Procedural TV Shows (
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Shows that focuses on how crimes are solved or some other aspect of a law enforcement agency, legislative body, or court of law. Some dramas include a lab or conference room with high-tech or state-of-the-art equipment where the main characters meet to work out the problem. Shows usually have an episodic format that does not require the viewer to have seen previous episodes. Episodes typically have a self-contained, also referred to as stand-alone, plot that is introduced and resolved within the same episode.

Doubt

A soapy legal procedural.

Network: ,
Airdates: 2017

Elementary

Sherlock in America, John is Joan, and Mrs. Hudson used to be a Mr. Hudson. Welcome to the new incarnation of Sherlock Holmes.

Network:
Airdates: 2012 - 2019

Eli Stone

Eli’s either dying of a tumor or he’s a prophet. Up to you to decide which.

Network:
Airdates: 2008 - 2009

Family Law

When you lose it all, it’s time to sue to get it all back.

Network:
Airdates: 1999 - 2002

FlashForward

If everyone could see themselves in six months, would anything change?

Network:
Airdates: 2009 - 2010

Gotham

Nananananananana BATMAN!

Network:
Airdates: 2014 - 2019

Hannibal

Quid pro quo, Clarice.

Network:
Airdates: 2013 - 2015

Homicide: Life on the Streets

The brutality of DC is not just related to politics.

Network:
Airdates: 1993 - 1999

How to Get Away with Murder

The only people who get away with murder are the main characters. Everyone else is screwed.

Network:
Airdates: 2014 - 2020

Janet King

A lesbian crown prosecutor in Australia works cases and ignores her girlfriends.

Network:
Airdates: 2014 - 2017

Judging Amy

All judges should run on instinct rather than the law. What could possibly go wrong?

Network:
Airdates: 1999 - 2005

L.A. Law

McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak handled the law better than lesbianism.

Network:
Airdates: 1986 - 1994