If You Liked Judge Judy, Watch These Next
Finished Judge Judy (1996) and want more of the same? These 20 TV shows are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Judge Judy, most of them are crime.
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20 titles · updated 24th September 2026
1.All Rise(2019)
7.4DramaCrimeAlso crime
A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
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2.Burden of Truth(2018)
7.4DramaCrimeAlso crime
A big city lawyer returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness.
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3.Rumpole of the Bailey(1975)
7.1DramaComedyCrimeAlso crime
Rumpole 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 clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
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4.A Nero Wolfe Mystery(2001)
8.0DramaComedyCrimeAlso crime
Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
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5.Bull(2016)
7.1CrimeDramaComedyAlso crime
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
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6.JAG(1995)
7.2DramaAction & AdventureCrimeAlso crime
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to…
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7.Sledge Hammer!(1986)
8.0ComedyCrimeAction & AdventureAlso crime
Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike…
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8.77 Sunset Strip(1958)
7.2CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime
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 a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie…
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9.Hill Street Blues(1981)
7.6DramaCrimeAlso crime
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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10.Walker(2021)
7.1CrimeDramaAction & AdventureAlso crime
Cordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there's harder work to be done at home.
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11.Police Squad!(1982)
7.9ComedyCrimeAlso crime
In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant Frank Drebin and his fellow officers from Police Squad bungle their way though crime investigations.
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12.Alias Smith and Jones(1971)
7.0WesternCrimeAlso crime
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers them a conditional amnesty, as he wants to keep the pact under wraps for…
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13.Matlock(1986)
7.0DramaCrimeAlso crime
Thrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his trademark light-gray suit and driving his signature Ford Crown Victoria, has an uncanny knack for finding overlooked clues and exposing murderers in dramatic courtroom…
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14.For Life(2020)
7.8CrimeDramaAlso crime
A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
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15.Baretta(1975)
6.5CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime
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 Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its…
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16.Barnaby Jones(1973)
7.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime
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 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of…
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17.The Persuaders!(1971)
7.7ComedyAction & AdventureCrimeAlso crime
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
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18.Smother(2021)
6.3CrimeDramaAlso crime
On the rugged coast of County Clare, Val Ahern's husband is found dead at the foot of a cliff the morning after a family party. The matriarch starts to dig into the family's secrets to find out who might be responsible.
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19.Hardcastle and McCormick(1983)
6.5Action & AdventureDramaCrimeAlso crime
Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. The series premise was somewhat…
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20.The InBESTigators(2019)
8.0ComedyCrimeKidsAlso crime
Four clever school kids start their own detective agency and vlog about their adventures, becoming fast friends in the process.
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