Best Crime TV Series of the 1990s
Top 500 most popular Crime series that started in the 1990s
The Sopranos
589K 86 1999–2007
Antihero lead
The X-Files
275K 218 1993–2018
Supernatural · Atmospheric
Twin Peaks
249K 30 1990–1991
Stylized direction · Atmospheric
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
146K 602 1999–present
Long-runner · Procedural
Oz
117K 56 1997–2003
Graphic violence · Bleak
Law & Order
52K 550 1990–present
Procedural · Legal · Long-runner
Midsomer Murders
45K 145 1997–present
Detective mystery · Procedural
JAG
22K 227 1995–2005
War & military · Legal
Walker, Texas Ranger
21K 196 1993–2001
Procedural · Episodic
NYPD Blue
18K 261 1993–2005
Gritty · Detective mystery
Homicide: Life on the Street
17K 122 1993–1999
Gritty · Detective mystery
Silent Witness
15K 278 1996–present
Long-runner · Procedural
Millennium
13K 67 1996–1999
Dark tone · Unsettling
Third Watch
12K 132 1999–2005
Ensemble cast · Big city life
The Practice
12K 167 1997–2004
Legal · Morally gray
La Femme Nikita
12K 96 1997–2001
Secrets & lies · Espionage
Prime Suspect
11K 2 1991–1991
Strong female lead
Jonathan Creek
10K 32 1997–2016
Puzzle plot · Detective mystery
A Touch of Frost
10K 42 1992–2010
Detective mystery · Procedural
Diagnosis Murder
10K 178 1993–2001
Procedural · Episodic
The Thin Blue Line
9K 14 1995–1996
Sitcom · British TV · Workplace
Nash Bridges
9K 122 1996–2001
Procedural · Episodic
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
9K 6 1994–1994
Detective mystery · British TV
Cracker
9K 25 1993–1996
Antihero lead · Gritty