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.

Law & Order

Dick Wolf’s seminal program about cops and lawyers ran for 20 years, and in that time only one main character was a lesbian. Chung Chung indeed.

Law & Order: LA

The criminal justice system in LA is less interesting than NYC.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In criminal justice, there are crimes that pretty much freak out everyone. These are their stories.

Line of Duty

The investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.

Lip Service

A British television series about a group of lesbians living in Glasgow, Scotland that only lasted 2 seasons. 🙁

Los Hombres de Paco

A (supposedly) comedy about a bunch of cops (Paco’s men). Given how the lesbians died, that whole ‘comedy’ claim is doubtful.

Lucifer

Lucifer, the original fallen angel, has become dissatisfied with his life in hell. It’s time for LA!

Matlock

Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he’s worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.

Murdoch Mysteries

Toronto at the turn of the 20th century needed a lot more cops who understood what the heck fingerprints are.

Nash Bridges

The show screamed “1980s!” Too bad it took place in 1996…

NCIS: New Orleans

Naval crime in the big easy.