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Series Similar to Elsbeth

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

1. Ludwig

   2024 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Can accidental detective John 'Ludwig' Taylor crack the biggest puzzle of his life - finding his missing brother?

2. Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

   2018 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.Beneath the picturesque charm lies a hotbed of mystery and intrigue: extramarital affairs, celebrity stalkers, missing police informants, care home saboteurs, rural rednecks and murderous magicians, embezzling accountants and abducted au pairs, blackmail, comp claims and custody cases, all-night stake-outs and professional hits. Our odd couple of detectives will put the world to rights as they snoop and pry. They disagree on almost everything, yet somehow, together, they make a surprisingly effective team. Although they would never admit it.

3. Get Shorty

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 1990 New York Times bestselling novel, Get Shorty is the story of Miles Daly, who works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film.

4. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   The first BBC drama to be filmed entirely on location in Botswana, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a charming story chronicling the adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts up the country's first female-owned detective agency. Based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith.

5. The Good Bad Mother

   2023 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   A single mom who has been widowed at a young age, Yeong-soon runs a pig farm, and raises her son Kang-ho by herself. She becomes a "bad mother" - hard on her son because she doesn't want him to grow up penniless nor powerless. Thanks to her discipline, Kang-ho grows up to be a prominent prosecutor, but loses his memory due to an unfortunate accident and becomes a 7-year-old again. Young-soon decides to become a "bad mother" again for Kang-ho in this comforting and touching comedy series that tracks the journey of recovery between mother and son.

6. Backstrom

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   The series follows Detective Everett Backstrom, an unhealthy, offensive, irascible - albeit brilliant - detective who sees the worst in everyone, and he's usually right.

7. Terriers

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

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

   Terriers is an American comedic drama television series. Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a distinct town, with Dolworth having once been a member of the fictional Ocean Beach Police Department. The duo, both struggling with maturity issues, solve crimes while avoiding danger and responsibility.

8. Teenage Bounty Hunters

   2020 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Twin sisters Sterling and Blair balance teen life at an elite Southern high school with an unlikely new career as butt-kicking bounty hunters.

9. Babylon

   2014 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Razor-sharp comedy drama that takes a wry look at the people and politics of London's police force. 

10. Battle Creek

    2015 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on CBS.

    A series about two mismatched law enforcement officers whose polar opposite views of the world and crime-solving breed frustration, disdain and humor as they clean up the hardscrabble streets of Battle Creek, Mich.