Walker, Texas Ranger

Series Similar to Walker, Texas Ranger

If you enjoyed Walker, Texas Ranger, 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 · ended

   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. The Glades

   2010 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   In The Glades, Jim Longworth, is a brilliant homicide detective from Chicago who moves to South Florida after being shot by his captain. He assumes it will afford him a more relaxing lifestyle, but he finds things are more complicated than he had imagined when he finds himself solving unlikely crimes in the town of Palm Glade, Florida.

3. 77 Sunset Strip

   1958 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   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. Starsky & Hutch

   1975 · Action, Crime · ended

   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.

5. T. J. Hooker

   1982 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

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

   After his partner was murdered, veteran plain clothes Detective T.J. Hooker had reverted back to his former role as Sergeant, and returned to the beat to rid the streets of the type of scum that was responsible for his partner's death. Back in uniform, Hooker was assigned to train the academy recruits, and was partnered with brash, sometimes hot-headed young rookie Vince Romano. With Romano much his junior, Hooker acted as his trainer and mentor on both a professional and social level. The age difference generally being the key hook of the partnership, the pair quickly became good friends and a good team. Hooker's tough, no-nonsense ways saw him often clashing with station Captain Sheridan, but he always got the job done and was highly respected as a result.

6. The Unit

   2006 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

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

   The Unit is a covert Special Forces team that does not exist. Their cover is the 303rd logistical studies group. They are assigned covert military operations by the President and never get credit for their actions. Their wives are also a tight group protecting their husbands. They protect their husband's secrets and maintain their cover.

7. Miami Vice

   1984 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   The cops. The cars. The clothes. Miami Vice is the explosive, groundbreaking detective show that redefined the word "cool." Set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld, ride shotgun with suave Vice cops Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs as they battle a never-ending gallery of criminals. Set to an electrifying soundtrack of rock legends, including Glenn Frey, Phil Collins, U2 and Peter Gabriel, every episode crackles with excitement and stylish flair.

8. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

   2000 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.1), also on CBS.

   CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a drama about a team of forensic investigators trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

9. The Rockford Files

   1974 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

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

   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.

10. Leverage

    2008 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

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

    Leverage is a slick and crafty drama following a team of expert thieves that take down corrupt corporations in elaborate high-tech schemes. Insurance investigator Nate Ford exposed scams and recovered stolen items worth millions. But his life hit the skids when his insurance company allowed his ailing 8-year-old son to die. Years later, Nate gets even as the leader of a specialized team of thieves, computer experts and con artists that right corporate and governmental injustices against honest citizens. To expose corruption, Nate will do wrong for all the right reasons –– he will provide Leverage.