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"We had technical advisers on Cagney & Lacey the first two years. They flew a woman in to advise us. I always remember she had a cut across her face, it was a knife cut -- all the way across. A woman cop. Got it on the job." - Sharon Gless

Cop/Detective/Mystery series describes shows featuring recurring protagonists who engage in solving or preventing crimes.

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  • 21 Jump Street
  • A
  • Adam 12
  • B
  • Baretta
  • Brooklyn South
  • Burke’s Law
  • C
  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Cain's Hundred
  • Charlie’s Angels
  • Christine Cromwell
  • Code 3
  • Columbo
  • Cop Rock
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • D
  • Dragnet
  • F
  • F.B.I., The
  • H
  • Hart to Hart
  • Hawaii Five-O
  • Hill Street Blues
  • Honey West
  • Hunter
  • I
  • In the Heat of the Night
  • Ironside
  • K
  • Kojak
  • L
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  • M
  • M Squad
  • Magnum, P. I.
  • Mannix
  • McCloud
  • Miami Vice
  • Mod Squad, The
  • Moonlighting
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • N
  • Naked City
  • Name of the Game, The
  • New York Undercover
  • NYPD Blue
  • P
  • Peter Gunn
  • Players
  • R
  • Rockford Files, The
  • S
  • Starsky and Hutch
  • Streets of San Francisco
  • Swift Justice
  • Switch
  • T
  • T.J. Hooker
  • Treasury Men in Action
  • U
  • Untouchables, The
  • Untouchables, The: "The White Slavers"
  • W
  • Wiseguy

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Genres

  • Adventure / Espionage Series
  • Animation
  • Awards Shows
  • Children’s Programming
  • Classic Anthology Series
  • Comedy Series
  • Commercials
  • Cop / Detective / Mystery Series
  • Daytime / Primetime Serials
  • Drama Series
  • Game Shows
  • Late Night
  • Legal Dramas
  • Medical Dramas
  • Music Shows & Variety Shows / Specials
  • News and Documentary
  • Reality TV
  • Religious Programming
  • Sci-Fi / Supernatural Series
  • Service Shows
  • Sports
  • Talk Shows
  • TV Movies / Miniseries / Dramatic Specials
  • Western Series
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Highlights

  • Steven Bochco on the elements that defined <i>NYPD Blue</i> (13m 20s)Steven Bochco on the elements that defined NYPD Blue (13m 20s)
  • Sharon Gless on creating a realistic cop show, and on Tyne Daly and Gless<i> </i> being honored by the New York Police Department for<i> Cagney &amp; Lacey</i> (01m 09s)Sharon Gless on creating a realistic cop show, and on Tyne Daly and Gless being honored by the New York Police Department for Cagney & Lacey (01m 09s)
  • Mike Post on working on <i>Hill Street Blues</i> with writer/producer Steven Bochco (03m 50s)Mike Post on working on Hill Street Blues with writer/producer Steven Bochco (03m 50s)
  • Steven Bochco on <i>L.A. Law</i> (13m 38s)Steven Bochco on L.A. Law (13m 38s)
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