Shows Like Moonlighting

If you liked Moonlighting (1985), a comedy and drama series created by Glenn Gordon Caron, 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
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…
2
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
★ 8/10Also drama and comedy
Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
3
Wild Cards (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedy
A spirited con woman and a demoted by-the-book detective are given the chance to redeem themselves. The catch? They have to find a way to work together each using their unique skills to solve crimes.
4
Take Two (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
Sam Swift, the former star of a hit cop series whose epic breakdown is broadcast to the public and sends her to rehab. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing lone-wolf private investigator…
5
Vega$ (1978)
★ 7/10Also drama and crime
Private detective Dan Tanna drives around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.
6
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…
7
McDonald & Dodds (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and mystery
Two detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown together and forge a rumbustious friendship and entertaining partnership.
8
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and mystery
Sylvester and Tweety help out when Granny opens a detective agency.
9
Private Eyes (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama
Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.
10
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…
11
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.
12
Death Valley (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and drama
Thrown together by the murder of John's neighbour, John and Janie are an odd, yet hilarious duo with opposing instincts. Every week, they get to the bottom of gripping murders, with various stunning Welsh locations…
13
The Good Guys (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy
Once upon the 1970s, Dan Stark and his partner, Frank Savage, were big-shot Dallas detectives. So big, in fact, that they were lauded as American heroes after saving the Governor's son. Thirty years later, Dan Stark is…
14
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crime
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992…
15
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
★ 8/10Also comedy and mystery
The Mystery Inc. gang solve bigger mysteries while also encountering many memorable celebrities.
16
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…
17
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2009)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and crime
The adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts Botswana's first female-owned detective agency.
18
Agatha Raisin (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and mystery
Burnt out on office politics, Agatha Raisin retires early to a picturesque village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her deceptively…
19
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…
20
My Life Is Murder (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and crime
Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. Fearless and unapologetic, Alexa's unique skills and insights into…