Good old-fashioned cop shows - any new ones?

r3nu4l

So I'm not a big TV fan, I'm much more into movies but when I do catch a series I like I tend to watch every episode without fail.

I'm looking for some suggestions for modern equivalents of the good old-fashioned cop shows. To get an idea of what I mean, I'm talking about modern equivalents of the likes of Cagney and Lacey, CHiPs, Hill Street Blues, Starsky and Hutch and the Streets of San Francisco.

The last modern one I watched was probably NYPD Blue and I liked that. NCIS has some elements of the type of show I like too.

Any others out there I should be watching? I've had my fill of piss-poor 'forensic' shows like CSI, so I'm not looking for that type of show.

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JP Liz V1

Rizzoli & Isles, Castle and Common Law spring to mind

CastorTroy

Blue Bloods and the cancelled after one season but really good Chicago Code.

2 other cop shows that are great but don't match what you're looking for would be The Wire and The Shield. The Wire is about the criminals as well, while Vic Mackey, the main character in The Shield is a dirty cop

Cliona99

The Chicago Code was great! I really like Southland too.

Tipsy McSwagger

Just watch The First 48 ya can't beat the real thing.

ixoy

'Southland' is a must: Cop show done in a gritty styling, going between cops on the beat and homicide investigators.

'Castle' is great - smart and very funny at times with noticeable chemistry between the leads. Laughed at this more than many comedies.

jill_valentine

I hugely enjoyed The Closer, but that's more of a detective procedural than uniforms-and-car-chases as I suspect you're looking for?

For more old fashioned stuff, Flashpoint is a good SWAT drama, and Rookie Blue is a solid blues-and-twos action.

girl2

I've watched all seasons (am now on season 4) of White Collar <snip>. It's a really good show in my opinion. About the FBI and a jailed art thief who ends up working for them.

Skerries

for a buddy cop series there is Common Law but it isn't for me though
as mentioned Chicago Code criminally only had one season as it was excellent
NYC 22 is a good street cop show like NYPD Blue or Third Watch

ejmaztec

They never found a replacement for the late Stephen J cannell, who was knocking out cop series (among others) for decades in the US like there was no tomorrow.

Icarus Wings

BBC's Luther is definitely one of my favourite police dramas. It follows DCI John Luther (Idris Elba - starred in The Wire), a skilled yet brutal police officer who regularly resorts to bending the rulebook in order to capture some of London's most ruthless criminals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmy62bTeakg

IMDb Review - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1474684/

RTE are currently showing Season 1 late on Monday nights. It's on at around half 12 tonight!

DjFlin

Life On Mars is a great show. Cop drama with a dash of sci fi.

expectationlost

prime suspect US, only 1 series though, watch homicide life on the street if you havn't

Lafortezza

I really enjoyed Line of Duty, a 5-part police drama from the BBC. Not really a buddy-cop show, and only 5 50-minute episodes but it's really good quality and I thought the plot was very good.
Promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1auPkEy87g

JP Liz V1

Skerries wrote: »

for a buddy cop series there is Common Law but it isn't for me though
as mentioned Chicago Code criminally only had one season as it was excellent
NYC 22 is a good street cop show like NYPD Blue or Third Watch

Detroit 187 was another good show again cancelled after one season like The Chicago Code

Maglight

Lafortezza wrote: »

I really enjoyed Line of Duty, a 5-part police drama from the BBC. Not really a buddy-cop show, and only 5 50-minute episodes but it's really good quality and I thought the plot was very good.
Promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1auPkEy87g

Line of Duty was a great series written by the super smart Jed Mercurio. Pity it was only five episodes as it felt a bit rushed at the end. Good news is that it's been commissioned for a second series.

darkhorse

Maglight wrote: »

Line of Duty was a great series written by the super smart Jed Mercurio. Pity it was only five episodes as it felt a bit rushed at the end. Good news is that it's been commissioned for a second series.

