Shows Like The Commish
If you liked The Commish (1991), 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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Hill Street Blues (1981)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Blue Bloods (2010)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaA drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his…
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T. J. Hooker (1982)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaSergeant 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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In the Heat of the Night (1988)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaIn the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the…
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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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The Bill (1984)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaThe daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking…
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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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Baretta (1975)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaBaretta 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…
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The Couple Next Door (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaEvie and Pete move into an upscale neighborhood and find themselves in a world of curtain twitching and status anxiety. They find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny and his wife…
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Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and comedyRumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all…
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Barney Miller (1975)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyBarney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and…
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Whiskey Cavalier (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedyFollowing an emotional breakup, tough but tender FBI super-agent Will Chase (codename: “Whiskey Cavalier”) is assigned to work with badass CIA operative Frankie Trowbridge (codename: “Fiery Tribune”). Together, they…
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Murder in a Small Town (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaKarl 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…
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Grace (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaBrighton 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…
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Marlon (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaA loving (but immature) father is committed to co-parenting his two kids with his very-together ex-wife. While his misguided fatherly advice, unstoppable larger-than-life personality and unpredictable Internet…
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Rookie Blue (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaAmbitious 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…
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Starsky & Hutch (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaStreetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
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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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The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaTwo police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and…
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Acapulco (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and dramaIn 1984, Maximo Gallardo's dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime at Acapulco's hottest resort, Las Colinas. But he soon realizes that working there will be far more complicated than he ever imagined.