If You Liked Shades of Blue, Watch These Next
Finished Shades of Blue (2016) 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 Shades of Blue, most of them are drama, crime.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.New York Undercover(1994)
7.3DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases.
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2.Gone(2026)
6.6CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
When a headmaster's wife goes missing, suspicion falls on him. Is he hiding something, or is there more to this case than meets the eye?
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3.Line of Duty(2012)
8.2CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
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4.L.A.'s Finest(2019)
6.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Syd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic lifestyle might be masking a greater personal secret. These two women don't agree on much, but they find…
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5.Rogue(2013)
6.7DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Grace, a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective, is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. Grace’s search for the truth is further complicated by her forbidden relationship with Jimmy, the crime boss who may have played a hand in the crime.
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6.21 Jump Street(1987)
7.3CrimeMysteryDramaAlso crime and drama
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
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7.Bosch: Legacy(2022)
7.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Bosch is now making a living as a private investigator two years after he quit the LAPD and finds himself working with one time enemy and top-notch attorney Honey “Money” Chandler. Meanwhile, Bosch's daughter Maddie is venturing into the world of the LAPD.
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8.No Offence(2015)
7.5MysteryCrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the…
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9.Mike Hammer(1984)
6.7CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Private detective Mike Hammer hunts down criminals on the mean streets of New York City.
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10.Law & Order: Organized Crime(2021)
7.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
The detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau work to dismantle New York City's most vicious and violent illegal enterprises.
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11.Protection(2024)
7.2CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Follows a witness protection officer who finds herself at the center of a breach; compromised by an extramarital romance with a coworker; but resolute in her resolve to fight back and unearth the real cause of corruption within her unit.
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12.Marcella(2016)
6.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer loves her. Heartbroken, Marcella returns to the Met’s Murder Squad. Ten years ago Marcella gave up her fast-tracked police career to marry and devote her life to her family. With the abrupt end to her…
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13.City on a Hill(2019)
7.3CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to encompass…
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14.The Closer(2005)
7.8CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator…
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15.Wentworth(2013)
8.0DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series.
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16.Godfather of Harlem(2019)
8.1DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
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17.Ballard(2025)
7.2DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping at her heels, Ballard must outwit both criminals and colleagues to bring long-overdue justice to the…
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18.Hightown(2020)
6.8DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Amid the drug trade on Cape Cod, a body washes ashore and is discovered by an irreverent National Marine Fisheries Service officer, Jackie Quinones, who is determined to help solve the murder even if the state cops want her nowhere near the case.
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19.The Oath(2018)
6.4DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Explore a gang world we've never seen before: gangs that are made up of the very men and women sworn to uphold the law – cops. Only select officers make the cut, but once inside, gang members will do what they must to protect each other from enemies inside and outside their ranks.
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20.Full Circle(2023)
6.4CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.
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