Right now, I'm watching Peter Gunn on Decades.
My favorite is and always will be Columbo!
He always acted as though he was stumbling in the dark. He was always the smartest one in the room!
We were just talking about this at work the other day. There are so many cop shows to choose from. What's your fave?
Miami Vice, hands-down. I was obsessed with Crockett. Think I still kinda' am... Between him, the Ferraris, Armani suits & pastel ice cream colors, I was hooked from the first episode, not to mention Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" from the pilot episode. So much style, so much cool! π
The combination of that song along with the reflections off of the hood of that black Ferrari in the middle of the night still gives me chills. And I'm still watchin' the reruns of it on COZI every night. I really need to just go out and get the complete series on Blu-Ray...
Miami Vice was a good show Maleficent. I thought Don Johnsonβs later detective show, Nash Bridges was also pretty good. It was strange though to see Cheech Marin in a non-pot smoking role for a change π
That was a unique show. Very stylized with great music..... like a music video with a fun story!
I just thought of another good one! Moonlighting! I am amazed that I forgot it. I use to watch it every week! Bruce Willis was like nothing we'd ever seen before. At the time, we hadn't!
Good description of Vice. It WAS like a cool, hour-long video! π
I liked Moonlighting too! Who knew Bruce Willis would turn into a huge star at that time? Wow! It was a really fun show!
You all have mentioned most of my favorites; but who could forget the two brothers "Simon and Simon"?
Edit: I forgot "Hunter" with Fred Dryer and one of the "bestest" was "Magnum P. I."!!
FYI:
https://reelrundown.com/tv/80s-detective-tv-series
Loved Simon and Simon! Those guys had great chemistry!
I never got into Hunter, but Magnum was must see TV!
Loved Magnum!! It had so much great scenery, i.e. Hawaii, Tom Selleck in those short shorts...ππ
MY GOODNESS! He had such nice long legs... π And another show with a Ferrari! Love anything to do with Hawaii, plus the characters were fun & I loved how colorful it was with the Hawaiian shirts, beaches, etc. Very entertaining!
I ate at Tom Selleck's restaurant that he had at the time in Oahu, called the Black Orchid--loved the atmosphere. It was elegant and styled like the '20's or so. Lots of black laquered tables and glass. Larry Manetti, i.e. Rick on the show, happened to be there that night. He was walking around the place but seemed like kind of a tool--like sort of stand-offish. Who knows, tho--maybe he was having a rough night or something. It was still cool to see him, tho--I think he was a co-partner in the Black Orchid. And they had the best lobster I've ever eaten. π I wish it was still there...
"Tom Selleck in those short shorts...ππ
MY GOODNESS! He had such nice long legs."
Sigh...I could only dream...βΊοΈ
Dragnet for sure because it was one of the first procedural cop shows, every cop show after that was inspired by it. Hill Street Blues, Chicago PD, Bones, Private Eyes (Canadian show), Person of Interest, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Law and Order.
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shareWhy no love for Hunter, guys... it's my favorite cop show when I was a kid.
https://moviechat.org/tt0086734/Hunter
I can't speak for others, but it's possible that there was something on another channel on the same night that our family always watched. That would be the only explanation I can think of.
shareGunn, Dragnet, 77 Sunset Strip, Rockford ,Columbo ,early , original Law & Order , Hill Street Blues when it wasn't being overly liberal , and my personal faves ,Police Story of the 70s and best I have seen ,NYPD Blue ( not the ones with Caruso ) - Dennis Franz & Jimmy Smits were my personal favorites with Franz and Rick Schroder a close second
shareGreat shows! Rockford and Columbo are BIG faves!
shareI loved Mission Impossible.
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