Greatest cop shows

Paste has ranked the 40 best cop shows. No surprise to see The Wire #1 and The Shield #2. They are probably my second- and third-favorite shows of all-time, behind The X-Files. I was a bit surprised to see NYPD Blue barely crack the Top 10. Southland should be higher as well.

What say you?

The 40 Greatest Cop Shows of All Time

 

Loved Hill Street Blues, especially the early seasons. NBC had a great 1-2 punch with St. Elsewhere on Wednesdays and HSB on Thursdays. Interesting to me that St. Elsewhere was packed with future superstars but that the only person from HSB who went on to a major, major career was Dennis Franz and he was just a sometimes recurring character.

 

Luther is where it should be.

Law and Order should be above SVU.

Sherlock on BBC should be very high on the list if it qualifies.

True Detective is where it should be.

Oh, wait... Broadchurch. Whoa, did they miss on Broadchurch (BBC)

 

That's a good list. A real good list. You can quibble with some of the rankings (Law and Order too low), but Boomtown, Southland, Justified, The Shield, The Wire all belong on any list of that sort. Also glad to see Monk and The Border made it.

 

Pretty good list. I was glad to see Cracker on there. Very underrated show.

 

I would never place SVU over the original. That sticks out to me.

 

Pleasantly surprised to see shows like Monk and Sledge Hammer on the list, but Third Watch is sorely missing.

 

Detective shows would kick cop shows butt!

 

Yeah, SVU is overrated as is NYPD Blue, which was shot in LA. And the original Hawaii-5O should have been on there.

 

Ummmm ... Where in the hell is "Dragnet?"

 

Where are:

The Bill
The Sweeney
Dixon of Dock Green
Van der Valk
The FBI

 

Hawaii 5-0 (the original, with Jack Lord) should be somewhere on that list.