CHiPs

Series Similar to CHiPs

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

1. Hardcastle and McCormick

   1983 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Judge Milton "Hardcase" Hardcastle - retired. After years of working for a judicial system that put guilty criminals back on the streets due to technicalities, he takes the law into his own hands by searching them out. Aiding him is a one time car theif now professional driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. McCormick, brought before the judge's final cast, is arrested for an "honest steal". Hardcastle gives him the choice of prison or helping him with the 200 plus cold cases. Relunctanly choosing to aid the judge, Hardcastle and McCormick start a loose friendship of justice and con in order to finally those who deserved it in prison.

2. Starsky & Hutch

   1975 · Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Produced by Aaron Spelling, Starsky & Hutch roared onto small screens in 1975 to become one of the most popular, iconic series of the decade. This was TV's coolest buddy cop show, fueled by full-throttle car chases, offbeat humor, colorful characters and a hip vibe.

3. 77 Sunset Strip

   1958 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Private eye Stu Bailey is a suave, cultured former OSS officer who is an expert in languages. His partner, Jeff Spencer, is also a former undercover government agent, and like Bailey, a judo expert. The duo works out of an office at no. 77 Sunset Strip in Hollywood, but their cases lead them all over the world.

4. Martial Law

   1998 · Action, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   A Shanghai cop who is a master of martial arts fights crime in the Los Angeles Police Dept.

5. The Rockford Files

   1974 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on NBC.

   Jim Rockford is an ex-con-turned-private-investigator who would rather fish than fight, but whose instinct on closed cases is more golden than his classic Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes on the cases of the lost and the dispossessed, chasing down seemingly long-dead clues in the sun-baked streets and seamy alleys of Los Angeles.

6. Adam-12

   1968 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, also on NBC.

   Race through the streets of Los Angeles with Adam-12, the series that defined the police drama genre. Still mourning the death of his former partner, Officer Pete Malloy is teamed with rookie Officer Jim Reed and together they serve and protect the City of Angels as "Adam-12", their unit's radio call number. Watch a these brothers in blue struggle to manage the job's demands and frustrations, as they battle drug dealers, intervene in domestic disputes and pursue suspects in high-speed chases.

7. Emergency!

   1972 · Drama, Action, Medical · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Action profile, also on NBC.

   Filmed in a semi-documentary style, Squad 51 takes on life-or-death challenges.

8. Hunter

   1984 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, also on NBC.

   L.A.P.D. Sgt. Rick Hunter is a tough-minded, Dirty Harry-type policeman who can't stand the creeps, thieves, rapists, and especially murderers who prowl the streets of Los Angeles. Unfortunately his method of doing things doesn't sit well with his precinct captains, which lead to their efforts to get rid of him. Because of his heavy-handed approach, he is unable to keep partners for any significant time frame, and is assigned to Sgt. Dee Dee 'The Brass Cupcake' McCall.

9. Banshee

   2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.6).

   Banshee stars Antony Starr as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he continues his criminal activities, even as he's hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier.

10. Chase

    2010 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended92% match

    Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, also on NBC.

    Chase is a fast-paced drama that drops viewers smack into the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse as a team of U.S. marshals hunts down America's most dangerous fugitives. U.S. Marshal Annie Frost is a cowboy boot-wearing deputy whose sharp mind and unique Texas upbringing help her track down the violent criminals on the run.