Shows Like McMillan & Wife

If you liked McMillan & Wife (1971), a crime and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Baretta (1975)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New…
2
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mystery
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
3
Ironside (1967)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman…
4
Grace (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama
Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife…
5
The Mysteries of Laura (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and crime
Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two unruly twin boys and a soon-to-be ex-husband — also a cop — who just can't seem to sign the…
6
Dragnet (1967)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
7
Hill Street Blues (1981)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crime
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
8
Barnaby Jones (1973)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April…
9
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to…
10
Murder in Suburbia (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mystery
Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005. Detective Inspector Kate Ashurst, a graduate of a posh girls' academy, has a sharp, analytical mind; her working-class partner…
11
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mystery
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred…
12
Kojak (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
13
Murder in a Small Town (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime
Karl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon all his skills to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his…
14
Adam-12 (1968)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
15
Rookie Blue (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and crime
Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was…
16
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
★ 8.2/10Also crime and drama
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
17
Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and crime
Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense…
18
Harry Wild (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and crime
A recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
19
Professor T (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and mystery
Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.
20
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery and drama
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.