20 Best Shows Like Shot In The Dark That You Should Watching Update 04/2024

Shows Like Shot In The Dark

1. Castle (2009)

Castle (2009)

Successful mystery novelist Richard “Rick” Castle is given permission by the Mayor of NYC to accompany an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes after the serial killer mimics the plots of his novels.

2. Remington Steele (1982)

However, no matter how qualified Laura Holt is, potential clients will not choose her for her new detective service since she is a woman. Laura creates a phony male superior named Remington Steele to fix the problem. First episode “License to Steele” shows a former conman, whose real name is never revealed, taking on the persona of Remington Steele. Laura is still in leadership of the organization from the shadows.

3. Trial & Error (2017)

Trial & Error (2017)

It’s the first big case for a young New York lawyer who takes on an eccentric poet suspected of murdering his wife.

4. The Player (2015)

At stake is the capacity to prevent some of the world’s most devastating crimes from taking place in an action packed Las Vegas thriller. Does the House always win, or can he get revenge for the loss of his wife by taking them down from the inside?

5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)

When his new boss assigns him to a new precinct, one lackadaisical detective is compelled to get his act together and become a better officer.

6. Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (2019)

Pretty Little Liars The Perfectionists (2019)

A group of three college buddies from Beacon Heights, a seemingly beautiful community, grapple with the stress of being overachievers. Each Perfectionist has a secret, a lie, and an alibi to protect them in the wake of the town’s first murder.

7. Claws (2017)

Observe the lives and crimes of five different and treacherous nail technicians who work at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County business.

8. The Finder (2012)

In Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, the capacity to assist others find what they’ve been searching for is exceptional.

9. Suspicious Partner (2017)

Suspicious Partner (2017)

One of the Central District Prosecutors’ Office’s prosecutor-turned-private-attorneys is Noh Ji Wook. Trauma from an event in his childhood involving his parents and first love has been with him ever since. When Eun Bong Hee was a teenager, she competed in Taekwondo. Now, she’s a prosecutor trainee and a murder suspect. Eun Bong Hee and Noh Ji Wook each find themselves the target of a killer in this story.

10. Elementary (2012)

The NYPD’s most difficult crimes are solved by a crime-solving partnership in this modern-day drama. After a spell in rehab and a move to Manhattan, Sherlock Holmes’ eccentric father forces him to live with his worst dread – a sober companion, Dr. Watson – in order to restore his reputation in London.

11. Riverdale (2017)

It’s a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small town life and the dark and weirdness simmering behind Riverdale’s pleasant exterior.

12. iZombie (2015)

iZombie (2015)

In order to obtain the brains she needs to keep her humanity, a medical student who has become a zombie enters the Coroner’s Office. But every time she consumes a brain, she also receives their memories and must now solve their deaths with the help of the medical examiner and a police investigator.

13. Bones (2005)

Special Agent Seeley Booth is assisted by Dr. Temperance Brenna and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian’s Medico-Legal Lab when the remains are so thoroughly decomposed, burned or damaged that the conventional identification methods are ineffective.

14. Sherlock (2010)

The famed sleuth and his medical accomplice are back in action in the 21st century in a modern-day reimagining.

15. Terriers (2010)

Terriers (2010)

Britt Pollack and Hank Dolworth, both ex-cops and recovering alcoholics, start an unauthorized private detective firm. Even though Dolworth was a member of a fictional Ocean Beach Police Department, the series takes place on Ocean Beach in San Diego, California.

16. Psych (2006)

Shawn Spencer’s father, a police officer, worked hard to instill in his son a strong sense of attention to detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Shawn was wrongly accused of a crime he had solved years earlier because of his habit of leaking information to the authorities. To keep his cover story alive, Shawn must now utilize his psychic capabilities to keep his closest friend, his father and the police on board, all while he continues to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story.

17. Battle Creek (2015)

To make matters worse for the FBI, they hook up with an unflappable Michigan homicide detective in this mismatched buddy cop comedy. Disdain for each other outweighs their polar opposed approaches to solving cases.

18. Emily in Paris (2020)

Emily in Paris (2020)

Suddenly landing her ideal job in Paris, Chicago marketing exec Emily embraces a new way of life as she balances work, friends, and romance.

19. Deadly Class (2019)

This is the story of an exasperated teenager who gets taken in by a storied high school for killers. At times, it may be impossible for him to maintain his moral code while dealing with a brutal school curriculum and poisonous social cliques.

20. Monk (2002)

Monk (2002)

A rising star in the San Francisco Police Department, Adrian Monk was renowned for his unusual methods in solving the department’s most difficult cases. When he lost his wife Trudy, he developed a severe obsessive-compulsive condition as a result. A private investigator, Monk continues to examine cases in the most unique methods while Monk works as a consultant.