Before forensic labs, digital tracking, and streaming mega-franchises like CSI or True Detective, television’s sleuths solved crimes with sharp instincts, trench coats, and charm. The 1970s and ’80s ...

Since the days of classic cop shows like Dragnet, Columbo and Hawaii Five-O, detective shows and procedurals have been among the most successful in TV history. Often running for more than a decade per ...