Shows Like Common Law
If you liked Common Law (2012), a drama and comedy 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.
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Dragnet (1967)
★ 7/10Also crime and dramaPolice Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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Dragnet (1951)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crimeFollows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending…
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Psych (2006)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and comedyThanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being…
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Adam-12 (1968)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaAdam-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.
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Stalker (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and dramaA pair of detectives investigate stalkers in Los Angeles. Strong and focused, Lt. Beth Davis is an expert in the field of repeated harassment, driven by personal experience of being a victim. She heads the LAPD's…
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The Good Guys (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedyOnce 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…
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McDonald & Dodds (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crimeTwo detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown together and forge a rumbustious friendship and entertaining partnership.
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Moonlighting (1985)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and dramaAfter being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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Ironside (1967)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and dramaWhen 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…
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Major Crimes (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and dramaMajor Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a…
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Take Two (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and dramaSam 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…
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T. J. Hooker (1982)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crimeSergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners…
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Fastlane (2002)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and comedyFastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from September 18, 2002 to April 25, 2003.
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Wild Cards (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedyA 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.
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77 Sunset Strip (1958)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and dramaStu 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…
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Hill Street Blues (1981)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crimeA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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The Rockford Files (1974)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and dramaCranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man…
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A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
★ 8/10Also drama and comedyGenius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
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Golden Boy (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaGolden Boy is an American crime drama series created by Nicholas Wootton, which is produced by Berlanti Television and Warner Bros. Television. CBS placed a series order on May 13, 2012. The series ran on CBS from…
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Jake and the Fatman (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crimeJake 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…