Best Crime TV Series of the 1980s
250 Crime series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity
Cagney & Lacey
6K 126 1981–1988
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Alien Nation
6K 22 1989–1990
Crime · Drama · Sci-Fi
T.J. Hooker
6K 90 1982–1986
Action · Crime · Drama
The Bill
5K 2404 1984–2010
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Mission: Impossible
5K 35 1988–1990
Action · Adventure · Crime
Lovejoy
4K 72 1986–1994
Comedy · Crime · Drama
La piovra
4K 48 1984–2001
Action · Crime · Drama
Street Hawk
4K 13 1985–1985
Action · Crime · Mystery
Crime Story
4K 43 1986–1988
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Spenser: For Hire
4K 66 1985–1988
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
4K 77 1985–1989
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Jake and the Fatman
4K 103 1987–1992
Crime · Drama
Riptide
4K 56 1984–1986
Action · Crime · Drama
Hardcastle and McCormick
4K 67 1983–1986
Action · Crime · Drama
Wiseguy
3K 73 1987–1990
Crime · Drama · Mystery
48 Hours
3K 1505 1988–present
Crime · Documentary
Bergerac
3K 87 1981–1991
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Manimal
2K 8 1983–1983
Adventure · Crime · Fantasy
Father Dowling Mysteries
2K 43 1989–1991
Action · Comedy · Crime
America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
2K 777 1988–2021
Crime · Documentary
Automan
2K 13 1983–1984
Adventure · Comedy · Crime
Taggart
2K 176 1983–2010
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Blue Thunder
2K 11 1984–1984
Action · Crime · Drama
Dempsey and Makepeace
2K 30 1985–1986
Action · Crime · Drama