Gloria Sheppard (Ally Walker from Profiler, Sons of Anarchy) is a detective with the LAPD who has recently become a single mother to two young boys. As with several other female cop type roles currently running on television, Gloria is overloaded between her job and home life, and the men in her life are basically incompetent. She stays up late sewing costumes for her sons then is up bright and early doing her detective thing. Detective Sheppard currently lives with her younger brother, Davey (played by Chris Payne Gilbert from Dexter, Burn Notice) but he's not much help due to being a recovering drug addict and she doesn't trust him with anything more than minor tasks. Sheppard solves some spectacular cases with the assistance of her partner, detective Michelle Dulcett (Tisha Campbell-Martin from Everybody Hates Chris, All of Us). Reminiscent of (although not nearly as tough and outspoken) other TV characters like Brenda Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) on The Closer, Body of Proof's Dr. Megan Hunt (Dana Delaney), and In Plain Sight's Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack) we see Detective Gloria Sheppard as a woman determined to do it all, with or without male companionship. And she does it well.

NYPD Blue is a police procedural drama TV show that aired on ABC from 1993 to 2005. The series follows the work and personal lives of the detectives of the fictional 15th Precinct of the NYPD in Manhattan. The show was known for its gritty portrayal of police work and controversial topics such as nudity, sex, and violence.

Leverage TV Show is about a man named Nate Ford who works as an insurance investigator until his employer denies his sons medical claim and dies because of it. That is when Nate realizes he can't work for such a company and ends up unemployed and heading straight toward alcoholism. Then he gets hired by an aeronautics company to get back stolen information from a rival company. Nate is joined by four others; that are highly skilled in various areas such as an internet fraud specialist, an expert thief, a gifted con woman and a very talented "˜retrieval' specialist. Since each on them is use to being a solo act, they don't seem to want to work with one another. However, when their backs are up against the wall they need to pull together and do what they have to. Even once the job is done, they realize they are stronger together than apart and work together to take from the greedy and give to the poor. Leverage TV series shows us the modern day 'Robin Hoods' in action.

Will Trent is a fictional character in a series of crime novels by the author Karin Slaughter. He is a Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) agent who struggles with dyslexia and a traumatic past. The novels explore his personal and professional life as he navigates complex cases and relationships.

Under the Banner of Heaven is a TV show based on a true crime book by Jon Krakauer. The show premiered on Hulu in April 2022 and stars Andrew Garfield and Gil Birmingham as detectives investigating a brutal murder and its potential ties to the Mormon Church. The main character, Detective Jeb Pyre, is himself a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"The Head" is a television series that was released in 2020. It is a thriller that takes place in Antarctica, where a research station has been left empty for six months. A team is sent to the station to investigate what happened, and they find a dead body and a group of survivors who are traumatized and uncooperative. As the investigation unfolds, the team discovers that something sinister is lurking in the station, and they must race against time to uncover the truth before it's too late.