"The Lesson is Murder" is a TV show that follows a high school teacher named Emily Sanders who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation when one of her students is found dead. Emily is initially reluctant to get involved, but as she starts to uncover clues and realizes that the police may be overlooking important details, she becomes more invested in solving the case. Along the way, Emily must navigate the complex social dynamics of the school and deal with her own personal problems.

Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) is head of the Lightman Group, a team of deception experts who study faces and body movements to determine who is lying and who isn't when a crime occurs. The show is inspired by a real life psychologist who's discoveries include reading faces, voices, and body "language" and forming conclusions from what is given away by the human psyche. This form of investigation is helpful in finding out the truth when criminal activity involves good liars. Dr. Cal Lightman is played by actor Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction) who is both star and executive producer. His way of finding out the truth is both blunt and to the point; he loves to get in a suspects face and be antagonistic. Side stories involving his personal side and relationship with his young daughter are interesting and often humorous, especially when he applies his work day knowledge toward family relationships. Lie To Me is a top rated show on the Fox Network each Monday evening.

When billionaire software guru known simply as Mr. Finch develops a software program for computers that helps identify someone who potentially will become involved with violent crime he intended the program to help locate terrorists in our midst and prevent another disaster such as happened on September 11, 2001. As they work with the software it is soon learned there are other uses for it. The program can be set to detect those who run the risk of being involved in some sort of violent crime but cannot tell if those involved will become victims or perpetrator or simply witnesses to the crime. While crimes cannot be stopped before happening they do find it helpful in solving and making arrests. Helping Mr. Finch (Michael Emerson from Lost, The Practice) solve these crimes is John Reese (Jim Caviezel of Outlander, The Prisoner), formerly with the CIA and now presumed to be dead. Mr. Finch is also thought to be deceased and the two have worked out a plan to locate those singled out by the software program by use of their social security numbers.

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 Rookie is an American police procedural television series that premiered on ABC on October 16, 2018. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The show explores the challenges and obstacles he faces as he pursues his dream of becoming a police officer and navigates his personal life.