Detective TV shows are almost as old as the crime genre itself, and there is no shortage of them to recommend. Here's how we rank the genre's 15 best shows.

The fascination with detectives on film and TV is never ending. There's never a declining interest in watching people solve brutal cases, enforce the law in a heroic and brave way, and catch criminals ...

Why do we rarely see them leave work to take the kids to baseball practice? Some of it has to do with the nature of police work, but a tortured back story adds intrigue.

From the beginnings of the modern detective story, there have been eccentric detectives. For instance, Sherlock Holmes never would have fit in with the typical late Victorian or Edwardian London ...