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Best Mystery TV Series of 1988

19 Mystery series that started in 1988, ranked by popularity

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19 series

In the Heat of the Night

★ 7.6
7K 146 1988–1995
Small town · Procedural

Jack the Ripper

★ 7.4
6K 2 1988–1988
Detective mystery · Period piece

Vale Tudo

★ 9.1
694 204 1988–1989
Crime · Drama · Mystery

A Taste for Death

★ 7.7
395 6 1988–1988
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Hora marcada

★ 7.8
296 99 1988–1990
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Probe

★ 7.8
257 7 1988–1988
Comedy · Crime · Mystery

Hannay

★ 7.2
244 13 1988–1989
Adventure · Crime · Mystery

Painajainen

★ 7.6
158 4 1988–1988
Horror · Mystery

Sonny Spoon

★ 7.0
145 15 1988–1988
Comedy · Crime · Mystery

Un nuevo amanecer

★ 7.7
78 80 1988–1989
Drama · Mystery · Romance

Pasión y poder

★ 8.8
58 80 1988–1988
Drama · Mystery · Romance

Don Tonino

★ 6.6
54 14 1988–1990
Comedy · Crime · Mystery

Sueurs froides

★ 6.9
42 18 1988–1988
Crime · Mystery · Thriller

The Watch House

★ 7.1
41 3 1988–present
Family · Horror · Mystery

Big Game

★ 6.5
41 6 1988–1988
Crime · Mystery

Menace Unseen

★ 6.7
29 3 1988–1988
Mystery · Thriller

Stoft och skugga

★ 5.2
23 6 1988–1988
Crime · Mystery

Honee Ahonee

★ 6.5
13 1 1988–present
Mystery

Non basta una vita

★ 5.0
8 2 1988–1989
Comedy · Drama · Mystery
‹ 1987 1988 1989 ›
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