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Best Mystery TV Series of the 2000s

Top 500 most popular Mystery series that started in the 2000s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Cold Case

★ 7.7
35K 156 2003–2010
Procedural · Tearjerker

The Lost Room

★ 8.1
35K 4 2006–2006
Mystery box · Tight limited run

Life on Mars

★ 8.3
35K 16 2006–2007
Time travel · Mystery box

Damages

★ 8.1
33K 59 2007–2012
Legal · Morally gray

The Closer

★ 7.8
33K 109 2005–2012
Procedural · Strong female lead

The Killing

★ 8.4
33K 40 2007–2012
Slow burn · Bleak

Kyle XY

★ 7.4
32K 43 2006–2009
Outsider lead · Young adult

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

★ 7.6
30K 195 2001–2011
Procedural · Detective mystery

Harper's Island

★ 7.4
29K 13 2009–2009
Cliffhanger-driven · Mystery box

Rose Red

★ 6.7
28K 3 2002–2002
Supernatural · Unsettling

Hustle

★ 8.2
25K 48 2004–2012
Heists & cons · British TV

Taken

★ 7.8
22K 10 2002–2002
Sprawling saga · Space & sci-fi

Foyle's War

★ 8.6
21K 28 2002–2015
Period piece · Detective mystery

Murdoch Mysteries

★ 8.2
21K 335 2008–present
Detective mystery · Period piece

Tru Calling

★ 7.4
18K 27 2003–2005
Supernatural · Time travel

Inspector Lewis

★ 8.2
18K 42 2006–2015
Detective mystery · British TV

Wallander

★ 7.8
18K 12 2008–2016
Nordic noir · Detective mystery

Whitechapel

★ 7.8
16K 18 2009–2013
Detective mystery · Atmospheric

The Andromeda Strain

★ 6.1
15K 4 2008–2008
Event miniseries · Tense

Invasion

★ 7.5
14K 22 2005–2006
Mystery box · Serialized

In Plain Sight

★ 7.4
14K 61 2008–2012
Strong female lead · Witty banter

Crossing Jordan

★ 7.1
14K 117 2001–2007
Procedural · Strong female lead

Agatha Christie's Marple

★ 7.9
13K 23 2004–2013
Detective mystery · British TV

Salem's Lot

★ 6.2
13K 2 2004–2004
Monster horror · Small town
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