typical large American city and how we each cope with events that make up our lives. Demonstrating how life can be complicated no matter if you are a cop, a lawyer, a judge, a politician, or a low life drug dealer, and how the many institutions involved in our livelihood affect each and every one of us. Cops get the bad guys and the lawyers and judges just turn around and set them free.

Crime drama on American television doesn't get any better than The Closer. Starring the beautiful Kyra Sedgwick (Mrs. Kevin Bacon) she leads as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson of the Georgia PD that has found herself transplanted to Los Angeles, California to take over as lead officer on their Priority Murder Squad (now called the Major Crimes Division). Starring an ensemble cast that includes J.K. Simmons (Law & Order, OZ) as Will Pope the Assistant Chief of Operations with the LAPD, Corey Reynolds (Private Practice, CSI: Miami) as David Gabriel Sergeant of Detectives at LAPD, and Robert Gossett (ER, Bones) who plays Commander Russell Taylor of Robbery and Homicide for the LAPD. Kyra Sedgwick herself has top rated credentials herself with roles in Secondhand Lions, Lover Boy, and Phenomenon. Each episode revolves around a different story line and includes murder and other serious crimes that occur in the Los Angeles area. Deputy Chief Johnson's role is to solve crimes and not let them become "cold cases". Her track record is excellent and she and her team get the job done in an hour each episode.

"La Jauria" (The Pack) is a TV show that tells the story of a young girl who disappears after attending a feminist protest. The show is set in Chile and follows a group of female detectives who are trying to find the missing girl. As they investigate, they uncover a web of secrets and corruption that implicates powerful people in the community.

"Power" is an American television series that aired from 2014 to 2020. The show follows James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a nightclub owner in New York City who leads a double life as a drug kingpin. The series explores themes of power, corruption, and redemption, as Ghost tries to balance his criminal empire with his desire to go legitimate and leave his criminal past behind.

"El Jardín de Bronce" is a popular Argentine crime drama series. The show follows the story of a man named Fabián Danubio, whose daughter disappears without a trace in Buenos Aires. In his desperate search for her, Fabián discovers a network of corruption and secrets hidden beneath the city.

Big Sky is an American television series that premiered on ABC in November 2020. The show is based on the novel "The Highway" by C.J. Box and is set in Montana. It follows private detectives Cassie Dewell and Cody Hoyt as they investigate the disappearance of two sisters on a remote highway. The investigation leads them to a sinister kidnapping ring operating in the area, and the detectives must race against time to rescue the victims and bring the perpetrators to justice.