Cannon

Series Similar to Cannon

If you enjoyed Cannon, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Barnaby Jones

   1973 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, also on CBS.

   Barnaby Jones is a television detective series featuring a father and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California.

2. Kojak

   1973 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on CBS.

   Set in New York City's 13th Precinct, Kojak revolves around the efforts of the incorruptible, but not adverse to bending the rules when it's needed, Lt.Theo Kojak, a tough, bald cop who was fond of using the catchphrase, "Who loves ya, baby?" and had given up smoking and had taken to lollipops instead and these became his trademark.

3. Dragnet

   1951 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8).

   This long-running show created by Jack Webb features the criminal investigations of police detective Joe Friday. Webb prided himself on making the cases as "realistic" as possible, with many of the cases taken from the files of the LAPD. The series was based on the popular radio series, and subsequently inspired three revivals in the 60s, 1989, and 2003.

4. Elementary

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.3), also on CBS.

   Elementary is a modern-day take on the classic Sherlock Holmes story about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.

5. Ripper Street

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.1), hidden gem.

   The Whitechapel police fight to bring law to the lawless in the wake of Jack the Ripper's reign of terror.

6. The Mentalist

   2008 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.2), also on CBS.

   Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation. Within the Bureau, Jane is notorious for his blatant lack of protocol and his semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium, whose paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. No-nonsense Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon openly resists having Jane in her unit and alternates between reluctantly acknowledging Jane's usefulness and blasting him for his theatrics, narcissism, and dangerous lack of boundaries. Lisbon's team includes agents Kimball Cho, Wayne Rigsby and rookie member Grace Van Pelt, who all think Jane's a loose cannon but admire his charm and knack for clearing cases.

7. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

   1962 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Previously Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the series expanded to an hour. Master of the macabre Alfred Hitchcock introduces and concludes tales of suspense and crime. Hitchcock's speeches are filled with black humor and jabs at his network sponsors.

8. Vega$

   1978 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8).

   Vega$ was an American crime drama television series that followed private detective Dan Tanna. Working for a wide variety of Las Vegas clients, the detective work included locating missing persons, helping solve various Las Vegas hotel and casino crimes, solving casino chip and money scams, and working to make Las Vegas a safer place for residents and tourists alike. Dan Tanna made a point of not accepting divorce cases, or working as a bodyguard. Being in Las Vegas, Tanna was occasionally hired to work for well known celebrity clients who had issues regarding their personal safety, and needed help solving personal issues or threats against them.

9. Houdini & Doyle

   2016 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   Inspired by true events, the series follows two great men of the 20th Century and real-life friends - Harry Houdini, master magician, escape artist and paranormal debunker; and Arthur Cohen Doyle prolific writer, creator of "Sherlock Holmes" and paranormal aficionado. They grudgingly join forces with New Scotland Yard to investigate unsolved, inexplicable and possibly supernatural crimes, alongside the first female Constable of the London Metropolitan Police Force, Adelaide Statton.In the series, Houdini, Doyle and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge and often Stratton is put in the middle. The trio will take on cases that involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists... or are they a ruse to conceal murder?

10. Lie to Me

    2009 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended90% match

    Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8).

    This compelling new drama series stars Tim Roth as Dr. Cal Lightman, the world's leading deception expert who studies facial expressions and involuntary body language to discover not only if someone is lying, but why. Based on the real-life scientific discoveries of Dr. Paul Ekman, the series follows Lightman and his team of deception experts as they assist law enforcement and government agencies to expose the truth behind the lies.