McMillan & Wife

Series Similar to McMillan & Wife

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

1. Take Two

   2018 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Sam Swift, the former star of a hit cop series, is fresh out of-rehab following a bender of epic proportion. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing rough-and-tumble private investigator Eddie as research for a potential comeback role. Though lone wolf Eddie resents the babysitting gig, high-spirited Sam proves herself to be surprisingly valuable, drawing on her acting skills and 200 episodes of playing a detective. When the press touts Sam's role in solving a high-profile case, Eddie finds his phone ringing off the hook with new clients looking to hire the pair.

2. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

   1962 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

   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.

3. Sue Thomas F.B.Eye

   2002 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Based on a true story, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye follows the adventures of Sue Thomas at the FBI in Washington, D.C. She's one hard-headed, soft-hearted woman whose talent for reading lips helps crack crimes and bag the bad guys in places listening devices can't penetrate. With her hearing-ear dog, Levi, Sue's a glutton for jeopardy - and there's (almost) nothing she won't do to bring notorious criminals to justice. This remarkable, edge-of-your-seat drama is an inspiring tribute to the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity and achieve great things.

4. Deception

   2013 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem, also on NBC.

   The death of wealthy party girl Vivian Bowers doesn't add up for FBI agent Will Moreno, especially in a family as suspicious as the Bowers. Convinced that the tabloid staple's death was a homicide, he recruits his former SFPD partner and Vivian's childhood best friend, Joanna Padget Locasto to re-establish ties with the Bowers. Determined to find justice for her estranged best friend, Joanna infiltrates the dynasty she once considered family, and quickly begins to uncover why Vivian's life was very much in danger.

5. Sherlock

   2010 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.9).

   Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson's adventures in 21st Century London. A thrilling, funny, fast-paced contemporary reimagining of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic.

6. Hill Street Blues

   1981 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

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

   The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.

7. Father Dowling Mysteries

   1987 · Drama, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Mystery profile.

   The show began as an NBC Made for TV Movie in 1987 and the show was to have begun weekly in 1988 though because of a writer's strike in 1988 it didn't begin weekly until 1989. After it's 1st season the show left NBC and ABC took the show from 1990 until 1991.

8. Zen

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Drama series centred around Rome detective Aurelio Zen, who finds it tough being the only honest cop in town. Plotting politicians, a stressed-out boss and vengeful gangsters don't make it easy.

9. Murder 101

   2006 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile.

   Emmy-winner and TV legend Dick Van Dyke stars along with his son Barry in Murder 101 from the Hallmark Channel as part of its Mystery Movie series. Dr. Jonathan Maxwell, a college professor and on-call criminologist, works with his former student and private investigator Mike Bryant to solve murders. Although sometimes forgetful, Dr. Maxwell excels at getting to the truth. Together, he and Mike make a formidable team, catching killers who elude the police.

10. Mystery Woman

    2003 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

    Brought up on a steady diet of mystery fiction by her Uncle Bob, Samantha Kinsey inherits his bookstore, complete with its live-in expert, retired former CIA agent Ian Philby. Now, in her new position, mysterious murders seem to occur all around her. Fortunately, she is the perfect person to solve them, because of all her years of reading about every possible fictional crime. She gets assistance from her friend Cassie, an aspiring district attorney, and from police chief Connors.