What about True Justice, a cop series with Steven Seagal. I think its its great.

gaelicred

You should try the Closer great show failing that watch repeats of the sweeney

_blank_

Luther and Line of Duty are excellent BBC offerings, but they are more serious than the likes of C&L, CHiPS, S&H etc.

helimachoptor

High incident, blues and twos but a good show if short lives show from the 90s

mikemac1

I know you want modern shows but check out Homicide: Life on the Street

Since you've liked older shows I think you'd like this

I loved it anyway

+1 for The Chicago Code, can't believe they axed it after one season :mad:

the_syco

Check out the new version of "Hawaii Five-O". Good choice on NCIS and maybe check out NCIS:LA as well.

Not a cop show as such, but if you liked "CI5 The Professionals" have a look at "Strikeback; Opertion Dawn" for similar over the top shenanigans.

Finally, have a look at Dexter. He is a forensic specialist, but unlike CSI, he is the one knocking off the bad guys

Fionne

Rookie Blue (Canada)

Scott & Bailey (UK)

Rush (Australia)

All good in their own way but quite different from each other.

sweetie

southland is the best at the moment. essential viewing imo

JP Liz V1

the_syco wrote: »

Check out the new version of "Hawaii Five-O". Good choice on NCIS and maybe check out NCIS:LA as well.

Not a cop show as such, but if you liked "CI5 The Professionals" have a look at "Strikeback; Opertion Dawn" for similar over the top shenanigans.

Finally, have a look at Dexter. He is a forensic specialist, but unlike CSI, he is the one knocking off the bad guys

+ 1 on new Hawaii 5-0, great chemistry between the cast and good overall story arc plus weekly plots as well

hardCopy

The Good Cop started on BBC 1 tonight, it gets a terrible review on The Telegraph but I actually thought it started pretty well.

Will be watching next week.

The Telegraph review is a bit spoilerful if you haven't seen the show. Here's a snippet from the BBC:

Police dramas are hardly a rarity on British TV. Yet new BBC One series Good Cop, beginning on Thursday, attempts to put a fresh spin on an old formula.

"A lot of police dramas lately have been procedure-based," explains writer Stephen Butchard, whose previous credits include 2011's acclaimed Five Daughters.

"I wanted to pull it right back and root it in the human being."

To that end, his latest work views the daily grind of Liverpool policing from the perspective of one man - PC John Paul Rocksavage, played by Warren Brown.

jill_valentine

I half considered recommending Sky's A Touch of Cloth.

ejmaztec

hardCopy wrote: »

The Good Cop started on BBC 1 tonight, it gets a terrible review on The Telegraph but I actually thought it started pretty well.

Will be watching next week.

The Telegraph review is a bit spoilerful if you haven't seen the show. Here's a snippet from the BBC:

It wasn't that bad, the Telegraph critic must have had a bad hair day when he wrote the review. His bit criticising the cop for being too thick to run to the other door was stupid in itself, being as I'm pretty sure the gang made certain that door was jammed shut too.

Richard Dower

sweetie wrote: »

southland is the best at the moment. essential viewing imo

+1....the best cop show since NYPD Blue

brian_t

hardCopy wrote: »

The Good Cop started on BBC 1 tonight, it gets a terrible review on The Telegraph but I actually thought it started pretty well.

Will be watching next week.

The BBC has shelved the final episode of drama Good Cop following the deaths of two police officers.

The episode, due to be screened on Thursday, features a violent attack on a female police officer.

"In light of news events, BBC One has postponed the final episode of Good Cop, due to transmit at 9pm tonight," the BBC said, in a statement.

The drama will be rescheduled to a later date..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19659128

Son0vagun

Justified!

jimmyw

Law and order SVU, I am a real addict.Its not always strictly a murder whodunnit but I absolutely love it.

Oh 14th season start next week too:)

choo choo man

sweetie wrote: »

southland is the best at the moment. essential viewing imo

On what channel is southland shown here? .I know it shows on TNT in the states, but i dont think you can that channel here.

ixoy

choo choo man wrote: »

On what channel is southland shown here? .I know it shows on TNT in the states, but i dont think you can that channel here.

You've been on boards for two years and you're really asking what TV stations we watch our shows on ?

We obviously watch everything on <address omitted>. How could you not know that?

JP Liz V1

choo choo man wrote: »

On what channel is southland shown here? .I know it shows on TNT in the states, but i dont think you can that channel here.

It was shown in the past on TV3, 3e and More 4 I think