What’s Your Favorite TV Detective Show?

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   Jacqueline4390posted 9 years ago

   
   I grew up in an era where TV was the main family pastime. There we were dad, mom and the siblings spending quality time together watching our favorite shows. Among those shows were the Detectives. A wide array of characters that set out to “keep the peace” and thaw any criminal that was unlucky enough to cross their path.
   
   This may date me but Dragnet was a picture from my childhood. Dad and I were at the edge of our seats enjoying the fast paced no-nonsense Jack Webb as his voiced introduced each episode.
   
   What’s your favorite?

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      CarolRuckerposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I love a lot of the old school detectives. They had to do what they did without all the high tech gadgets and no cell...!
      
      My all time favorite is Monk. He's a more recent addition to the TV detective roles, but I love his mix of intellect combined with a fear of every day situations.

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      Shinkickerposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Hill Street Blues will always be my favourite. It became a benchmark for future cop and detective shows

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   Hicks Daysposted 9 years ago

   it's not really a detective show, but i love watching The Mentalist
   
   Detective Conan is cool too.

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   Chelsea Sandersonposted 9 years ago

   Mine would be Criminal Minds

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   Thelma Albertsposted 9 years ago

   I love the British detective stories like Morse, Midsummers Murders or Cadfael.

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      Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      That's Great! Out of curiosity--why do you prefer the British Detectives? I do love reading Agatha Christie by the way, though its been a while.

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   jansharesposted 9 years ago

   I'm old school and still stuck on the shows that are long gone. I don't watch any of the new ones. My all time favorite detectives were those on NYPD Blue, Homicide, and in more recent years, The Shield. I was so addicted.

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      Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Funny you should mention "the Blue" because that's my next question!

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   Colin Quartermainposted 9 years ago

   Detective shows are quite possibly my favourite type of tv programmes
   Off top of my head -
   From the UK - Maigret with Michael Gambon
   From the US - Nero Wolfe with Maury Chaykin and Timothy Hutton

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   Jacqueline4390posted 9 years ago

   
   OK guys and gals (no cheating with google) what's the name of the detective show that sported this face?

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      jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      On the tip of my tongue . . . . Jones?

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         Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

         What's his first name?

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            jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

            Barnaby!!!!!

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               Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

               YES!

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      bBereanposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Barnaby Jones played by Buddy Epsen of "The Beverly Hillbillies" fame, (He was Jed Clampett).
      Update:  Oops, didn't read far enough.  I see they already answered.

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   Jacqueline4390posted 9 years ago

   And how about this face?
   

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      jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Mannix

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         Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

         You got it! The lady knows her TV!

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   Jacqueline4390posted 9 years ago

   And one more blast from the past ... who was this "mug" whose name was also the title of the show?
   (He loved his lollipops)
   

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      jansharesposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Kojak

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         Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

         You did it again, but tell me who is the guy with the lollipop?

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            Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

            You got it!

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    Jacqueline4390posted 9 years ago

    OK British detective fans ... who is he?
    

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       Colin Quartermainposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Hercule Poirot played by David Suchet

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          Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

          You got it! Congrats! Don't forget to check my face-off question of Markle vs Poirot!

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    The Examiner-1posted 9 years ago

    Adam 12 was an old favorite and I still watch it since it has come back. One of my recent favorites is N.C.I.S., I do not think that I missed an episode.

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    Sam Montanaposted 9 years ago

    I love detective shows and I would have to say my favorite would be Columbo with Peter Falk. Monk was also excellent.

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       Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

       I truly loved his "laid back" approach!

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    bBereanposted 9 years ago

    The Rockford Files was classic '70s.

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    jansharesposted 9 years ago

    Oh my goodness, I just remembered another all-time favorite: Barney Miller. That ensemble of detectives was the most hilarious on TV.

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       Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

       In that same vein would be "Car 54 Where Are You?" This is reaching way back into my childhood and is of course more of a "cop show" than detective.

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       Sam Montanaposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       Oh yea, Barney Miller was a great show and funny, all about detectives. I also liked Hill Street Blues. Even though it was more about police, it also had detectives. Much more realistic than other TV shows.

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    tlcsposted 9 years ago

    I love, Death in Paradise, Silent Witness and Lewis all in the U.K. Have you heard of these?

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       Jacqueline4390posted 9 years agoin reply to this

       No, I haven't

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