Best Crime TV Series of the 1980s
250 Crime series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity
Poirot
59K 70 1989–2013
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The A-Team
46K 97 1983–1987
Action · Adventure · Crime
MacGyver
45K 139 1985–1992
Action · Adventure · Crime
Knight Rider
41K 90 1982–1986
Action · Adventure · Crime
Miami Vice
34K 111 1984–1989
Action · Crime · Drama
Murder, She Wrote
33K 264 1984–1996
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Baywatch
33K 243 1989–2003
Action · Adventure · Crime
Magnum, P.I.
32K 158 1980–1988
Action · Adventure · Crime
Tales from the Crypt
30K 93 1989–1996
Comedy · Crime · Fantasy
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
27K 13 1984–1985
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Police Squad!
25K 6 1982–1982
Comedy · Crime
Inspector Morse
16K 33 1987–2000
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
15K 11 1986–1988
Crime · Drama · Mystery
21 Jump Street
15K 102 1987–1991
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Hill Street Blues
12K 144 1981–1987
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Matlock
11K 181 1986–1995
Crime · Drama · Mystery
EastEnders
10K 7405 1985–present
Crime · Drama · Romance
Beauty and the Beast
9K 55 1987–1990
Crime · Drama · Fantasy
Cops
8K 1223 1989–2025
Action · Crime · Reality-TV
Unsolved Mysteries
7K 609 1987–2010
Crime · Documentary · Drama
In the Heat of the Night
7K 146 1988–1995
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Simon & Simon
7K 156 1981–1989
Action · Crime · Drama
The Equalizer
7K 88 1985–1989
Action · Crime · Drama
Hunter
6K 152 1984–1991
Action · Crime · Drama