All Time Favorite Cop Shows & Cop Show Characters? (1 Viewer)

[On The Rocks]

I'm sure the FFA has hashed this out before, but this was the topic of family conversation over the holiday break -

Top Cop Programs:

1. The Wire

2. Homicide Life on the Street

3. True Detective S1

4. Hill Street Blues (for it's time it was the standard)

5. Southland

6. Luther

7. The Shield

8. Justified
9. Barney Miller (it's timeless)

10. Law & Order

Others to make the family list:
Columbo, McLoud, NYPD Blue, Adam 12, Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, Rockford, Ironside, Dragnet, Sledgehammer

Favorite Cop Show Characters

(not in actual favorite order)

Barney Miller - Steve Landesberg as Det. Arthur Dietrich
Barney Miller - Jack Soo as Det. Nick Yemana
Barney Miller - James Gregory as Inspector Frank Lugar (serious

Hill Street Blues - Kiel Martin as Det. J.D. LaRue

Homicide - Andre Braugher as Det. Frank Pembleton

Ironside - Raymond Burr as Det. Ironside

Law & Order - George Dzundza as Det. Max Greevey

Law & Order - Mike Noth as Det. Mike Logan

Life - Damian Lewis as Det. Charlie Chews

Luther - Idris Elba as Det. Luther

The Shield - Jay Karnes as Det. Wagenbach
The Shield - CCH Pounder as Det. Wyms

Wagenbaugh, Lugar and LaRue are top favorites.

 

[bud29]

Police Squad

 

[stubby]

The Wire is my favorite show of all time, but my favorite "cop" character is Andy Sipowicz from NYPD Blue.

 

[RBM]

NYPD Blue personal favorite. Sipowicz is tough to beat.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Cop Rock down?

 

[Max Power]

The Bunk

 

[RBM]

Cop Rock down?

Yes

 

[avoiding injuries]

Sledge Hammer

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Raylan Givins by a large margin.

Magnum PI a distant second

 

[Jaysus]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

 

[Yo Mama]

CHiPs - Ponch

 

[grateful zed]

starsky and hutch

miami vice

serpico

 

[Cjw_55106]

Never watched it, but the in-laws are big fans of Blue Bloods.

 

[grateful zed]

barney fife

 

[whoknew]

12 posts and no votes for Lennie Brisco? He was an all time great. Nobody had better one-liners.

 

[zamboni]

I was a fan of Streets of San Francisco, but I'm old.

 

[Cjw_55106]

Walker Texas Ranger

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[Da Guru]

Alonzo Harris

 

[Leroy Hoard]

2 words: Abe Vigoda

 

[TakiToki]

Carter Country

 

[Mr. Ected]

2 words: Abe Vigoda

Great QB too!

 

[Bull Dozier]

I couldn't choose between Sipowitz and Pembelton.

I wish I could find either show on Netflix. I started watching both mid run and would love to watch them over again start to finish. My recollection (should probably just check IMDB) was that Homocide wasn't on as long as it deserved.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Dunno why, but I liked Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer. Started rewatching them as a local TV station started showing them every week.

 

[pandora]

Car 54, Where Are You?

 

[whoknew]

12 posts and no votes for Lennie Brisco? He was an all time great. Nobody had better one-liners.

"Free weight? More like dead weight," - Lennie Brisco 5 minutes ago on WE. He never failed to deliver. RIP.

 

[Christo]

Miami Vice - Ricardo Tubbs

Two great non-cop shows mentioned that would battle for tops on Best PI show: Magnum & Rockford.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Favorite cop show: The Wire

Favorite cop show character: Frank Pembleton, Homicide: Life On The Street

 

[Mister CIA]

Honorable Mention: Cannon

Quintessential: Joe Friday

 

[grateful zed]

ironsides

 

[Uncle Leo]

NYPD Blue personal favorite. Sipowicz is tough to beat.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

#### you guys.

 

[The Man With No Name]

Police Squad

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Lt Columbo 1970s, Tubbs 1980s, Sipowicz 1990s, and Freeman 2000s.